Making of V&A East

Foreword by Tristram Hunt

ISBN13: 9781838510480

Imprint: V & A Publishing

Publisher: V & A Publishing

Format: Hardback

Published: 19/03/2026

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Description
V&A East embodies the V&A's mission to make art, design and creativity available to everyone. It is a sourcebook of creativity that will inspire the artists and designers of today and tomorrow. The site in East London encompasses V&A East Storehouse (now opened to great acclaim) and V&A East Museum. Together, they are an open-access repository for over half a million works that span every creative discipline, and a new museum that celebrates making and creativity's power to bring change, by spotlighting the people and ideas that shape global culture right now. If that weren't enough it also holds the David Bowie archive. The Making of V&A East sets out the ambitions of this landmark development. Celebrating the buildings' home in the creative crucible of East London, and showcasing the story of the two locations, it is a truly collaborative project at local and global scale. The book brings together a multitude of contributions, from curators, project managers, educators, artists and others - with reflections on the future of museums from directors, architects and curators across the world.
Foreword - Tristram Hunt Introduction - Tim Reeve PEOPLE AND PLACE Makers of the World - Gus Casely-Hayford What Place Can Do - Brendan Cormier Working in East London - Afia Yeboah & Komal Khetia Project Profiles Your Collections: V&A East in Schools Lansbury Micro Museum RESOLVE Collective Brickfield Newham Lund Point Camera Obscura Objects in Focus Smithsons Robin Hood Gardens Tony Minnion Kehinde Wiley John Heywood Ron Hitchens Love Letters to East London WHAT A MUSEUM CAN DO The 'Why We Make' Galleries; Towards a New Agenda for Museum Collections - Zofia Trafas White A Journey Through the 'Why We Make' Galleries - Zofia Trafas White Why We Make Ruqaiya Asim & Bisila Noha Joanna Afroozi & VIN+OMI Glenda Gaspard & Shahed Saleem Victoria Famoriyo & Andu Masebo Nahiba Qadir & Seetal Solanki Objects in Focus Theaster Gates Wolseley Looted Textile Fragments Eileen Gray Richard Malone Anguissola Mawuena Kattah Takuya Angel Ensemble IBUKU An Interview with V&A East Architect John Tuomey - Claire McKeown Making the V&A East Museum WHAT A STOREHOUSE CAN DO V&A East Storehouse - Georgia Haseldine Objects in Focus Sofia Karim Maiolica Dish Rahemur Rahman Suit Torrijos Ceiling Moulton Bicycle Agra Colonnade Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen - Sjarel Ex A Day in the Life Kate Parsons Philippa Mackenzie Matthew Clarke Kira Zumkley Bhavesh Shah Hannah Auerbach George Kamal Hussain Robyn Kasozi In Conversation - Tim Reeve & Liz Diller Making the V&A East Storehouse GLOBAL NARRATIVES 'A Museum is...' Redefining Museums in the Twenty-First Century - Madeleine Haddon Global Perspectives Alejandro Aravena Lisa Havila Thelma Golden Isabella Rjeille Michael Armitage Aditi Anand Lesley Lokko Sandra Jackson Dumont An Interview with Director of M+ Suhanya Raffel - Tim Reeve
  • Museology & heritage studies
  • Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc
  • General (US: Trade)
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