London Design Festival
Explore London Design Festival with Wallpaper* for the latest insights into its art, design, and cultural offerings.
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Tom Dixon marks his studio's 20 years with a show of design experiments
Mushroom, cork, steel coral and more: Tom Dixon showcases an overview of his design experiments as he celebrates his practice's 20 years
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Omer Arbel’s live glass-blowing unites sculpture and experimentation at the V&A
Canadian creative Omer Arbel’s design practice is a collision of worlds, uniting sculpture, design, invention and – in his show ‘Material Experiments’ at the V&A for London Design Festival 2022 – performance
By Martha Elliott Last updated
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‘Finding quality through the act of making’: Pearson Lloyd celebrates 25 years of design
Pearson Lloyd’s show ‘Change Making’ reflects on past designs from its archives, showcasing the influences on and evolution of the studio, from furniture design to the NHS
By Martha Elliott Last updated
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Design titans Terence Conran, Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster commission their wish list for the London Design Festival 2014
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Zaha Hadid’s 'Crest' installation to transform the V&A’s garden during the London Design Festival
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Design luminaries discuss materials and circularity at London Design Festival 2020
Paola Antonelli, Neri Oxman, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen and Ivy Ross will share their insights into regenerative materials in an online panel discussion on Tuesday 15 September, moderated by Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Sarah Douglas. Tickets are free, pre-register below to secure your place.
By TF Chan Last updated
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'Vera Chapter 2' exhibition at London Design Festival
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Prints by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and Pierre Charpin for The Wrong Shop
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Alpine lines: rare Otl Aicher prints reveal a graphic designer ahead of his time
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London Design Festival 2021: explore the city through design
London Design Festival 2021 (until 26 September) features a rich programme of events and installations across the city, with projects including a mixed reality installation at the V&A by Sou Fujimoto, a sculpture celebrating beehives by Arthur Mamou-Mani, and a central London streetscape by Yinka Ilori. Wallpaper's guide to specially curated exhibitions and what's on in each Design District across London
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Michael Anastassiades’ public drinking fountains address plastic pollution during London Design Festival
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Enjoy a virtual coffee in this virtual gallery
For London Design Festival 2021, design studio Giles Miller Studio and cult London coffee brand Grind are collaborating on a new kind of virtual space
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Creative disciplines collide in this London townhouse
‘Design House’ at 14 Cavendish is a pop-up exhibition featuring furniture, ceramics, lighting and more in the raw spaces of a Palladian London townhouse
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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SCP and Ishinomaki Laboratory unveil wooden furniture designed to minimise waste
Merging British and Japanese design and craft sensibilities, the collection features work by 12 contemporary designers including chairs, tables, benches and stools
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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London Design Festival 2022: design highlights from across the city
London Design Festival 2022 brought us a life-sized media platform, public seating by Sabine Marcelis, and exhibitions across the city’s districts
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Sculpting scent: Zuza Mengham creates objects inspired by Laboratory Perfumes
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Dan Tobin Smith takes visitors on an immersive journey inside gemstones
For London Design Festival, the photographer, together with The Experience Machine and Gemfields, creates an animation of gemstone inclusions inside Collins Music Hall
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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Pattern power
Patternity's first book envisions ‘A New Way of Seeing’
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Vitra unveils new London home in the Tramshed, Shoreditch
London Design Festival 2022: after a year-long renovation, Vitra opens the door to its new showroom in the heart of Shoreditch
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Porro unveils new London showroom at Coal Office
London Design Festival 2022: industrial architecture meets pure geometries in the new Porro showroom, taking over a space within Tom Dixon’s Coal Office to showcase the brand’s systems and furniture
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Mudlarking beside the River Thames inspires The New Craftsmen’s makers
London Design Festival 2022: The New Craftsmen’s new collection, ‘Claylarks’, features work from a group of creatives inspired by a River Thames mudlarking expedition
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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London Design Medals 2022
London Design Medals 2022 are awarded to costume designer Sandy Powell, architect Indy Johar, researcher Joycelyn Longdon and photographer Sir Don McCullin
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Huguet and Pentagram debut a playful terrazzo collaboration
Graphic designer and creative consultant Astrid Stavro has rallied seven Pentagram partners for a colourful series of tiles and objects made by Mallorcan cement and terrazzo producer Huguet
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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LG SIGNATURE unites art and technology at London Design Festival
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The London Design Festival 2013: in pictures
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Waste not: Bloomberg proves that one office’s trash is a designer’s treasure
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London Design Festival Blog
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