Design Democracy Blog Awards 2010: the winners
So, October is here which marks the end of our first Design Democracy Blog Awards. We enjoyed having our four winning bloggers with us for 2 weeks over London Design Festival. For those that missed their fantastic posts, it’s not too late to catch up with all the action. To celebrate the awards and the winners,... Read more...
Puff&Flock present: Gypsy Eco Caravan at LDF
The OXO Tower grounds was home (temporarily) to the nomadic “transcendental gypsy caravan of creativity” last week. I passed by on my way to the Designersblock exhibition and happened upon a sweet guitar mini-concert by a talented local musician. In front of his porch/stage was a live workshop. Kids and adults were surrounded with colourful... Read more...
WeHeart present: 100% Design Highlights
This year celebrating their 16th birthday, Earls Court’s 100% Design London is the creative trade show from which the London Design Festival was spawned – and, even today, is a hub of creative talent from around the world. Last week we had the chance to spend a few hours checking out all that was on... Read more...
Arianna Interiors present: Ligne Roset Plays with Bright Colours
I loved Ligne Roset bright bold installation ‘Lets talk about colour’ during the London Design Festival. The showroom was transformed with Ligne Roset’s signature furniture pieces in bright acid colours. Taking centre stage were some of the key new pieces, such as Eric Jourdan’s contemporary seating range Harry, coupled with Inga Sempé’s distinctive Ruché sofa,... Read more...
Puff&Flock present: Puff&Flock Shop
The sign went up, the plinths went out, the wonderful products got put on display, and the shop opened. And four days later, it all came down! That’s LDF for you: short but sweet. It was months in the making and over in a heartbeat. For those of you who couldn’t make it, our shop... Read more...
confessions of a design geek present: Pennies from Heaven
Not willing to concede the end of London Design Festival quite yet; I swung by Paul Cocksedge’s Drop installation on the terrace of the Royal Festival Hall tonight. The highly magnetic brass metre-high ‘coin’ supposedly “fell to Earth from a giant’s palm.” The idea is that as people add pennies to the surface, it becomes... Read more...
WeHeart present: Rolf Sachs Open Studio
One of the best things about London Design Festival is the voyeuristic delight of gaining access to some of the world’s top designers’ studios and, last Thursday, following a few hours at Earls Court’s 100% Design, we had the opportunity of popping along to the Fulham studio of internationally renowned Swiss designer Rolf Sachs. Read more...
confessions of a design geek present: Trendspotting at 100% Design
A very large and well-scribbled upon blackboard at 100% Design posed the question; “what is the future of design?” Photograph: Philip Vile So with that question in mind, at my last big LDF event for this year, I thought I’d try my hand at a little bit of trend spotting……both based on what I’d seen... Read more...
Arianna Interiors present: Gust Of Wind
Late Friday night at the V&A was fantastic. It was packed with enthusiasts and so many amazing things to see. My favourite was of course the long awaited installation by Paul Cocksedge, ‘Gust of Wind’. Flying sheets of corian were installed as if they were fluttering across the hallway at the V&A. The installation featured... Read more...
WeHeart present: Bench 10, by The Lollipop Shoppe
Inspired by the increasingly unimaginative and utilitarian approach to modern public furniture, Spitalfields interiors store, The Lollipop Shoppe, invited 11 influential furniture designers – the likes of JDS Architects, Freshwest and Decode – to create 11 distinctive, innovative and remarkably unique versions of the humble bench. Read more...
confessions of a design geek present: Origin Craft Fair
I am very sad to have been greeted by these closed doors when I excitedly arrived at Origin, thinking I had a good couple of hours to check it out… Happily, some of my fellow bloggers were luckier and so here are my best bits of their best bits… Read more...
Arianna Interiors present: 100% Design Highlights
This weekend was a rather busy one, with LDF sadly drawing to a close, I scurried along to all the top events happening in London. First stop: 100% Design! This was phenemonal with such an amazing showcase of talent. Here are some of my highlights of the event: Read more...
