Deborah Frances-White and Russell Tovey at the Design Museum
About this episode
<p>Comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast Deborah Frances-White takes her pal, the actor and Talk Art podcast co-host Russell Tovey, to the Design Museum in London, where they explore how art and design are integrated into the way we live. Together they discover how great pieces of design can become iconic and how today’s designers are working to tackle throwaway culture by pioneering sustainability. They even get the chance to peek behind-the-scenes, with an exclusive tour of the museum’s collection store – not normally open to the public. </p><br><p>Notes: </p><br><p>The exhibition Waste Age: What Can Design Do? is on now until 20 February 2022. </p><br><p>The Amy Winehouse exhibition, Amy: Beyond the Stage, opens on 26 November 2021.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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