Archive for the ‘Lighting’ Category

EVENT: THE MODERN DANISH WAREHOUSE, BROMPTON

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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Nina Hertig, co-founder of Sigmar and an LDG contributor, is hosting the first pop-up Modern Danish Warehouse in an impressive disused Art Deco Garage in Brompton, selling an edited selection of vintage pieces. (more…)

EXHIBITION: BRIT INSURANCE DESIGN AWARDS 2010 AT DESIGN MUSEUM, BERMONDSEY

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

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The third annual Brit Insurance Design Awards has produced another eclectic and progressive range of nominees, all of which are on show at the Design Museum. (more…)

EXHIBITION: PROTOTYPES & EXPERIMENTS IV AT ARAM, COVENT GDN

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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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…)

WEBSITE: ESTABLISHED & SONS

Monday, December 14th, 2009

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British furniture and lighting brand, Established & Sons, has launched a new website as well as unveiled their online e-commerce relationship with Yoox.com.

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LDG ADDITION: TWENTYTWENTYONE SHOP EXTENSION, ISLINGTON

Friday, December 11th, 2009

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Leading design store, twentytwentyone, has just undergone extension work to their original Upper Street shop in Islington – just in time for Christmas. Here are some pictures we took within hours of completion! (more…)

BOOK & EXHIBITION: THINKING:OBJECTS AT ARAM, COVENT GARDEN

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

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Product designer, writer, and lecturer on design (and LDG contributor), Tim Parsons, has written his first book – Thinking:Objects / Contemporary Approaches to Product Design – which launches in conjunction with an exhibition at The Aram Gallery. (more…)

EVENT: THORSTEN VAN ELTEN POP-UP SHOP, BROMPTON

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Kippford Hook Set Brass by Jon Harrison

Design producer and distributor, Thorsten van Elten, is clinching the Christmas market with his own pop-up shop in the Brompton Design District. The event is called “Thorsten’s 12 days of Christmas” and is a good spot to pick up well-designed gifts. (more…)

GIFTS: LDG CHRISTMAS SELECTION 2009

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Champagne glasses by Ilse Crawford and Michael Anastassiades

It’s December and the Christmas season is well and truly upon us. The annual dilemma as to what to buy our discerning friends and family is here, and to make life a bit easier, we have searched the stores featured in LONDON DESIGN GUIDE to bring our pick of the top 20 products from 20 great places. (more…)

EXHIBITION: STUART HAYGARTH AT HAUNCH OF VENISON, MAYFAIR

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

OPTICAL by Stuart Haygarth

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…)