LONDON DESIGN GUIDE sponsored two awards at the JOY OF LIVING exhibition at Somerset House – a jury award and a public vote. Here, we are delighted to announce the winner of the public vote is… (more…)
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LDG AWARD: WINNER OF ‘JOY OF LIVING’ PUBLIC VOTE ANNOUNCED
Friday, March 25th, 2011LDG AWARD: WINNER OF ‘JOY OF LIVING’ JURY AWARD ANNOUNCED
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
LONDON DESIGN GUIDE is proud to announce its very first award. To support the current JOY OF LIVING charity exhibition at Somerset House, we’ve put forward £1,500 towards two awards for the artworks that best respond to the exhibition title. (more…)
JOY OF LIVING NEWSPAPER IN COLLABORATION WITH WRAP
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
New magazine WRAP has produced a special edition newspaper to celebrate the JOY OF LIVING charity project, to raise money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. Order your copy now! (more…)
VIDEO: ‘JOY OF LIVING’ CHARITY PROJECT IS EXPLAINED
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Online video magazine – Crane TV – has made a short film about the Joy of Living charity exhibition, which is being organised by LDG editor Max Fraser. See interviews with Max, as well as designers Hannah Martin, Tom Dixon and Giles Miller. (more…)
WEBSITE: ‘JOY OF LIVING’ CHARITY WEBSITE IS LIVE
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Joy of Living website is live! You can view the work of over 100 leading UK designers who have all created a one-off artwork on a sheet of A4 graph paper, responding to the title Joy of Living. All artworks are for sale to raise money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. (more…)
CHARITY EXHIBITION: JOY OF LIVING AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 15th-21st March 2011
Friday, March 4th, 2011
JOY OF LIVING is a charity project that unites over 100 leading lights in the design community to galvanise support for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. LONDON DESIGN GUIDE editor, Max Fraser, has set the challenge to new and established UK designers to create a desirable artwork that expresses the joy of living - all starting from a simple sheet of A4 graph paper. BUY YOUR FAVOURITE ARTWORK ONLINE or visit the exhibition. (more…)
EXHIBITION: KINETICA ART FAIR 2011 (BAKER STREET), 4th-6th February 2011
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The UK’s only art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light, and time-based art is back for its third year at the cavernous Ambika P3 space near London’s Baker Street. Kinetica Art Fair 2011 includes over 30 galleries and organisations and 200 artists specialising in kinetic, electronic, and new media art. (more…)
THE CHRISTMAS TREE PROJECT
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM LONDON DESIGN GUIDE! We hope you had a relaxing Christmas break. As life settles back down to normal, you are probably on the cusp of unceremoniously turfing your Christmas tree out into the cold. Why not consider an alternative after-life for your tree? (more…)
EXHIBITION: REVERTING TO TYPE AT STANDPOINT GALLERY (SHOREDITCH), 10th-24th December 2010 & 4th-22nd January 2011
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
Reverting to Type is an exhibition of contemporary letterpress, featuring prints and publications by progressive practitioners from around the world. The exhibition showcases how a centuries-old craft is being reinvented for modern day usage. (more…)
EXHIBITION: PETER HEDEGAARD AT ROCKET GALLERY (SHOREDITCH), 3rd December 2010-19th February 2011
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Rocket Gallery is presenting paintings and screenprints by the Danish-born Londoner Peter Hedegaard (1929-2008), in the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work for more than thirty years. (more…)
