Archive for January, 2010
Thursday, January 28th, 2010

We’re delighted that LONDON DESIGN GUIDE has been included in Design Week’s annual round-up of the “people making a difference in design,” which was released today (28th January 2010). (more…)
Tags: Design Week, Hot 50, LONDON DESIGN GUIDE, Max Fraser
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

British shopping emporium – Liberty – is giving designers the opportunity to pitch their designs to a panel of the store’s buyers and industry experts. The best designs will get the chance to have their products sold there. Register online prior to the event on 6th February. (more…)
Tags: Best of British, LIberty, Soho
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Monday, January 25th, 2010

The second part of the annual Designers in Residence programme at the Design Museum features new work from three of this year’s chosen talents – Asif Khan, Bethan Wood, and Farm – comprising site-specific installations on the museum’s ground floor. (more…)
Tags: Asif Khan, Bermondsey, Bethan Wood, Design Museum, Designers in Residence, Farm
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The legendary one day showroom sale at Vitra’s Clerkenwell showroom returns on Saturday 23rd January 2010. This presents a rare opportunity to snap up super-discounted Vitra furniture. Warning: arrive early to avoid disappointment! (more…)
Tags: Clerkenwell, one day showroom sale, Vitra
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The Aram Gallery is presenting the fourth in its ongoing series called Prototypes and Experiments with a new batch of exhibits sourced from the studios of emerging and established designers. The exhibition displays objects exploring ideas in metal. (more…)
Tags: Covent Garden, Prototypes and Experiments IV, The Aram Gallery
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Circus is now open – Covent Garden’s new restaurant, bar, and ‘entertainment experience’, the design of which has been created by Design Research Studio, headed up by British designer Tom Dixon. (more…)
Tags: Circus, Covent Garden, Design Research Studio, Endell Street, Nik Biok, Tom Dixon
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010

We have recently discovered that St Alban, the restaurant from The Wolseley owners Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, has closed. Apparently, the closure was not recession-struck but rather the result of an unbeatable offer on the lease. (more…)
Tags: Chris Corbin, Jeremy King, LDG closure, Lower Regent Street, Mayfair, St Alban, The Wolseley
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Friday, January 8th, 2010

Viet Hoa Cafe, the first Vietnamese restaurant to have opened in an area that is now dubbed London’s ‘Little Saigon,’ has undergone a total interior refit to distinguish itself from its shabbier culinary competitors on Kingsland Road. (more…)
Tags: Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, Viet Hoa Bar, Viet Hoa Cafe, Vonsung
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LDG EXTRACT: THE STATE OF STUFF
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Its January 2010 and the start of a new decade. It seems only right that at this milestone, we all consider what we’re doing right and what we’re doing wrong. In this LDG extract, editor Max Fraser confronts our insatiable appetite to consume and calls for change. (more…)
Tags: LONDON DESIGN GUIDE, Max Fraser, The State of Stuff
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