#HTE
Highlights from London Design Festival 2016, From King’s Cross to Kensington (and Everywhere in Between)
As with NYC’s ICFF and Milan’s Salone del Mobile, the tentpole events of London Design Festival are predominantly trade-facing affairs. Whereaas 100% Design caters to interior designers and architects, designjunction balances contract with the indie, up-and-comer spirit of Shoreditch. Meanwhile, the nooks and crannies of South Kensington — known as Brompton Design District — and Clerkenwell were well worth exploring, including gems from the London design galleries, showrooms, and pop-up exhibitions alike.
From the buzzworthy Martino Gamper exhibition at SEE••DS to Jasper Morrison at the new Tate Modern to RCA’s service-oriented #liveinclusive show, LDF2016 presented the depth and breadth of contemporary design in London.
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Full London Design Festival 2016 coverage:
Map Presents the Industrial Design Process
Partake in Particle Particular
COMP’s Parquet Shelving System
Installation View
Tord Boontje’s Futuristic Funhouse of Electro Craft
Seeds of Doubt: “No Ordinary Love”
Gallery - Keep Calm and Carry on: Shoreditch and London Design Fair
(It’s also worth mentioning that a few LDF sites are regrettably absent from the galleries: As the center of gravity of the Brompton Design District, the V&A hosted several presentations and a robust schedule of talks and tours, while large-scale outdoor installations are intended to engage the general public. Like the Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park, the LDF Landmark Projects — “The Smile” by Alison Brooks Architects, on view until October 12, and the MINI Living “Your Side of Town” forest installations by Asif Khan — are highly visible attractions.)
Designjunction: The Cubitt House
LDF2016 was the occasion for
designjunction’s move to its new permanent home at King’s Cross Creative Quarter.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: Cubitt House
The
main hall was outfitted with a custom façade by London-based
Satellite Architects in collaboration with
Icons of Denmark, featuring Peter J. Lassen’s modular
GRID System.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: TON
The
Chair Leaf, designed by Italian studio
e-ggs for
TON.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: Noemi Saga Atelier & “Parquet” by COMP
Brazil’s
Noemi Saga and Bermondsey-based
COMP offered different takes on wooden furniture.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: “Parquet” by COMP
Cemal Okten and Martin Price launched the
“Parquet” shelving system at designjunction.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: “Parquet” by COMP (detail view)
We were impressed by the elegant attachment system; see more
here.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: Modus presents “Who’s Casper?”
Longtime exhibitors
Modus invited 16 designers to interpret the
Michael Sodeau-designed
Casper Stool for a
charity auction to benefit refugees in partnership with NGO
Movement on the Ground.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: Johnston Twitter Machine by Florian Dussopt
Transport for London celebrated the centennial of its iconic
Johnston Typeface with a
pop-up exhibition. Among the bespoke projects to mark the occasion, TfL and
KK Outlet commissioned an interactive piece by
Florian Dussopt.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Designjunction: Johnston Twitter Machine by Florian Dussopt
Known as
#inspiredby, the machine “printed” Tweets from visitors near and far.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
Central Saint Martins presents “Brain Waves”
The design school’s well-curated
graduation exhibition was a highlight of LDF2016. Check out the full coverage
here.
Photo credit: Ray Hu
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