Somerset House: A New Festival Venue
This year we are delighted to partner with Somerset House, one of the Capital's most beloved centres for arts and culture, to provide a brand new destination for design during the Festival.
Within its historic surrounds take in displays from internationally-renowned designers, explore work by the 2015 winners of the British Land Celebration of Design Awards and see the power of social media in action with a presentation of winning entries from a competition held with Twitter. To whet your appetite, watch our interview with one the Ten Designers in the West Wing, Ross Lovegrove with KEF. |
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Ten Designers in the West Wing
To mark our new partnership with Somerset House, we're launching an exhibition of the work of ten celebrated designers within the recently renovated areas of the building's West Wing.
The ten invited designers - including Jasper Morrison, Patternity, Alex Rasmussen, nendo and Faye Toogood - will create thought-provoking and innovative individual room installations, many in collaboration with a design brand. The exhibition is a showcase of creativity and the very best in contemporary design and production.
Nendo shows off their 'nest' shelving series, while British designers Barber & Osgerby will create a relaxed reading room where visitors can peruse the pair's new book. California-based Rasmussen brings a little bit of the Pacific Ocean to London with a giant anodised-aluminium wave. |
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Serif
The River Rooms
Bouroullec x Samsung
Somerset House plays host to the worldwide release of a new, top-secret screen-based electronic device by French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Samsung. We can't say much about the product itself, but we can say that it is sure to be exciting. |
#PoweredByTweets
Terrace Rooms
Supported by Twitter UK
If you mainly use Twitter to get news updates or share professional gossip, find out how Twitter can be used to 'solve a problem' or 'create something beautiful' with the results of #PoweredByTweets, an open design competition held earlier this year. |
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Max Lamb: My Grandfather's Tree
The Embankment Galleries - Mezzanine & Studio
Supported by Gallery FUMI
After an ancient ash on his grandfather's farm had to be felled, designer Max Lamb gave it a new lease of life as a series of stools, tables and chairs. Some 130 logs will be arranged in an installation at Somerset House to tell the story of the tree and its roots. |
British Land Celebration of Design
Award Winners Exhibition
The Courtyard Rooms
Chosen by an eminent selection committee of established design figures, this year The British Land Celebration of Design Awards are awarded in four categories. For the first time an exhibition of work by winners will be on display at Somerset House. |
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To launch the new dimmable Plumen 002 LED low energy bulb, designer Nassia Inglessis has created Spine, an interactive light installation at Somerset House which challenges perceptions of electricity consumption.
Design Council Spark pops up at Makerversity with an exhibition of new inventions by the programme's eight finalists, each of whom has developed a unique idea - from rethinking the saddle to an indestructable umbrella.
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Award-winning designer Morag Myerscough will brighten up the V&A on Sunday 20 September with her trademark graphic vibrancy at the first Masterclass for this year's Global Design Forum. Register now
The V&A wraps up its five-month exhibition, 'What is Luxury?', with a day of talks on Monday 21 September. Join in on a half-day symposium looking at the future of luxury materials, skills and environments.
Later in the day, Suzanne Trocmé talks to designer Kim Thomé about the material challenges of his new installation Zotem, created with Swarovski for the Festival.
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Exhibitions
Find out how chaos catalyses artists and designers to innovate in an exhibition by Chaos Creative Society. Galerie kreo presents a new collection of work by Pierre Charpin inspired by the much-maligned clown. MADE You Look exhibits the winning Emerging Talent Award and 'Sounds Like Home', an interactive sound installation by Haeyoun Kim.
A commercial showcase of the best new graduate design work in London, Do Masters does good by ensuring all profits go back to the designers. At Milk Concept Boutique, get inspired by the sculptural montages of artist Elaine Breinlinger.
Sarah Myerscough Gallery presents the cutting-edge digital technology work of Dominic Harris. Colourful hand-tufted rugs by Adriana Tavares are on show in Limitless Creativity at Anthropologie. Nearby, Domus hosts an exhibition of architectural aid charity Article 25's work across Nepal, Haiti and Burkina Faso. And Ligne Roset re-appraises the sixty-year career of Pierre Paulin with a new exhibition of the designer's work. MORE |
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Talks and Seminars
Learn from the best in the business at a workshop, talk or seminar. San Francisco interior design firm Studio O+A lead workplace design workshops at designjunction. Building Brighter Futures hosted by Dragon Rouge engages in a broader conversation about how we will live and work in the future. Pavlo Schtakleff, founder of furniture brand Sé, hosts a conversation between Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc and Italian tastemaker Rossana Orlandi.
Get involved at Blackhorse Workshop as The Makers Playground takes over with workshops, installations, and an off-grid cinema. Liberty hosts an open event on 19 September, to introduce the designers behind some of its furniture, lighting and textile products. On 23 September, listen to colour specialist Justine Fox explore the relationship between Colour and Emotion at Dragon Rouge. And on 24 September, join Method in asking questions about the role of consumer electronics in our lives at Responsible Objects. MORE |
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Walks and Tours
On 24 September, Alfies Antiques Market presents a day of Church Street design dealer tours and in-market talks and demonstrations. Design magazine Disegno leads behind-the-scenes studio tours of Southwark's creative community for Camper Walks. Snoop around the glamorous Tom Dixon-designed Mondrian London at Sea Containers hotel on their design led tours.
Budding makers can discover London-based manufacturers by bike on Fabricating Things, a collaboration between tokyobike, Stumped Studio & Camberwell College of Arts. The V&A opens up its extensive and fascinating archives at Blythe House to the public with Tales from the V&A's Archives, as well as tours of the Haworth Tompkins-designed Clothworkers' Centre. MORE |
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| Enter our competitions for the chance to win an Ashley Rucksack by Ally Capellino; a one year V&A Membership for you plus a guest; a one night stay for two people at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street hotel; a Speedball Deluxe Screen Printing Kit with a copy of the book Low-Tech Print by Caspar Williams in collaboration with Cass Art; and a heavy metal light pendant with a Buster LED Light Bulb and a mix set Candle Holder with Buster + Punch. |
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