This year’s theme is “Lose Yourself in Design”. As if London wasn’t enough a place to get lost in, now we have the wonderful maze that is the London Design Festival. The city’s prestigious museums and galleries, luxury boutiques and public spaces have teamed up to showcase the best of international contemporary design. Here’s what we wouldn’t miss:
This year’s theme is “Lose Yourself in Design”. As if London wasn’t enough a place to get lost in, now we have the wonderful maze that is the London Design Festival. The city’s prestigious museums and galleries, luxury boutiques and public spaces have teamed up to showcase the best of international contemporary design. Here’s what we wouldn’t miss:
What have I always wanted in my home, but never been able to find? Thought the designer. Ten illustrious names in design and architecture have each nominated an emerging talent to collaborate on this very open brief. The result is singular pieces like Paul’s Shed, where Paul Smith has teamed up with Nathalie de Level to make this environmental friendly house perfect to catch as many sunlight as possible, for it rotates!!
V&A Staircase P (Level 1 – 4)
13 September – 24 October,
10am – 5.45pm daily, 10am – 10pm Fridays.
Co-curated by SCP founder Sheridan Coakley and British-Japanese designer Reiko Kaneko, the exhibition describes itself as a celebration of “things made as they should be”. The show explores how different cultures approach simplicity and beauty, featuring works from Japan, America and Britain.
Images: Simplified Beauty poster. (C) SCP
135–139 Curtain Road, EC2A 3BX
13 – 21 September.
100% DESIGN (Earls Court Exhibition Centre)
On it’s 20 edition, 100% Design can boast in being the UK’s biggest design event. It covers interiors, kitchens and bathrooms from top talents and emerging ones. We are looking forward to seeing the auditorium space installation, designed by Benjamin Hubert.
Images: (C) Benjamin Hubert
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
2 Warwick Road, SW5 9TA
17 – 20 September.
A PLACE CALLED HOME (Trafalgar Square)
What is home? Four acclaimed designers will try to answer this questions: Jasper Morrison, Patternity, Raw-Edges and Stu-dioilse. Commissioned by Airbnb, the four structures will be in Trafalgar Square for five days and range from an interior with the ability to transform into different rooms to a Pigeon fancier’s house.
Images: Patternity and other sketches of the project. Source: www.prote.in
Trafalgar Square, 18 – 22 September, 10am – 10pm