Archive for the ‘Event’ Category

4X4: LDG PICK OF EXHIBITIONS DURING LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2011 (EAST)

Friday, September 16th, 2011

4x4East

Welcome to the first of our new regular feature on the website, called 4×4. In an easily digestible format, we get selective about design by featuring 16 of the best products, exhibitions or designers. Here, we feature our 4×4 selection of the best design exhibitions taking place on the eastern side of the city during London Design Festival, saving you from trawling through mountains of choice. (more…)

EVENT: LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL (CITYWIDE), 17th-25th September 2011

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

hdr-london-design-festival-2011

Celebrating its ninth year, the capital’s leading annual extravaganza London Design Festival is to be the largest and most significant yet, returning to the city this September with almost 300 events. (more…)

EVENT: ‘OPEN HOUSE LONDON’ (CITYWIDE), 17th & 18th September 2011

Monday, September 12th, 2011

City Hall_(c) Linus Lim

London’s greatest architectural showcase is taking place on the weekend of 17th and 18th September. Open House London offers Londoners a unique annual opportunity to explore the buildings, places and neighbourhoods where they live and work. (more…)

LDG EVENT: LONDON DESIGN GUIDE BIKE TOURS in partnership with CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK, 24th-26th May 2011

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Tally Ho! Cycle Tours - Clerkenwell

LDG editor Max Fraser is hosting bike tours around Clerkenwell during Clerkenwell Design Week. The leisurely tours take in the best design events of the festival and are conducted on elegant Pashley bikes supplied by Tally Ho! Cycle Tours. (more…)

EVENT: CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK (CLERKENWELL), 24th-26th May 2011

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Clerkenwell Design Week Skyline

Clerkenwell Design Week is a three-day festival located in the creative hub of East London, with over 150 events taking place amid the area’s concentration of furniture showrooms. The festival celebrates contemporary design by focusing it’s attention on a packed programme of exhibitions, installations, workshops, presentations, and debates. (more…)

EVENT: MIDCENTURY.MODERN AT LORD’S CRICKET GROUND (ST JOHN’S WOOD), 15th May 2011

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Midcentury.Modern

The well-reputed Midcentury.Modern one-day show of vintage and contemporary interior products is back, this time in a new venue – Lord’s Cricket Ground – which compliments its usual location at Dulwich College. (more…)

RESTAURANT: THE MODERN PANTRY POPS UP AT MEZA (SOHO), 22nd March-16th April 2011

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

The Modern Pantry at Meza 1

This spring, New Zealand chef Anna Hansen is transporting her popular and original menu from The Modern Pantry in Clerkenwell to a temporary set-up in Soho, The Modern Pantry at Meza. (more…)

EVENT: ‘BACK TO SCHOOL’ AT THE MODERN DANISH WAREHOUSE (BROMPTON), 5th-20th March 2011

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Modern Danish Warehouse

The Modern Danish Warehouse returns for a second year with a new pop-up warehouse and a strong focus on old school furniture. This year, the Warehouse is collaborating with Playtype, a type foundry from Copenhagen. (more…)

EVENT: THE DOCK CHRISTMAS MARKET (LADBROKE GROVE), 16th-19th December 2010

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

cheese wall

Foodies and design buffs alike can enjoy The Dock Christmas Market at the water-side estate of Portobello Dock. Hosted by designer Tom Dixon, expect lively festivities on the terrace, in the Tom Dixon Shop and Dock Kitchen restaurant. (more…)

EVENT: SUPER CHRISTMAS MARKET AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 10th-12th December 2010

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

SUPER CHRISTMAS MARKET

Somerset House is staging the popular Super Christmas Market again this year, providing a platform for emerging designers and giving you the opportunity to buy direct from London’s inventive independent talents. (more…)