Young V&A

@young_vam

A museum to spark children's creativity, winner of the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024.

Bethnal Green, London E2 vam.ac.uk/info/young Joined March 2009

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Young V&A @young_vam Jul 11, 2024

We’re overjoyed that we’re the @artfund Museum of the Year 2024! 🎉

It’s been fantastic to be part of a shortlist of brilliant museums. We'll be investing the prize in supporting the creativity of early-years who live in low-income households across the Thames Estuary (1/2)

Young V&A @young_vam Jan 29

In 2021, DJ Kerwin Frost collaborated with adidas to reimagine the 1984 Forum hi-top. Adding eyes, a nose, and a grinning mouth, he gave the sneakers a surreal, playful twist inspired by Mr. Potato Head, nodding to designers like Jeremy Scott and Walter Van Beirendonck.

Visit Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, This is Me, Case 9, to see Forum Hi Humanchives trainers on display.

Pair of trainers, Forum Hi Humanchives, Kerwin Frost for adidas, 2021.

Image description: White adidas hi-top trainers with blue accents, Trefoil and three-stripe logos, flat laces, velcro strap with “Kerwin Frost,” featuring eyes, a nose, and a grinning mouth.

Young V&A @young_vam Jan 27

Meet Kirsty Corntop 🐇

A cream-and-grey Sylvanian Families rabbit with a pompom tail, in a pink floral dress with lace and ribbons. First made in Japan in 1985, Sylvanian Families are detailed miniature animals that blend craft, clothing, and storytelling.

Visit Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, Small Worlds, Case 1, Shelf 4, to see Kirsty Corntop on display.

Fabric coated plastic Sylvanian Families girl rabbit figure made in Taiwan by Epoch Co. Ltd. for Tomy, 1989.

Image description: Cream-and-grey Sylvanian rabbit with black bead eyes and pompom tail, jointed at neck, shoulders, hips, wearing a pink floral cotton dress with lace, ribbons, and velcro.

Young V&A @young_vam Jan 23

Designed in the 1930s but made in the late 1950s, Abbatt Developmental Toys by Milan Morgenstern were likely the first commercial toys for children with disabilities.

Visit Young V&A, Play Gallery, Moving and Making, Case 2, to see Abbatt Developmental Toys for Assessment & Training, on display.

Threading Toy; circles on a spiral; designed by Milan Morgenstern, made by Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Ltd., High Wycombe, 1960s.

Image description: Square plywood base with a varnished finish, metal spiral pole topped with a red wooden ball, and three coloured rings, yellow, blue, red, to thread along it.

Young V&A @young_vam Jan 20

Steiff is a German toy company founded in 1880 in Giengen an der Brenz by Margarete Steiff. Famous for high-quality soft toys and the teddy bear, Steiff introduced its zebra in 1899. This tiny version features hand-stencilled stripes, a mohair mane and plaited rope tail.