5th annual london design festival 2007
from saturday 15 to tuesday 25 september
at various venues across london

now in its fifth year, the london design festival has become a major
fixture on the international creative calendar. with an audience of
300,000  viewing a massive range of over 200 eclectic projects, its
stature has quickly grown to make it one of the most important design
events in the world.

the festival operates in conjunction with a wide network of organisations
and individuals, from museums and educational institutes to designers
and even international cities, ensuring a diverse selection representing
the best of global design.


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'handled with care'
contemporary ceramic works

designboom is coming to london, continuing to promote design talents
from all over the world.
as part of the london design festival designboom will curate an exhibition
of contemporary ceramic wares from established and upcoming
international designers.
the exhibition will feature a selection of ceramic objects, which express
subjects and details of everyday life, their departure from tradition and the
current conflict of ecology and consumerism.

more than 400 pieces from 24 countries on show!

wednesday 19 - sunday 23 september 2007. hope to meet you there...

event: designersblock - Tenth London Anniversary Show
venue: the nicholls & clarke buildings,
3 - 10 shoreditch high street, E1 

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london design festival 2007 - top events preview 

here is designboom' s selection of the most interesting events/shows
this page will be updated daily, please check often!

from friday, september 14th
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designersblock: illustrate
launch 14 september, 6pm – 10pm
from 15 – 23 september
open daily to public
10am – 7pm
holloway road tube station
highbury studios, hornsey street, n7
free

cockpits & art deptford
from 14 – 16 september
11am -  6pm
18-2 creekside,
deptford, se8 3dz
free



from saturday, september 15th
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alessi, new autumn/winter collection showcase
evening preview 19 september, invite only
from 15 to 20 september
open daily to public
monday to saturday 10am - 6pm
sunday 11am - 5pm
22 brook street w1k 5df
free

the art workers guild, new work
from 15 to 30 september
by appointment only during the week
saturday 10am - 6pm
sunday 12am - 5pm
the art workers guild, 6 queen sq, wc1n 3at
free

bags of goodwill
from 15 - 25 september
open daily to public
monday to staurday 9.30am - 5.30pm
sunday 12am - 5pm
18c river street, ec1r 1xn
free

best art vinyl 2007
from 15 to 25 september
thursday to sunday 12am - 6pm
unit 10, 20 broadway market, e8 4ph
free

conran graduate window
from 15 – 25 september
open daily to public
22 shad thames, se1 2yu
free

conversational spanish 2
from 15 – 25 september
tuesday to saturday 10am – 6pm
67a great titchfield st, w1w 7pt
free

DuPontTM Corian® with amanda levete for the Size + Matter
installation, southbank centre
free

exhibition of new flos designs at scp shoreditch
from 15 – 20 september
open daily to public
monday to saturday 9.30am – 6pm
sunday 11am – 5pm
135-139 curtain road, ec2a 3bx
free

i love design
from 15 – 25 september
monday to friday 9.30am – 6pm
saturday 10.30am – 6pm
partridge fine art ltd, 144-146 new bond street, w1s 2pf
free

iconic moments in bristish rock history:
a photographic exhibition of british rock icons
from 15 – 30 september
monday to friday 9am – 6.30pm
saturday 22 11am – 5pm
boss design showroom, 319 - 325 euston road, nw1 3ad

jaime hayon at bisazza
cocktails thursday 20 september 6.30pm – 9.30
from 15 – 25 september
open daily to public
10am – 6pm
bisazza, 60 sloane avenue, sw3 3dd
free

b&b italia new collections
from 15 september – 25 september
monday to friday 10am – 6pm
wednesday 10am – 7pm
sunday 12am – 5pm
250 brompton road, sw3 2as
free

on/off
from 15 – 25 september
open daily to public
12.30am – 6.30 pm
5 cromwell place, south kensington, sw7 2jb

showcase south america
from 15 – 25 september
open daily to public
11am – 7pm
rich mix cultural foundation, 35-47 bethnal green road, e1 6la
free

size + matter: the materials project
from 15 – 25 september
open to public daily
24hrs
external sites around the south bank centre,
belvedere road, se1 8xx
free

from monday, september 17th
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london design festival opening reception
monday 17 september
6.30pm - 9pm
royal festival hall, belvedere road, se1 8xx
invite only

tom dixon energy saving installation
(great giveaway of 1000 tom dixon low energy lights)
from monday 17 to wednesday 19 september
7pm - 10pm monday and tuesday
5pm - 10pm wednesday.
from 5pm wednesday 1000 lights will be
given away on a first come first serve basis
1000 cfl light bulbs will be given away each day
trafalgar square

bucharest street child project
from 17 to 25 september
open daily to public
9am - 5pm
tino stone, great portland street, w1w 5qj
free

craft, creativity & the computer controlled age
17 september
5.45pm – 7.30pm
level 5 function room, royal festival hall
southbank centre, belvedere road, se1 8xx
tickets available on first come first served basis

vonhideki, columbia coffee table
scene at crib 5
from 17 – 21 september
open daily to public
10am – 5pm
tea building, 56 shoreditch high street, e1 6jj
free

from tuesday, september 18th
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a day of events at the pimlico road design district
18 september
10am - 6pm
various locations
free, booking required

departure 07: further explorations in print
from 18 september – 27 october
meet the designers: 18 september, 7pm – 9pm
monday to saturday, 11am – 6pm
london printworks trust, unit 7 brighton house
9 brighton terrace, sw9 8dj
free

seminars at apple:
do we need another chair?
tuesday 18th september
7pm – 8.30pm
apple store, 235 regent street, w1b 2el
free (limited to 200)

moho at moroso uk, showroom opening
18 september
6pm onwards
22-24 st giles high street, wc2h 8t
free

up all night - climbing in and out of design!
from 18 - 25 september
monday to friday 12am – 6pm
saturday 12am – 4pm
central st. martins college of art and design,
10 back hill, ec1r 5lq
free

from wednesday, september 19th
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designboom: handled with care ceramics exhibition
from 19 to 23 september
10am - 7pm
designersblock - tenth london anniversary show
private view wednesday 19th september 6pm - 10 pm, invitation only
from thursday 20 september to sunday 23 september
open daily to public
10am - 7pm
the nicholls & clarke building, 3-10 shoreditch high street
£5, £3 concessions (register online for free entry)


Corian®: 40 years - 40 designers
tent london, 20-23 september, truman brewery
maxalot with build and commonwealth
on/off (and everything in-between)
19 - 25 september, 10am-6pm
brompton design project, 5 cromwell place, south kensington

circa private view, tent london
19 september
7pm - 9 pm
truman brewery, brick lane, e1
invitation only

chinatown: ip issues for eastern markets
19 september
6pm - 8pm
design council, 34 bow st, wc2e 7dl
free, booking required

gradual
19 september
12am – 6pm
5 cromwell place, sw7 2jb
free

illumination- making a difference with advanced materials
19 september
10.30am – 12.30am
institute of materials, minerals and mining
1 carlton house terrace, sw1
free with registration

lee broom - neo neon
from 19 – 24 september
wednesday to saturday 10am – 10pm
sunday 11am – 6pm
monday 10am – 5pm
the brick lane gallery, 196 brick lane, e1 6sa
free

mathmos new shop installation & lucky dip party
lucky dip: 19 september 6pm – 8.30pm (invitation only)
open daily to public
9.30am – 5.30pm
96 kingsland road, ec2 8db
free

moritz waldemeyer - 'by royal appointment”
gallery libby sellers, 1 - 5 exhibition road
19th september – 14th october


from thursday, september 20th
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tom dixon 100% design press breakfast
20 september
10am - 11.30am
free, invitation only

100% design london
from thursday 20 to sunday 23 september
thursday 10am - 9pm
friday 10am - 7pm
saturday 10am - 6pm
open to students saturday 22 to sunday 23 september
open to general public sunday 23 september
11am - 6pm
earls court
100% design:  earls court 2
100% detail: earls court 1
100% light: earls court
100% materials: earls court
100% futures: earls court
architectural innovations: earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

special features at 100% design:
for the following exhibitions see
the 100% design details above

ten again

100% norway

sit up, [re]design

made in denmark

via and ligne roset

stuart melrose (100% futures)

jennifer newman (100% futures)

100% design london debates & workshops:

zero carbon london - achieving a 65% carbon reduction
by 2025
thursday 20 september
11.30am - 12am
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

future cities
thursday 20 september
12.30am - 1pm
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

london as a design destination
thursday 20 september
2pm - 3pm
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

entertainment architecture with softroom architects
thursday 20 september
3.30pm - 4.30pm
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

workshop: 100% contract
thursday 20 september
11am - 6pm
workshop area, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

100% sustainable workshop
from thursday 20 to saturday 22 september
thursday 20 september:
11am - 1pm, materials and processes
2pm - 3.30pm, furniture
4pm - 5.30pm, architecture
earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

tent london:
(incorporating content,
circa - vintage design,
superbrands,
your space,
urbantine project,
talent zone)
from thursday 20 to sunday 23 september
thursday 10am - 8pm
friday 10am - 8pm
saturday 10am - 8pm
sunday 11pm - 5pm
truman brewery, brick lane, e1
£7.50 advance, £10 on door
(free for trade/press with registration
before 14 september)

special features at tent london:

post-war british modernism
by twentytwentyone, circa

design giveaway – link
by pearsonlloyd for arpro

your space events:
for the following exhibitions see
the tent london details above.

braveart

the republic of vunderland
presented by design club

emergence design

i.dot (italian design on tour)

id.lab

rare breeds

young swedish design (ung)

urbantine project, tent london
vip & press breakfast launch
20th september
9.30 – 11.30 am
invitation only
truman brewery, brick lane, e1

agape party, new range launch
20 september
9am - 5.30pm
alternative plans ltd., 4 hester road
albion riverside, battersea bridge
free, invitation only

another side to fashion
20 september
11am - 4.30pm
rootstein hopkins space, london college of fashion
university of the arts london, 20 john princes street, w1g 0bj
free, rsvp required

armani/casa
from 20 to 25 september
open daily 10am - 8pm
sunday 12am - 6pm
113 new bond street, w1s 1dp
free

brodie neill at the gallery in redchurch st.
from 20 september to 23 september
open daily to public
11am - 7pm
50 redchurch street, e2 7dp
free

building cultures: can artists make great places?
20 september
9.30am - 5pm
birkbeck, university of london,
malet st, bloomsbury, wc1e 7hx
£135 (£95 concessions) - includes lunch with booking

seminars at apple:
the china syndrome
thursday 20th september 2007
7pm – 8.30pm
apple store, 235 regent street, w1b 2el
free (limited to 200)

emergence design
from 20 – 23 september
thursday to saturday 10am – 8pm
sunday 11am – 5pm
tent london, truman brewery
brick lane, e1
free with trade invitation or pre-registration
£7.50 on door

form foundation presents mode of production
from 20 – 23 september
open daily to public
10am – 7pm
designersblock 2007, nicholls & clarke building
3-10 soreditch high street, e1
free with registration
£5 (£3 concessions)

full house 2007
from 20 – 30 september
open daily to public
monday to saturday 10am – 6pm
sunday 11am – 4pm
477-507, uxbridge road, hatch end
pinner, middlesex, ha5 4js
free

greenwich village at selfridges
from 20 – 24 september
launch 20 sptember 6.30pm - 8.30pm
open to public daily
monday to saturday 10am – 8pm
sunday 11am – 6pm
selfridges, 400 oxford street, w1a
free

iconoclasm.jp/07: in praise of shadows
from 20 – 25 september
open to public daily
bodhi, 214 brick lane, e1
free

new moves
from 20 september – 3 november
monday to saturday 10am – 6pm
thursday 10am – 7pm
110 drury lane, wc2b 5sg
free

oxo tower wharf
from 20 – 23 september
open daily to public
11am – 6pm
bargehouse street, se1 9ph
free

trash luxe exhibition
curated by marcus fairs (dezeen.com)
from 20 – 30 september
open daily to public
monday to wednesday 10am – 8pm
thursday 10am – 9pm
friday 10am – 7pm
sunday 12am – 6pm
liberty, regent street, w1b 5ah
free

from friday, september 21st
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100% design london debates & workshops:
100% detail low carbon building programme
friday 21 september
11am - 1.30pm
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

100% design new technologies day
friday 21 september
2pm - 4.30pm
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

100% design in conversation with designers
barberosgerby
friday 21 september
5pm - 6pm
finnforest merk theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

workshop: new technologies day
friday 21 september
11am - 6pm
workshop area, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

100% sustainable workshop
friday 21 september:
11am - 1pm, fashion and textile
2pm - 3.30pm, product design
4pm - 5.30pm, book launch: designers, visionaries and
other stories
earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

the friday night party, tent london
site wide party
21 september
8pm – late
truman brewery, brick lane, e1
invitation only

45 selected ceramicists in the geffrye's museum
from 21 - 23 september
friday 12am - 8pm
saturday 22 10am - 5pm
sunday 12am - 5pm
geffrye museum, 136 kingsland rd, e2 8ea
free

building cultures: urban walkabout
21 september
10am - 4pm
camden centre, bidborough st wc1
£15 includes the walkabout , seminar and lunch.

campana brothers in the garden
21 july
10am - 5.45pm
v & a, cromwell rd,
south kensington, sw7 2rl
free

friday late create party
21 september
6.30pm – 10pm
v&a museum of childhood, cambridge heath road
bethnal green, e2 9pa

royal institution lecture - slow water: designing for
sustainability
21 september
6pm – 7.30pm
upper gulbenkian gallery, rca, kensington gore, sw7 2eu
£8 (£5 concessions and ri members)

slow water
from 21 september – 4 october
open daily to public
10am – 6pm
lower galleries, rca, kensington gore, sw7 2eu
free

wake up to sustainability breakfast
21 september
8.30am – 10am
34 bow street, wc2e 7dl
free (advance registration required)

from saturday, september 22nd
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100% design london debates & workshops:
matthew hilton in conversation with layton reid
saturday 22 september
2pm - 3pm
the finnforest theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

100% sustainable workshop
saturday 22 september:
11am - 1pm, interior design
2pm - 3.30pm, industrial design
earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

icon party at superbrands, tent london
22 september
10pm – late
truman brewery, brick lane, e1
invitation only

designing china
saturday 22 september
3.30pm - 4.30pm
the finnforest theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

workshop: 100% futures, supporting young design talent
saturday 22 september
11am - 5pm
workshop area, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

from sunday, september 23rd
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100% design london debates & workshops:
the cool wall contest
sunday 23 september (trade and public day)
the finnforest theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

design room 101
sunday 23 september (trade and public day)
2pm - 3pm
the finnforest theatre, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

workshop: 100% design
saturday 22 september
2pm - 4.30pm
workshop area, earls court
£20, (free for trade and professionals or with registration)

from wednesday, september 26th
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anticipating the future - hidden art forum 2007
26 september
9.30am - 5.30pm
5.45pm - 8pm 'drinks and networking'
bloomberg city gate house,
39-45 finsbury square, ec2a 1pq
£15/£10 - online registration required

exhibitions and events coinciding
with the festival
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byam shaw school of art at central st. martins
ma fine art degree show 2007
from 12 to 21 september
free

craft central at canary wharf - ain't concrete great?
a celebration of brutalist architecture
from 3 september – 05 october
open daily to public
from 7am – 12am
cabot tower, cabot place east
retail mall, canada square
canary wharf, e14 5ab
free

designers in residence, at the design museum
from 12 september – 14 october
open daily to public
10am – 5.45pm (last admission 5.15pm)
design museum, shad thames, se1 2yd
£7 (£4 concessions)

goldfinger project
from 1 – 30 september
monday to friday 10am – 6pm
saturday 12am – 6pm
space, 129-131 mare street, e8 3rh
free

goldsmiths ma design critical practice & mres design
exhibition – anomalies
from 23 – 30 september
open to public daily
11am – 6pm
number one, the piazza
covent garden, wc2
free

grandmateria
from 19 - 25 september, 10 - 14 october
11am - 7pm
gallery libby sellers, 1-5 exhibition road, sw7
free

moho at viaduct
private view 12 september
13 - 25 september
monday to friday 9.30am - 6pm
saturday 10.30am - 4pm
1 - 10 summers street, ec1r 5bd
free

playboy london flagship store opening
253 oxford street

rangoli
from 7 – 30 september
open daily to public
monday to saturday 10am – 6pm
sunday 12am – 6pm
the conran shop, 81 fulham road, sw3 6rd
free

zaha hadid - architecture & design
till 25 november
open to public daily
10am – 5.45pm
design museum, shad thames, se1 2yd
£7 (£4 concessions)

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