A mansion with glowing windows stands beside a forest of tangled branches. Both belong to the miniature world of Wildwood, and both are now on view at London's Design Museum in an exhibition devoted to LAIKA's stop-motion film.
LAIKA Presents Wildwood: The Exhibition runs from October 15, 2026 to January 10, 2027. The exhibition offers a close look at the physical objects used to build the film's world, from puppets and costumes to detailed sets.
A world built to be filmed
The museum's press announcement describes 170 objects from the film. Seen together, the miniature environments and character puppets make the relationship between performance and set design tangible: a figure must feel at home in a world built around its scale.
A forest set and puppets share the gallery with the miniature mansion. Photo: Aaron Parsons Photography.
Project: LAIKA Presents Wildwood: The Exhibition
Production: LAIKA / Design Museum
Photo © Aaron Parsons Photography. Wildwood © LAIKA. Separate editorial reuse permission unconfirmed.
The exhibition includes the imposing Pittock Mansion and a forest environment. Their textures reward a closer look: foliage gathers around the building while roots and branches frame the puppets in the woodland.
LAIKA's official video follows the installation of the Wildwood exhibition.
Project: LAIKA Presents Wildwood: The Exhibition
Production: LAIKA / Design Museum
Photo © Aaron Parsons Photography. Wildwood © LAIKA. Separate editorial reuse permission unconfirmed.
For artists, the appeal is the chance to see how much atmosphere can live in a physical surface. The weathered mansion and dense forest establish distinct places before a character moves through either one.
From the screen to the gallery
An official LAIKA video shows the exhibition taking shape, offering a glimpse of the work involved in bringing the miniature world into a museum setting. It is a useful companion to the display: the finished gallery is itself an arrangement of objects made for another kind of frame.
The main exhibition is in the Helene and Johannes Huth Gallery on Level 2, with a separate free display on the mezzanine. The museum lists adult exhibition tickets from £15.29; visitors can check its page for current access details before travelling.
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