London's Design Museum closes the doors of its Shad Thames building for the final time tomorrow, ahead of its move across town. In a Dezeen exclusive, Deyan Sudjic reflects on his favourite memories from the 10 years since he took over as director (+ photos by Luke Hayes).
The Design Museum was established by designer Terence Conran and journalist Stephen Bayley to highlight the importance of industrial design to contemporary culture.
Originally housed in the basement of the V&A, the museum moved into a converted banana warehouse at Shad Thames in 1989 ? where it has been based ever since. But this November it relocates to a new John Pawson-designed home inside the former Commonwealth Institute.
Deyan Sudjic took over as director in 2006. Since then the museum has hosted the work of designers including Zaha Hadid, Paul Smith and Dieter Rams, and exhibits ranging from elaborate dresses to a Formula One race car. Sudjic has selected his 10 favourite exhibitions over the course of that decade, all featuring photography by Luke Hayes.

Formula One, 2006

"This was the show that opened when I first got to the Design Museum 10 years ago. Morag Myerscough did a great job of designing it, Damon Hill opened it and Donna Loveday, the co-curator, managed to persuade Bernie Ecclestone to let us use the word Formula One in the title ? a truly powerful combination."

Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design, 2007

"Zaha had not had a major retrospective in the...