No One Has Taught Me This

What happens when making begins where instruction ends?

This question lies at the heart of No One Has Taught Me This, an exhibition that brings together 70 emerging artists working across jewellery, sculpture, ceramics, wearables, digital installation, furniture, and beyond — whose practices explore inherited wisdom, intuitive skill, and the quiet knowledge gained through care, survival, and experimentation.

Part of London Design Festival, this group exhibition reveals how design today is shaped not only by what we know — but by what we feel, remember, and imagine. From objects born of grief or migration to speculative tools, family archives, and hacked-together solutions, the works on display span the poetic, political, and deeply personal. Some navigate hybrid identities or intergenerational stories. Others question power, intimacy, or repair. All speak to what cannot be taught, but must be lived.

No One Has Taught Me This asks: What knowledge do we carry in our hands? What can’t be taught in school? And how do we design from instinct, emotion, and experience?

📅 19th - 20th September 12:00-19:00

📅 21st September 12:00-17:00

📍 9 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX

🎟️ No booking required