Do-it-yourself: democracy and design

This exhibition looks at various aspects of Do It Yourself, in order to examine different ways in which people have personally taken part in the design process rather than be reliant on 'professional' design. As such, it covers a range of activities that might not be expected to be seen in an exhibition on DIY: Here, homecrafts such as embroidery and the making of soft furnishings sit alongside cold war fallout shelters, and sailing dinghies are seen next to punk fanzines. Such apparently dissimilar subjects are connected through the theme of democracy because of the role they have played in opening up design and production processes to the public.