Harrods teams up with Design Museum for lecture series

The Design Museum and London department store Harrods have partnered to produce the Design Icons - Lecture Series - six design-focused lecture and debating events taking place between April 15 and May 23. Leading designers and experts have been enlisted to take part in the events, including fashion designers Roland Mouret, who joins a panel on open debate 'What Makes a Design Icon?', chaired by Design Museum Director Deyan Sudjic, on April 15 at Harrods; and Vivienne Westwood, who presents her manifesto 'Active Resistance to Propaganda' on May 2 at the Design Museum. Other people involved include Alastair Lansley, chief architect of St Pancras International and industrial designers Ross Lovegrove and Richard Sapper.