Johanna Agerman Ross

Johanna Agerman Ross
EducationLondon College of Fashion, Royal College of Art
OccupationsArt historian, curator, journalist
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Awards
Websiteagermanross.co.uk 

Johanna Agerman Ross (born 1986) is a journalist, curator, and historian of design. She is the chief curator of the Design Museum in London.[1][2][3]

Prior to her role at the Design Museum, she was a curator of 20th century and contemporary design at the Victoria and Albert Museum. During her time at the V&A, she co-curated Plastic: Remaking Our World, helped found the research programme Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures, and was responsible for the Design 1900-Now galleries which opened in 2021.[4][2]

She is also the founder of the design journal Disegno.[5][6]

The University of the Arts London awarded Agerman Ross an honorary doctorate in 2025.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Directorate". Design Museum. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Johanna Agerman Ross MA". University of the Arts London. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Johanna Agerman Ross". Dezeen.
  4. ↑ "Johanna Agerman Ross". London Design Festival.
  5. ↑ Morby, Alice (14 June 2016). "Disegno founder Johanna Agerman Ross to join V&A as curator". Dezeen. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Johanna Agerman Ross". Salone del Mobile. Retrieved 2 July 2026.