Ahead of its opening later this month, the Design Museum has installed one of IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelters outside a London tube station.
The Better Shelter, which is nominated for a Designs of the Year award, has popped up outside the South Kensington Underground station in west London ? moments away from the Design Museum's new home on Kensington High Street.

According to the Design Museum, it is the first time that the refugee shelter has been publicly exhibited in the UK, and it will remain in its outdoor location until 23 November 2016.
Afterwards, it will move to the Designs of the Year exhibition, where it will be exhibited alongside other nominees, including the artwork for David Bowie's final album and Adidas' running shoes made using recycled plastic recovered from the sea.
"This project sums up Beazley Designs of the Year and shows how the design industry can use their skills and knowledge to solve a real and pressing issue ? that of temporary shelter for displaced people," said curator Gemma Curtin.
The Better Shelter is a 17.5-square-metre module that can be assembled without tools in four hours. It has an expected lifespan of three years and can accommodate five people.

The IKEA Foundation launched the flat-pack emergency shelter back in 2013 to offer an alternative to the tents often used to house displaced people, of which there are now more than 65 million worldwide.
Thousands of Better Shelter cabins have since been deployed globa...