The Making of V&A East
Published on 2. April 2026
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-83851-048-0 (ISBN)
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
c. 200 illus
Dimensions
Height: 268 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1114 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83851-048-0 (9781838510480)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
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
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