Libby Sellers

Libby Sellers is a design historian, independent curator and writer based in London.

She was former senior curator of London’s Design Museum (2000-2007) and supported emerging design through her eponymous gallery (2007-2015). Now Libby focuses on writing and curation for personal initiatives, private galleries and public institutions, including her most recent for Frieze New York 2020 on the materiality of colour. She has authored numerous essays, catalogues and publications on design.

In 2018 Women Design, a survey of inspiring female practitioners from the last 100 years, was published by Frances Lincoln and has resulted in countless lectures, talks and articles on gender diversity in design ever since. In 2014 Libby was honoured by the British Women of the Year awards as a Woman of Achievement in the Arts.