Archive for March, 2010
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

The Design Museum is showcasing a range of pioneering design and architecture products that explore how design can lead the way in contributing towards a more positive and sustainable future.
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Tags: Bermondsey, Design Museum, Sustainable Futures
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

To mark the launch of El Ultimo Grito’s new book – Abandon Architectures – the Aram Gallery is presenting three new collections of work from the design studio, previously unseen in the UK. (more…)
Tags: Abandon Architectures, Aram Gallery, Dialogues, El Ultimo Grito
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Monday, March 29th, 2010

EXCLUSIVE LDG COMPETITION – PART 3: win a pair of tickets to the third ‘Design by Decade‘ talk at the Barbican, taking place in conjunction with the current Ron Arad exhibition. Answer a simple question to win! (more…)
Tags: Barbican, Design by Decade, LDG competition, Ron Arad, win tickets
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Friday, March 19th, 2010

Check out this successful one-day show of collectible designs from the last century, mixed in with contemporary future classics. Housed within Dulwich College in South London, Midcentury.Modern is a great opportunity to snap up rare or unusual products without high mark-up prices. (more…)
Tags: Christison Hall, Dulwich College, Midcentury.Modern
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010

British wallpaper and textile company Sanderson is celebrating its 150th anniversary with an exhibition to highlight the best of its archive. The exhibition, titled Very Sanderson: 150 Years of English Decoration, takes place at The Fashion & Textile Museum in London’s Bermondsey. (more…)
Tags: 150th anniversary, Arthur Sanderson, Bermondsey, Chelsea Harbour, Dennis Nothdruft, Fashion & Textile Museum, London Design Week, Mary Schoeser, Sanderson, Thames & Hudson, Very Sanderson
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Dutch design duo Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job are showing a new series of work titled Industry at Carpenters Workshop Gallery. The exhibition includes highly ornamented pieces which contain dark, satirical, and bravely confrontational comments on the modern world. (more…)
Tags: Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Industry, Job Smeets, Mayfair, Nynke Tynagel, Studio Job
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The Dock Kitchen is here to stay! Housed at Portobello Dock – the studio and showroom base for designer Tom Dixon – the restaurant was initially set up as a temporary intervention to make use of the old kitchen space. Its success since launching in September 2009 has now secured its permanent home. (more…)
Tags: Dock Kitchen, Ladbroke Grove, Portobello Dock, Stevie Parle, Tom Dixon
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Design duo Hannah Dipper and Robin Farquhar of People Will Always Need Plates have created three new teatowel designs to raise money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres and boost awareness of the charity’s Love Maggie’s Day on 26th March 2010. (more…)
Tags: cancer, charity, Dundee, Fife, Frank Gehry, london, Love Maggie's Day, Maggie Keswick Jencks, Maggie's, Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, People Will Always Need Plates, Richard Rogers, teatowel, Zaha Hadid
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

For information on design activities taking place across London in March, check out our newsletter for the month. Don’t miss our exclusive competition to win copies of Canteen’s new cookbook – Great British Food. (more…)
Tags: LDG newsletter, March 2010
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

We’ve got 10 signed copies of Canteen’s new cookbook to win! Canteen is a distinctly British restaurant concept, serving top-quality British dishes across 4 London locations. Competition details below – entry deadline: 17th March 2010. (more…)
Tags: Baker Street, Canary Wharf, Ebury Press, Great British Food, LDG competition, Royal Festival Hall, Spitalfields
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