V&A Dundee is opening up a new exhibition on design and disability tomorrow
- Andrew Batchelor
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
A major new exhibition exploring the relationship between design and disability will be open at V&A Dundee tomorrow.
Design and Disability brings together around 170 objects that highlight the contributions of Disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent people to design, art, fashion, architecture and photography from the 1940s to the present day.
The exhibition is divided into three sections - Visibility, Creativity and Living - and showcases how Disabled people have shaped design through their own experiences, helping create products, spaces and ideas that improve everyday life.
Several Scottish stories feature throughout the exhibition, including the University of Dundee-led Hands of X project, which explores the design of prosthetic hands. Visitors can also discover work by designer Jamie O’Donnell, who developed airline seating aimed at reducing anxiety for neurodivergent passengers, and Dundee artist Kirsty Stevens, who creates artwork and patterns inspired by MRI scans following her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
V&A Dundee Director Leonie Bell said the exhibition highlights how Disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent people have helped shape design history while encouraging visitors to think differently about how the world is designed.
Design and Disability is free to visit and runs until 4 October 2026.
