Found In Translation. New lighting & temporary reading lounge. New Collection at The Conran Shop Marylebone. Democracy in Design: The Modern Makers (Protein Studio) Hidden amongst the flashy launches of 'revolutionary' new smartphones, tablets and other shiny stuff, a far greater revolution is brewing - the maker revolution.
Dubbed the ‘Third Industrial Revolution’: the high-tech DIY culture of the maker movement has expanded from the realms of tinkerers, geeks and gearheads to the world of product designers, artists and pioneers. From the rise of digital technologies such as 3D printing and rapid prototyping, to the collaborative maker spaces and open-source manifestos that encourage sharing and innovation, the Modern Makers forum will explore this emerging Do-It-Together spirit and the future of making.
Chair: Duncan Riches, writer and broadcaster Speakers: Tickets: £20 + VAT. WikiHouse 4.0. Heal's London Design Festival Party. Ambrose at Heal’s. Do Shop Presents Seletti Toiletpaper, Blackbody and Do Masters. Future Stars. When Zeev Aram opened his first showroom in 1964, a small, white space on London's Kings Road, he might as well have landed on the moon.
At the time, he recalls, you could buy the odd piece of Eames but generally, the UK was a modern furniture desert. Tincan. Tincan London. MASTERPIECE. Design, Artistry & Sustainability.19 Greek Street. The Design Café is 19 Greek Street’s own newly launched on-site café, which sits on the 1st floor of the gallery.
Since opening in June 2014, it has quickly become the go-to place in London for a quirky and eccentric take on the traditional English afternoon tea. Serving sumptuous teas and cakes baked to perfection by English & Knight (also known as the Full English) using locally sourced ingredients, the café is a delightful place to sit back and while the hours away, or better yet, appreciate some design gems. Aside from offering delicious teas and cakes, the café is also home to some of the best pieces from the gallery’s collections. The Design cafe is open by appointment only for afternoon tea from 2pm to 7pm daily and available for private hire for events. For bookings, email tea@19greekstreet.com or phone (0) 207 734 5594 Read about design cafe in wallpaper* magazine here. Design café new collection. Library: a private member's club- OPEN HOUSE. Ceramics in the City selling fair.
A View of Claridge Architects. Art Cartography Exhibition with Kristjana S Williams. The exhibition will be showing new pieces by Kristjana, working upon maps spanning from London to China and finally the world.
The artist uses her signature collaged techniques to reinvent and give a new life to these incredible works of art. For the first time also exhibiting three dimensional work surrounding cartography. Changing Behaviour. At Home with the Days. Twentytwentyone will host a selling exhibition of a rich and diverse collection of furniture and objects from Robin and Lucienne Day’s home.
Items they collected and made during their seventy years together will be on view to the public for the first time, offering a unique insight into the lives of Britain’s leading designers of the 20th Century. At Home with the Days has been organised in collaboration with The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation and all proceeds will benefit the charitable trust. The collection embraces furniture, textiles, kitchen and dining ware, decorative pieces, prints and assorted items collected and made by the designers throughout their adult lives. From hand-written recipes to one-off prototype chairs, Scandinavian design classics to English antiques to African rugs, the range of items reflects the Days’ eclectic and discriminating taste.
Donna Wilson Rainy Day Pop-Up Shop. Made in Ratio Showroom Launch. VG&P New Collection. The Saturday Market Project. The Saturday Market Project. Rupert Bevan: Open Studio & Showroom. Rupert Bevan, renowned designer, maker and finisher of fine bespoke furniture and specialist luxury interiors will be opening his Finishing Studio and Showroom to visitors on weekdays during London Design Festival.
The Open Studio will provide visitors with a rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of our highly skilled specialist finishers in action, working on some new and exciting pieces - including some prototype designs we are creating to celebrate London Design Festival. Combining traditional artisan skills with contemporary materials and techniques, it can be a fascinating and mesmerizing experience watching their creativity and artistic talents unfold. Finishing demonstrations will also be held to provide viewers with a deeper insight into the processes involved; the dates and times for these will be available on the Queens Park Design District website: www.queensparkdesigndistrict.co.uk .
Come and meet us to experience a different approach to contemporary design! Harriet Anstruther Studio Revealed. SKS DESIGN HUB feat. ZOE BREWER LONDON & OUT OF THE DARK COLLABORATION. SK Studios is a project funded by The South Kilburn Trust to support local creative businesses by offering them studio space in return for giving back to the community by providing trainee-ships, workshops, talks and events.
Tenants include milliner Victoria Grant and musicians Clean Bandit, as well as photographers, film makers and an anthropologist. We even have our own radio station - K2K radio! Studio tenant and interior designer and stylist, Zoe Brewer, will using the main space to launch her new furniture collaboration with Out of the Dark. Out of the Dark are also a charity, that helps to give young people a direction in life, by equipping them with skills in furniture renovation and upholstery, as well as business and life skills.
During London Design Festival, SK studios will provide a hub of exciting design activity with workshops, talks and events. Bigsmallshow.com. Shine 2014. Roselind Wilson Design. Live project at Queens Park Design District. Paul’s unique contemporary style of craftsmanship combines the past with the present.
Aged machinery, vehicle parts and modern scrap otherwise destined for the melting pot are collected from London’s scrap yards and grease shops, reworked, restored and re-energised into a wealth of bespoke objects. Using traditional metalwork techniques and his time-honoured machinery Paul interweaves the histories and identities of the parts he finds into new forms and functions.
It’s his talent for channeling the character and quirks of every component, reinventing each element into the contemporary lighting, furniture and accessories, for which The Rag and Bone Man brand has become renowned For London Design Festival Paul will take up temporary residence at Charles Autos, 53 Lonsdale Road. The Water Monopoly Open Showroom and Workshop. Wall of Objectification. Wall of Objectification The London Design Festival draws our attention to new trends, new materials and new objects that we don't necessary need but desire.
This leads us to consider what objects mean to us, the longevity of our processions and the memories they ignite. As part of AN'D Film Festival in the Clerkenwell Design Quarter, atwork will present a feature wall entitled Wall of Objectification which explores the various meanings of treasured objects. To accompany the installation, artist Eve Archer will make an illustrated, animated film which narrates a story inspired by these objects. If you would like to contribute to the project please email a picture of your treasured object and short explanation of its meaning to you (20-250 words) to info@atworkassociates.co.uk, including your name and profession. Spontaneous Creativity. Simplified Beauty. For the 11th annual London Design Festival, SCP plays host to Simplified Beauty, three shows from Japan, America and Britain that celebrate things made as they should be.
Between the 13th - 21st September 2014, SCP is pleased to present specially commissioned products from the Ishinomaki Laboratory, handmade Mashiko ceramics and glassware from the Shotoku Glass Company. A range of other special objects from Japan will be on show, selected by SCP founder Sheridan Coakley and designer Reiko Kaneko on a visit to the country earlier in 2014. Continuing SCP’s close relationship with acclaimed American designers, the Brooklyn-based duo Fort Standard present a collection of furniture, lighting and objects. These self-produced designs have an emphasis on quality materials and elemental forms. Ruberg Jewellery. Officine Panerai collaborates with de Pass, Montgomery and McIntyre. The Wish List.
A stellar list of architects and designers brought together by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Benchmark Furniture collaborate to create a compelling installation, The Wish List, which will be exhibited at the V&A during the 2014 London Design Festival (13-21 September). Terence Conran, co-founder of Benchmark, instigated the project when he wrote to his friends and asked, “What have you always wanted in your home, but never been able to find?” His friends are, of course, some of the most illustrious names in architecture and design. Double Space for BMW - Precision & Poetry in Motion. Sharing a fascination with the aesthetics of motion and the idea of an experiential installation, Barber & Osgerby have designed ‘Double Space for BMW’, a kinetic sculpture that creates an immersive experience for the viewer. Barber & Osgerby have long been fascinated by aerospace, automotive and maritime engineering and their V&A project reflects this interest.
Serpentine Galleries Pavilion 2014 designed by Smiljan Radić. The Serpentine has commissioned Chilean architect Smiljan Radic to design the Serpentine Galleries Pavilion 2014. Radic is the fourteenth architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary Pavilion outside the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens. The commission is one of the most anticipated events in the cultural calendar, and has become one of London’s leading summer attractions since launching in 2000. Smiljan Radic’s design follows Sou Fujimoto’s cloud-like structure, which was visited by almost 200,000 people in 2013 and was one of the most visited Pavilions to date. Urban Plunge. Urban Plunge shows drawings, models and photography that document these projects, including Denmark’s scheme to transform Copenhagen harbour from an industrial and transportation junction into the city’s cultural and social centre. The sculptural Harbour Baths (Julien De Smedt Architects) have already proved an incredible success in bringing new life to the harbour area, while HOW | House of Water (Tredje Natur), is a visionary idea for a new island for Copenhagen harbour dedicated to education about water and the environment.
Urban Plunge is showing two UK schemes, one for a series of permanent central London river bathing stations - Studio Octopi’s Thames Baths - and the other, King’s Cross Pond Club (Ooze & Marjetica Potrč ), a temporary pool on the King’s Cross development site opening this autumn that will create an enclave for public use in the private land under construction. Polyomino at Ally Capellino East. An installation of a Maggie’s kitchen table.
Super Stimuli. Objects Sandbox: New Internet-Connected Products. Simplified Beauty. New Collection at The Conran Shop Chelsea. The Parisianer at Hexagone. Harrods Is Design. SOFT // EDGE: a cashmere collaboration with Hunting & Narud, Study O Portable and Peter Marigold. OYUNA returns to LDF this year, showcasing an expansive collaboration with three renowned design practices: Hunting & Narud, Study O Portable and Peter Marigold. The project challenges pre-conceived ideas about cashmere, and how far one can truly push ‘luxury’ materials. Designer Oyuna Tserendorj has been working with the cashmere of her native Mongolia under the name OYUNA since 2002. WORKSHOP: Create to Live. CAFÉ SMUG. SMUG, Lizzie Evans’s lifestyle store, is proud to announce that it is one of the founding 10 design shops of the newly formed Islington Design District.
CAFÉ SMUG. Innovation, lightness and versatility. -ISH. Collaboration: Timorous Beasties & artist Jonathan McCree (Sim Smith Gallery) Timorous Beasties was established in Glasgow in 1990 by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons, who met studying textile design at Glasgow School of Art. ARIA + Bambi + Art Against Knives. Featuring Street artist Bambi Islington district late night opening 16 September Event runs London Design Festival, 13-21 September 2014. Show 9. Elements of Craft. Smallbone Craft Workshops. Smallbone of Devizes, bespoke cabinet-makers and creators of fine luxury kitchens, will be hosting its annual craft workshops at its flagship Knightsbridge showroom during The London Design Festival 2014.
Andrew Davies will be demonstrating time-honoured traditional joinery skills including dovetail joints, while contemporary silversmith, Phil Jordan will be creating exquisite pieces working with traditionally forged silver with a hammered finish. Upholstery Demonstration. Be inspired by light and control: how to transform your home and lifestyle. Urban Plunge: New Designs for Natural Swimming In Our Cities. TOTO: AND Film Festival screenings and Toilet Architecture presentation powered by Pecha Kucha. Stamp Station.