Deyan sudjic biography of rory

Director
the Design Museum 2006 –2020

Director Emeritus
the Design Museum 2020 - ongoing

I was appointed as director of the museum with a brief to deliver a much larger and more centrally located building, while at the same time running the existing museum at its original dockland site.

Deyan sudjic biography of rory

After evaluating sites at Tate, the V&A, Kings Cross, and Tower Bridge, I led negotiations with the developer of the former Commonwealth Institute to acquire a rent-free 175-year lease. I led the design, fund raising, construction staff recruitment and programming process and devising a business plan to operate the new museum.

This included successful applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the Arts Council Lottery Fund, selling the museum’s original building, and securing donations from a number of individuals, trusts and foundations, totalling £80m in cash and the value of the s