Successful Brighton design store The Lollipop Shoppe has opened its first London outlet within Old Spitalfields Market, selling a diverse portfolio of products from watches to furniture and cushions to lighting. (more…)
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SHOP: THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE (SPITALFIELDS)
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010EVENT: ‘SPEED OF LIGHT’ AT BARGEHOUSE (SOUTH BANK), 9TH-19TH APRIL 2010
Friday, April 9th, 2010
United Visual Artists (UVA) has been commissioned by Virgin Media to create an immersive light installation on London’s South Bank to mark the tenth anniversary of broadband in the UK. Speed of Light is a series of installations that explore the themes of communication and modernity. (more…)
LDG EXTRACT: THE STATE OF STUFF
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Its 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…)
RESTAURANT: SUPPERCLUB LONDON, NOTTING HILL
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
SHOP: DARKROOM, BLOOMSBURY
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
EXHIBITION: STUART HAYGARTH AT HAUNCH OF VENISON, MAYFAIR
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Mayfair gallery, Haunch of Venison, is staging its first exhibition of British artist and designer Stuart Haygarth with an exhibition called ‘Found.’ The show examines his ongoing relationship with abandoned objects and his fascination with taxonomy through a series of new furniture works, lamps and chandeliers. (more…)
EXHIBITION: DESIGN REAL AT SERPENTINE GALLERY, HYDE PARK
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Design Real, curated by the renowned industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, is the Serpentine Gallery‘s first exhibition devoted to contemporary design. Grcic’s selection for the exhibition focuses on ‘real’ items: mass-produced items that have a practical function in everyday life. (more…)
EXHIBITION: DIETER RAMS AT DESIGN MUSEUM, BERMONDSEY
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
At last, the Design Museum is recognising the achievements of legendary German designer Dieter Rams by staging his first definitive UK retrospective. Rams defined an elegant, legible, and rigorous visual design language which has informed the work of countless designers today. (more…)
GIFTS: LDG CHRISTMAS SELECTION 2010
Friday, December 3rd, 2010It’s Christmas time and here LDG editor Max Fraser brings you his selection of gifts for the holiday season. As always, we would encourage you to buy well made items with lasting appeal to try to reduce the waste that comes with the merriment and excess. Enjoy! (more…)
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