On the night ...

The V&A was a home away from home for an evening celebrating all things homey. Unique workshops revealed the craft behind everyday household objects and domestic rituals were explored through intimate talks, installations and perfomances. 

Cross Stitch by Mark Garside
This new installation by interior and furniture designer Mark Garside conjured up fond memories of 50s pegboard shops, cross-stitch pictures and children story books.
www.markgarside.com

DJ Set by The FT
The dazzling DJing duo Fred & Teo spun music to write home about.

Who? Where? How?
Murder at the V&A Mansion, South Kensington
Visitors could follow in the footsteps of illustrator Katharine McEwen and find ther inner super sleuth in the V&A Mansion Murder Mystery. Jim, the faithful dog of the V&A founder, Sir Henry Cole, had been killed and was found buried in the Garden. To solve which one of the many suspects did it, in which room and with which weapon, detective packs had to be collected before the darkest corners of the V&A Mansion could be explored. Successful detectives got to customise a specially illustrated V&A Detective badge.

How (not) to Build a House: A Hollywood Manual
Tom Hanks and Cary Grant took on similar building projects - and almost lost their sanity in the process - in two films emblematic of their decades.

A Postcard Home by Graham Rawle
This workshop used interior’s magazines from the last 50 years to create a picture postcard conveying what ‘home’ meant. Original artwork could be posted home to a fellow workshopper.
www.grahamrawle.com

The Illuminati Workshop by Arash and Kelly
This workshop allowed visitors to choose from a choice of three different designs and customise their own lampshade with a little help from product designers Arash and Kelly. For those in a rush, Arash and Kelly gave away posters showing how to make the lights quietly in the comfort of your own home.
www.arashandkelly.com

Everything you always wanted to know about housewares, but were afraid to ask by Mo-Billy
This masterclass was about the housewares of design collective Mo-Billy, from the inception phase to the production stage. They also had an exclusive Friday Late shop for that special plate or cutlery set which was made for your dining room table.
www.mo-billy.com

One part chef & four parts designer
L.A. Chef Roberto Cortez put the finishing touches to a specially created dessert to mark his collaboration with designers Katja Bremkamp, Andreas Fabian, Libby Callinicos and Tomás Alonso. 24 lucky Friday Late visitors were personally invited to sample the dessert and experience the dinnerware in two performances hosted by Simon Fraser. The rest of us got to look.

This Tiny World- A Mobile Home by Hannah Waldron
Artist and designer Hannah Waldron received visitors in her Mobile Home and helped recreate their own home environment with some illustrations of everyday objects.
www.hannahwaldron.co.uk

Charleston: A Bloomsbury House and Garden
Dr Wendy Hitchmough, curator of Charleston, gave a colourful talk on what happens when a house becomes a museum. Followed by a short tour of some ‘Bloomsbury’ objects in the V&A collection.
www.charleston.org.uk

Domestic Rituals
Series of talk by V&A curators about everyday mundane tasks such as “Doing the Laundry”, “Drinking Tea”, “Getting Dressed” or even “Hoovering Carpets”.

The Sackler Centre Cinema Complex
Visitors could pick and mix films to discover how Hollywood has been documenting domesticity on celluloid throughout the decades, with fine examples from the 1920s till the 1990s.