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A classical stone building appears to be floating above a set of broken ruins. The upper floor remains intact with a balcony and pediment, while the ground floor consists of fragmented pillars and rubble.

Join us for a night of disruption-themed talks at London's Design Museum

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Date
4 December 2014

Disruption is a term that has a checkered recent history, but there’s no denying is a powerful cultural concept. When Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic chose it as the theme for this year’s Designers in Residence, he was at pains to point out it’s an idea that has come to be misunderstood. Now as part of our broadcast partnership with the exhibition, we’re hosting an evening of talks featuring creatives whose work is built on some form of disruption.

Joining us will be artist Alex Chinneck, who recently took over Covent Garden plaza with his extraordinary levitating building and Visual Editions founders Anna Gerber and Britt Iversen whose publications challenge our expectations of what books could and should be.

We’ll also be welcoming Hefin Jones, founder of The Welsh Space Campaign which imagines a very different future for Wales’ traditional industries and Miriam Elia, whose recent show explored “parody, piracy and pastiche.”

The event takes place on Tuesday 9 December and tickets cost £14, including entry to the show and free beer courtesy of Peroni – they are available here.

A hardcover book lies flat on a grey surface. The cover features a close-up of a classical painting with white geometric shapes obscuring the face, and reads “Kapow” and “Adam Thirlwell”.
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Visual Editions: Kapow!

A person wears a space suit made from quilted white and grey fabric, topped with a clear glass bubble helmet. They are positioned in front of a white wall featuring a grid of glowing red, green and blue lights.
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Hefin Jones

The cover of a children's book titled “We go to the gallery”. An illustration shows a person in a yellow coat and hat leading two children into a large, empty room with wooden floors. Text at the bottom reads “Dung Beetle reading scheme”.
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Miriam Elia: We Go To The Gallery

A stone building with a classical balcony appears to be breaking apart. Large chunks of the facade and columns are missing, revealing a glimpse of a street with green and white striped awnings behind.
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Alex Chinneck: Take my lightning but don’t steal my thunder

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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