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Prof. Susan Lambert, Chief Curator of Museum of Design in Plastics (MoDiP)

Professor Susan Lambert, Chief Curator at MoDiP worked for many years at the Victoria and Albert Museum, ultimately as keeper of the Word & Image Department (Prints, Drawings, Photographs, Paintings and the National Art Library). Susan curated the V&A’s first global 20th century Gallery, and initiated and oversaw its contemporary programmes.

In 2007 she was instrumental in refocusing the Arts University Bournemouth’s existing collection of design on ‘design in plastics’. She edited the collection of essays, Provocative plastics: their value in design and material culture, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. She is a trustee of the Art Fund.