List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction
Part One: Displaying Designed Objects in Museum and Exhibition Contexts, 1800s-2000
1.1 Cabinets of Curiosities and the Formation of the Public Museum
1.2 International Exhibitions
1.3 The Decorative Arts Museum and the Modern Art Museum
1.4 The Emergence of the Design Museum
1.5 A Rising Public Interest in Design
1.6 The Growing Popularity of Design Exhibitions
1.7 New Programmes to Train Curators
Part Two: The Curatorial Turn, 1980-2020
2.1 A Changing Political Landscape for Museums
2.2 The Educational Turn: The Museum as an Ideal Learning Environment
2.3 Producing New Curatorial Formats: The Public Programme Curator
2.4 The Experiential Turn in Museums
2.5 Designing Exhibitions as Narrative Space
2.6 Curating Narrative and Experiential Exhibitions
Part Three: Interviews with Eight International Design Curators
3.1 The Reflective Practitioner
3.2 The Interviews
Corina Gardner (Victoria and Albert Museum, UK)
Andrea Lipps (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, USA)
Riya Patel (The Aram Gallery, UK)
Sumitra Upham (Crafts Council, UK)
Renata Becerril (Abierto Mexicano de Diseño, Mexico)
Fleur Watson (Centre for Architecture Victoria, Australia)
Wilhelm Finger and Melita Skamnaki (Double Decker, UK)
3.10 Curating the Design Programme
Closing Comments
Bibliography
Index