snapshot round up of the london design festival 2007........................................................................................................................................................................................



london design festival 2007
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.

here is a quick round-up of some of the events that took place as
part of the london design festival 2007.


handled with care
images of the exhibition 'handled with care'
which designboom are currently curating
as part of the london design festival. the
show featured 63 designers from 35
countries, more then 500 ceramic pieces.
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lost values
elena corchero of lostvalues has
developed new aesthetics for solar
wearable technologies, inspired by
spanish tradition and antique embellis
-hment techniques.'we will become
silhouettes' is a collection of fashion
accessories that explores delicate ways
of incorporating organic solar cells into
textiles in which technology meets
tradition. ...more

louise jones
david restorick interiors is a london based,
interior design company offering a full
bespoke service for furniture commissions,
interior design and limited run products.
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secret wars
as part of designersblock's tenth anniversary celebrations during the
london design festival was their 4 acre,
north london, illustration behemoth,
appropriately entitled illustrate....more

karen ryan
karen ryan's new collection, 'untitled lights',
combines her passion for design, graphics,
fine art and painting. the canvas becomes
a functional object by being stretched over
a scallop lampshade frame.
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dominic bromley
'shoal' by dominic bromley is a cylindrical
shoal of 1,500 fine bone china fish
encircling six central fluorescent lights.
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rose tinited spectacles
rose tinted spectacles is a collective of
artists who create work that views the
past through 'rose tinted spectacles'.
featured here are designboom's pictures
of maisie broadhead's victorian plates.
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kithkin presents
kithkin presents is a show curated by
two young design graduates, ian atkins
and joss debae, and is a journey
through recent work which has excited
and influenced them. ...more

mike rowe
rmike rowe of igf studios produces
bespoke glass works to fit the needs of
architects and designers. at designersblock
during london design festival he exhibited
these glass pieces which are intricately
laser cut into individual strands then
meticulously glued together. ...more
link design group
so sakai, of the link design group,
exhibited this piece as part of the
designersblock exhibition in london.
phase of sound #08 'reflection' vibrates
the surface of the water, creating
interference patterns from the waves
produced by the two or more motors.
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established & sons
established & sons' 'elevating design' saw
the company is applying their method of
communication to a theoretical
debate. their ambition was to generate discourse on the area of design currently in the spotlight; the newly termed
'design art'. ...more
ten again
for 100% design 2007 the same ten
designers have reformed for ‘ten again’.
under the same theme of sustainability,
the designers will design/collate/batch
produce/curate 10 objects. the ten
designers were; carl clerkin, chris jackson,
gitta gschwendtner, hector serrano,
michael marriott, nina tolstrup, onkar singh
kular, sam johnson, stephen bretland
and tomoko azumi. ...more

conversational
spanish 2
introducing a number of new faces
together with more established designers
from the increasingly vibrant contemporary
design-scape that includes barcelona,
madrid and valencia. ...more
kathleen hills
kathleen hills presented a collection of
her ceramic and lighting projects amongst
them her black 'cluster light', at 100%
design. ...more

tom dixon
at trafalgar square

the british designer created a huge
chandelier out of his 'blow' lights, and
installed it in front of the national gallery
in trafalgar square. ...more
heather smith
the project 'come rain or shine' is
comprised of two products; walls and
floors in wood, and tiles of felt in plaster
or concrete. they both work in conjunction
with the natural elements -allowing nature
itself to bring pattern and decoration.
...more

maxim velcovsky
as part of the london design festival
maxim velcovsky unveiled his
'catastrophe' vases, at mint gallery,
(whom he designed them especially for). ...more
charlie davidson
'the monster projects shadows that give
children nightmares and make them want
to hide under the protection of their duvet'.
...more

maxim velcovsky
as part of hidden art , which was inside
100% design in london, young british
designer nick fraser presented his
'chable' and 'hall stand' designs....more
tom dixon
dixon presented some of his new 2007
collection at his stand. the new designs
are defined by a 'metallic' theme,
refering back to the materials which
initiated his interest in design....more

bags of goodwill
an exhibition and auction to raise
awareness and funds for the fairtrade
foundation organized by twentytwentyone.
they will show one-off creations by 40
world-renowned designers to be held at
their river street showroom. ...more
jason burges
greenpeace commissioned jason bruges
studio to design an interactive installation
made up of fully dimmable, compact
flourescent lights bulbs as part of their
current campaign to champion efficient
lighting and replace incandescent bulbs.
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bisque radiators
at their booth inside 100% design, bisque
radiators presented prototypes of the two
winning entries of the international design
competition 'the radical radiator of the
future' (which designboom co-organized)
alongside information on other shortlisted
entries from the competition and several
radiators from the the current bisque lines.
...more
hulger
as part of the london design festival hulger
set up a temporary call center at on
newburgh st london. it provided an
opportunity for visitors o play with their
expectations of a call centre. ...more

slow water
the RCA's first show where the college's
students have come together to create a
single-issue exhibition dedicated exploring
sustainability. the 16 design concepts on
display are responses to the open brief 'to
slow water between the sky and the sea'
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jonathan barnbrook
at the design museum

barnbrook's powerful graphic statements
about corporate culture, consumerism,
war and international politics are displayed
in the friendly fire exhibition alongside older
works from the designer's own archive.
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designers in residence
at the design museum

a new annual exhibition, in which
emerging product and furniture designers
were invited to transform areas of the
museum with their work. this years
designers were: sarah van gameren,
chris o’shea, tomás alonso, richard
sweeney and finn magee.' ...more
zaha hadid
at the design museum

the design museum exhibition is the first
full-scale show of hadid's work in theuk.
the show focuses on hadid's recent extraordinarily productive period while also
showcasing built and unbuilt projects.
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amanda lavete
the size+matter project by amanda levete
was shown on london's south bank.
the installation is made of corian® by
dupont TM'it’s a completely manmade
material and yet people look at it like
marble, which is natural, so that was
interesting in itself. the idea of the shape
came from observing tree foliage. ...more
artemide
as part of a lighting installation at aram
store during london's design festival,
artemide showed a die-cast aluminium
lighting unit with reflective pebbles made
from injection-moulded thermoplastic
material with metallic finish, designed by
ross lovegrove. ...more

trash luxe
as part of the london design festival,
liberty are celebrating the creativity of
salvage. the exhibition 'trash luxe' which
is curated by marcus fairs (of dezeen)
and michelle alger ( liberty’s furniture
and lighting buyer), it brings together a
collection of young and talented designers
who specialise in finding beauty in humble
materials ...more
new moves
the iconic anglepoise-type task lamp is
under the spotlight during london design festival. 'new moves' is a representation
of 70 prototypes of works designed by
RCA students ...more

grandmateria
as part of london design festival, gallery
libby sellers is showing its inaugural
exhibition of specially commissioned,
limited edition designs. the gallery is the
venture of former design museum curator
libby sellers and is a concept venue to
nurture and promote design talent....more
lamp/lamp

designs by hironao tsuboi of the japanese
brand 100% inc. ...more
anthony dickens
anglepoise fifty designed by anthony
dickens were on show at the anglepoise
stand for it's official UK launch at 100%
design and also at the aram gallery as
part of the 'new moves' exhibition .the
injection-moulded polycarbonate design
is a transparent shade with a lamp fitting.
...more
bloq
'take away' by bloq proposes a the use
of the inside and the outside of the
bookcase to store your books. ...more
takumi
the japanese brand takumi presented their
designs at the idea stand. ...more
livalike
whimsical designs of socket outlets
by german studio livalike founded by
claudia santiago areal and phoebe
helmbold. ...more

modestudio
as part of 100% design modestudio
presented 'stickleback' and 'fridge
monkey' a flexible rubber mat designed
for maximise storage space, not restricted
to one bottle size. ...more
sylvian willenz
new design proposals by belgian design
team james carrigan and sylvain willenz
were presented at 100% design. shown
left is 'coated' the particularity of coated
is the simplicity of its elements and how
they are put together. assembled only
from three wooden poles inserted into a
moulded plastic three-way tube structure,
this holds everything together. ...more

concrete blond
as part of designersblock 2007 concrete
blond exhibited a new range of 'walled
paper' patterns alongside the launch of
various new textures and surface
treatments. ...more
sit up and [re]design
sit up at 100% futures presented sixteen
seats born from and embracing their
sustainable origins. the exhibition
attempted to illustrate a vision for design
practice, reaching beyond the field of
seating, where sustainability is not
seen as a hinderance or restrictive
requirement but an opportunity for
inspiration. ...more

louise jones
the young designer presented her 'branch' bookcase at 100% futures ...more
jericho hands
the 'bakelight telephone lamp' is part of
the 'reclamation and renovation' seres.
when style is key to a space not suited
to the stark glare of modern bulbs, or for
people who require breathtaking artworks
that span generations, this work is for
them!. ...more







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