Home Sweet Home examined the different ways in which contemporary British designers approach the creation of domestic environments and products for the home - often sensory, sometimes intellectual, frequently ironic.

The British design education system emphasises imagination, innovation and cross-fertilisation between different disciplines and is the root of these approaches to domestic design. As well as nurturing native talent, Britain's art colleges attract legions of students from abroad, who often settle and practice in the UK, creating a restless and multicultural design scene.

Home Sweet Home presented furniture, lighting, furnishings and accessories - curtains and rugs, ceramics, glass and silver - from a combination of established and younger designers, industrial manufacture and craft. It demonstrated how some domestic objects make a direct appeal to the senses, while others are intentionally thought-provoking and activate the mind.

The exhibition also reflected recent sociological shifts in Britain, including changes to the traditional family unit and the blurring of work and home. It painted a vivid picture of the post-war hunger for interior DIY, that can be seen in the current crop of magazines and home makeover TV programmes.

Home Sweet Home was divided into three sections: Stimulating the Senses, Stimulating the Mind and Consumer Britain.

Curator: Lesley Jackson

Exhibition designers: Softroom

Project Manager: Lucy Swift.