Natalie D Kane

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Curator of Digital Design at V&A. Trustee - The National Videogame Museum. Curator - Design and Disability (opening V&A Dundee June 2026). Councillor, Brixton Acre Lane @lambethgreenparty

A park with a tree to the left, underneath a baby deer shelters in shadow.
A row of brightly coloured posters against a white tiled wall. The posters say ‘Design and Disability’ on each left hand bottom corner. On the left lime green poster, a photo of Davina Starr, a member of drag syndrome in a white wig and bright make up under a spotlight. The central light blue poster has a black and white photo of Marvel Harris wrapped in a towel emerging from the sea. The right pink poster is an image of Sky Cubacub in a pink binder and dragon scale headdress.
A large wooden sign hangs between two pale marble columns above two closed black doors. On the sign reads in fuschia pink ‘Design and disability’.
A book stacked on top of another on a table. The book cover is predominantly white. In the top right hand corner is the main title text in bold sans serif black font, reading Design and Disability. At the bottom left it reads in capitals, 10 Tales of Accessible Design. Across the front cover on a white background, from left to right is a series of long stripes of differing widths that go from top to bottom that go from each edge, with staggered gaps in between. They are in a colour spectrum starting from turquoise, to blue, to mauve, to purple to pink.
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A display of fake foods on a pink table. In the foreground is a beautifully marbled Kobe steak set on a green leaf. Above it is a delicately balanced tray of takoyaki with mayonnaise and fish flakes. To the left is a pot of silken tofu in a light broth. None of it is real but everything looks like it.
A copy of a book entitled Rights Not Charity: Protest Textiles and Disability Activism by Gill Cranshaw lies on a bright orange scarf which is very much a work in progress by the photographer. The cover has an illustration of a trade union style protest banner which reads ‘Disabled People fight back, equality, Nothing about us without us’.
Tour details: Guided tours led by V&A staff lasting approximately 20 minutes, meeting point Learning Centre Reception. Behind the scenes of Patric D Prince: Digital Art Visionary, Saturday, 12.00. Join curators Melanie Lenz and Livia Turnbull for tour of their display ‘Patric D Prince: Digital Art Visionary’ and learn about the collection and legacy of on of the most important collectors of early digital art practiced. Global Digital Art & Design, Saturday, 15.00: This talk will take you on a journey across the global South to explore global digital art. led by Donata Miller-Obebe, Assistant Curator, Africa Diaspora, this session will consider how to contextualise and surface global narratives. Collecting Digital - Five Objects, Five Challenges, Saturday, 15.00: How do we collect digital design today? Curator Natalie Kane address the challenge of preserving our digital heritage in this short talk. Digital Design and consumer electronics, Sunday, 15.00
Two large black and white photographs in black frames on a white wall. The left photograph, a black woman (the artist, Carrie Mae Weems) is wearing a black strappy top, smoking, and is having her hair combed lovingly by a black woman at a wooden kitchen table. A low hanging lamp is in the centre of the photograph lighting the scene. The photograph on the right pictures the same woman is now sitting at the same table, with the same lamp, with two friends sitting either side. The friend to the left, a black woman, is barely visible as she moves with excitement or laughter, the camera unable to capture her properly due to the low light level. The white woman on the right is also laughing, with leas movement, her hands on the table mirroring her friend. The artist in the centre rests her head on her hand, laughing with more reserve, looking down at her drink, less moved by whatever the joke was.
A bright orange clock radio, with a black face with white hands and hour markers. The radio part is inlaid in the base, with silver brushed steel knobs. The brand of the clock says ‘BUSH’ in the top left corner and along the bottom is the display, where it says long or medium which can be alternated with the knobs and a list of radio stations from BBC to Commercial and Local.
A picture of a very soft grey tabby cat lying on a pink duvet with palm leaf detail. The kitty is very snoozy and must not be disturbed!
A book lays on a black and white abstract blanket. The book cover is of a white gallery space, with white walls and light grey tiled floors. A blue velvet cushioned bench is embellished with big white capitalised letters ‘It was hard to get here. Rest here if you agree.’ The book’s title is Crip Authorship: Disability as Method. Edited by Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez.
The brown doorway to a pub. On either side are black spray painted silhouettes of women, to the left is Esther Roper, who wears a long coat and spectacles with her hair up, to the right, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington who wears a long coat, a hat and holds an umbrella in her hand.
A stack of toys on a shelf in a toy store. On the toy is a child’s version of a Flynn lawn mower and a Dyson styling set, in the middle is a kids Joseph Joseph kitchen utensil set, at the bottom is a miniature Dyson cordless bacuuum and Joseph Joseph washing up set.