Various locations
London
Showcasing works from both undergraduate and postgraduate design students, this years festival will present a host of fresh talent to get your teeth into.
With over 20 separate events run by colleges and independent students, you'll be hard pushed to get around them all - so this is our selection of some of the best.
Circa @ Tent London
Stand no.C04
Truman Brewery, London
L’Equipement des Arts the London and Paris based trio of Michael Mohammed, David de Kervern and Andrew McIntosh Patrick, present Design Existence part of a series of exhibitions dedicated to merging and blurring the boundaries between art, design and entertainment.
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London
For the second year the London Design Festival has commissioned two leading architects / designers to create an installation for the setting of the Southbank Centre.
This year sees leading architect David Adjaye working with The American Hardwood Export Council to create a dramatic pavilion of American tulipwood.
Villa Foscari La Malcontenta, Italy
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio’s birth (1508-2008), La Malcontenta invited Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher to design and build two installations within Villa Foscari La Malcontenta, a building designed by Palladio in 1555.
Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy
Oostelijke Handelskade 34, 1019 BN Amsterdam, NL
For this year’s Inside Design Amsterdam, Amsterdam’s major annual showcase of leading-edge interior design, the Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy has been given a dazzling transformation by the crème de la crème of the Dutch design world.
Platform21
Prinses Irenestraat 19, 1077 WT Amsterdam, NL
Hacking existing design is a recent phenomenon. For a variety of personal motives, professional and nonprofessional designers are making individual alterations to off-the-shelf products.
Some do it for fun, others out of necessity, and still others out of a critical attitude toward mass production.
Viaduct
1-10 Summers Street, London
Viaduct's annual exhibition, Touch & Reflect, will showcase new products from the major furniture suppliers that they represent in the UK.
Pierre Bergé & Associés
Place du Grand Sablon, Brussels
Pierre Bergé & Associés will auction a selection of installations and designs created for DuPont international events and exhibitions promoting DuPont™ Corian®, one of the most known brands worldwide among materials for design and architecture.
PM Gallery & House
Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, London
PM Gallery & House and designer Carl Clerkin present Bottom Drawers, an exhibition of new work and installations by sixteen artists and designers investigating the things we choose to live with.
Pierre Bergé & associés
Brussels
Pierre Bergé & Associés present Green Design, an exhibition focusing on Finnish, Belgian and Dutch designers and companies that are producing work made from recycled materials.
Philips de Pury & Company
Howick Place London
Phillips de Pury & Company present an exhibition of experimental furniture and objects commissioned by Vitra Edition, the design arm of the Swiss furniture manufacturer, Vitra.
Part of the River Island presents Heart & Design auction for The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust.
Due to be re-auctioned later this year. For more information contact: oliver@heartanddesign.org
Part of the River Island presents Heart & Design auction for The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust.
Due to be re-auctioned later this year. For more information contact: oliver@heartanddesign.org
Part of the River Island presents Heart & Design auction for The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust.
Due to be re-auctioned later this year. For more information contact: oliver@heartanddesign.org
Hand Knotted Tibetan wool, with floral centre, 1/1 Edition.
Part of the River Island presents Heart & Design auction for The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust.
Due to be re-auctioned later this year. For more information contact: oliver@heartanddesign.org
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