The London Design Festival was conceived by Sir John Sorrell and Ben Evans. Building on London’s existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design. Design Gallerist introduces you a succulent list of events and exhibitions that you can’t miss.
100% Design
A contemporary design event for professionals in this area. In 100% Design, you can find a lot to inspirations and also to exhibit and expand your work.
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Ticketed event: Trade FREE ($23 on door) Press FREE Student $15 Pre-reg ($23 on door) Public $23
Opening times:
Wednesday 23rd September: 10.00 – 18.00
Thursday 24th September: 10.00 – 21.00
Friday 25th September: 10.00 – 18.00
Saturday 26th September: 10.00 – 18.00 (Public permitted to attend)
www.100percentdesign.co.uk
Adress: Hammersmith Rd, London, W14 8UX.
Decorex international 2015
Around to 400 companies will be exhibiting the best of design, ideas and inspirations, craftsmanship, new technologies and rising talents, all in one event.
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Ticketed event: General public opening on Tuesday 23 September – tickets $46 each.
Opening times:
Sunday 20 September: 10am – 6pm (trade only); Monday 21 September: 10am – 6pm (trade only); Tuesday 22 September: 10.00am–7.00pm (open to trade and consumer).
www.decorex.com
Adress: Syon Park, Brentford End
Tent London & Super Brands (24-27 Sept 2015)
The best way to summarize this event is saying: the most progressive furniture, lighting and interiors brands. These two events combined in order to bring out the ultimate designs in London.
If you’re a design lover, we are sure that for those who love design, Tent London is the best place to find novelties, innovations and fine furniture inspired by top designers and creators.
Super Brands is a series of contemporary showrooms, the brands that participate on this are carefully chosen for this purpose and it is definitely the best of the best design brands.
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Ticketed event:
Public – Adult (Discounted Advance) – Sales end: 18 Sep 2015 – $15.7
Public – Child (5-16 yrs) – Sales end: 27 Sep 2015 – $ 6
Opening times
Thursday 24 September
10am – 7pm
Friday 25 September
10am – 8pm
Saturday 26 September
10am – 8pm
Sunday 27 September
11am – 6pm
Important: Last entry to the exhibition is 45 minutes before the close of the event.
www.tentlondon.co.uk
Adress: Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, London EC1V 9LT, United Kingdom
SEE ALSO: Carpenters Workshop Gallery * Vicent Dubourg Exhibition
Focus/15
Not only from the UK, also from all over the world, Focus/15 gathers architects, interior designers and style-spotters. This event are created too for enjoy the conversations with some of the top designers. This is an event to be Focus on!
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Opening times
Monday: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Tuesday: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Wednesday: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Thursday: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Important:
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
www.dcch.co.uk
Adress: Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, Lots Road, London, SW10 0XE.
Designjunction (24 – 27 September)
Taking place in London, Designjunction, annually held during London Design Festival, Salone del Mobile, Milan and NYCxDesign in New York. The two venues where this event is held are stunning, one is a neoclassical landmark, Victoria House Bloomsbury and another is The College.
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Opening times
Wednesday 23 Sept 16.00 – 18.00
Press Preview 19.00 – 21.00
VIP opening (by invitation only) Thursday 24 Sept 11.00 – 21.00 (Show open + late night opening)
Friday 25 Sept 11.00 – 19.00 Show open
Saturday 26 Sept 11.00 – 19.00 Show open
Sunday 27 Sept 11.00 – 16.00 Show open
thedesignjunction.co.uk/london/
Adress: Sorting Office on New Oxford Street
Brixton Design Trail
Admire installations, learn about crafts and shop for beautifully designed products with the help of Brixton Design Trail, a collection of events taking place as part of London Design Festival.
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Date: 19-27 September – 9am – 11pm daily
Adress: SW9
A Bullet from a Shooting Star.
Commissioned by the London Design Festival in collaboration with Greenwich Peninsula, the sculpture, is a reference of the industrial history of the site it will be poking out of. The 35-metres piece, created by the british sculptor Alex Chinneck, weighs 15 tons, and will be visible from North Greenwich station, the Thames Clipper, the Emirates Airline cable car, Canary Wharf and planes flying to and from City Airport.
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Date: 19-27 September – 10am-8pm
Adress: London, SE10.
Resonance: Making, Metal and Place
The French artist, Charles Pétillon put together 100,000 big white balloons, You want to know how would look like? So, you need to visist his first public installation: Heartbeat.
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Date: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
Adress: Covent Garden Piazza London WC2E 8RF
RIBA Regent Street Windows Project
We are anxious to see the result of the windows of fifteen of Regent Street’s top retailers this September as the Royal Institute of British Architects fill them with striking installations for the world to admire.
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Date: Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 12pm-6pm
Adress: London W1
Somerset House
Somerset House it’s the key point this year in the London Design Festival, the house will be hosting a number of free events. The major exhibition is in the West Wing: for 10 Designers, ten international designers and brands (Nendo, Faye Toogood and Ross Lovegrove among them). Odyssey, An interactive virtual reality installation promises to challenge your understanding of perception. There is the excitement of a global electronic project launch too: Samsung have built a gadget designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
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Date: Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 12pm-6pm
Adress: Strand, London, WC2R 1LA.
London Design Festival: Zotem
Bold and colourful installation conceived by London-based Norwegian designer Kim Thomé with Swarovski.
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Date: Mon-Sun 10am- 5.45pm
Adress: Brompton Design District.
SEE ALSO: Stockholm Design Week*2015
Designed|Crafted 2015
Glass, wood, textiles, porcelain, bird skulls and preserved fish skins, this is where cutting edge craft meets dreamland. Contemporary craft at its best in this delightfully intimate gallery from a select group of members of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
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Date: Mon-Sat 11am-7pm
Adress: Shoreditch Design Triangle
The Millinery Works Ltd: 21st Century Furniture
An eclectic mix of well-established and up-and-coming young furniture designers will be showing an innovative range of furniture at the 21st Century Furniture V exhibition.
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Date: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
Adress: 87 Southgate Road, N1 3JS
Serpentine Galleries. Serpentine Pavilion 2015 designed by selgascano
In 2015 Serpentine Galleries celebrates the 15th anniversary of the world-renowned Pavilion commission. This year, award-winning Spanish studio selgascano have taken on the brief. Serpentine Pavilion 2015 designed by selgascano.
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Date: Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Adress:Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Carpenters Workshop Gallery. Atelier Van Lieshout Bronze
‘Bronze’ the exhibition of Atelier Van Lieshout, includes sculptures covering themes such as social ties and the impact of the industrial revolution on our lives. Inspired in the ‘Bronze Age’, the exhibit tells the story of humanity.
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Date: Mon-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Adress: Carpenters Workshop Gallery, 3 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, W1S 4HE
Absolute Abode. “London and Thereabouts” by Janine Kilroe
Absolute Abode presents an exhibition of Janine Kilroe’s fine art photography, in which colour is reintroduced by hand to black and white images. Absolute Abode combines an interior design practice, café and lifestyle emporium. It is one of the London Evening Standard’s ‘Top 10 Design Cafes’.
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Date: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Thu 8am-10pm, Sat 8.30am-6pm, Sun 9am-5pm
Adress: 76-78 Coombe Lane, London SW20 0AX
Atelier D&D. At Home With India Mahdavi
D&D is a luxury lifestyle emporium dedicated to extraordinary design. For London Design Festival 2015, Atelier D&D will be showcasing a collection of India Mahdavi’s designs – featured on the 2014 AD100 list of the world’s best interior designers.
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Date: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm
Adress: 25 Thurloe Street, London SW7 2LQ
London Design Festival at the V&A. Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
This exhibition looks at the extremes of footwear from around the globe, presenting around 200 pairs of shoes ranging from a sandal decorated in pure gold leaf originating from ancient Egypt to the most elaborate designs by contemporary makers.
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Sponsored by Clarks
Date: 10am – 5.45pm; Friday 10am – 10pm
Adress: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, SW7 2RL
London Design Festival at the V&A. Exhibition Road Project display
The Exhibition Road Building Project is the largest architectural intervention undertaken in the last 100 years of the V&A’s history. This display uses models, sketches and mock ups to explore the project, including the design competition, development of AL_A’s winning scheme, and the build itself.
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Date: 10am – 5.45pm; Friday 10am – 10pm
Adress: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, SW7 2RL
London Design Festival at the V&A: What is Luxury?
What is Luxury? interrogates ideas of luxury today. It will address how luxury is made and understood in a physical, conceptual and cultural capacity.
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A V&A and Crafts Council Exhibition
Sponsored by Northacre.
Date: 10am – 5.45pm; Friday 10am – 10pm
Adress: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, SW7 2RL
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