The exhibition will open on the 21st November and will be on display until the 26th July 2026.
The Design Museum will celebrate the work of film director Wes Anderson in a brand new exhibition produced in collaboration with la Cinémathèque française.
Given access to Wes Anderson’s archives, which the filmmaker has built up over three decades, the exhibition will feature many objects that have never been seen in the UK before.
This landmark exhibition will chart the evolution of Wes Anderson’s films from early experiments in the 1990s to recent productions as well as collaborations with key long-standing creative partners. It offers the opportunity for visitors to find out more about the design stories behind award-winning and iconic films such as ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’, ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ and ‘Isle of Dogs’.
Over 600 objects will be featured in the exhibition including original storyboards, polaroids, sketches, paintings, handwritten notebooks, puppets, miniature models, dozens of costumes worn by much-loved characters, and more.
Among the highlights of the display will be: a candy-pink model of the Grand Budapest Hotel, the vending machines from Asteroid City, the FENDI fur coat worn by Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums, the original stop motion puppets used to depict the fantastical sea creatures in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Mr Fox wearing his signature corduroy suit and show dog Nutmeg alongside miniature sets. The show will also present a screening of Bottle Rocket, Anderson’s first short film, created in 1993.
In addition, the show will feature work-in-progress material and maquettes, and it will look at the variety of traditional and hand-made film-making techniques that the director continues to celebrate through his work.
To book tickets visit: https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/wes-anderson-the-archives