Archive for the ‘Product’ Category

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…)

WEBSITE: JASPER MORRISON SHOP

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

JM online

Following on from the success of his discreet shop in Shoreditch, top designer Jasper Morrison has launched his shop concept online and made his no-nonsense selection of well-designed everyday items available to all. (more…)

GIFTS: LDG CHRISTMAS SELECTION 2010

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

LDG gifts

It’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…)

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: THE TEMPORIUM (BROMPTON), 9th-19th December 2010

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Bocci_14Series

The Temporium is a new pop-up store that makes use of empty shop spaces, providing online retailers and small independent brands with a temporary high street presence. The first one is just in time for Christmas… (more…)

EVENT: MIDCENTURY.MODERN AT DULWICH COLLEGE (DULWICH), 14th November 2010

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Chris Eckersley

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…)

SHOP: ‘PROJECTORY’ BY PHILLIPS DE PURY AT THE SAATCHI GALLERY (CHELSEA)

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Projectory

Leading auction house, Phillips de Pury & Company, has got in on the ‘pop-up’ act with Projectory, its second such installment of contemporary design at its top-floor space at The Saatchi Gallery. (more…)

SHOP: TOM DIXON (LADBROKE GROVE)

Monday, October 11th, 2010

TD Shop 1

Tom Dixon opens the doors to its first shop, in a converted Wharf Building at Portobello Dock, Ladbroke Grove. The former Victorian goods depot is now home to the full Tom Dixon range of lighting and furniture as well as a selection of work from other international designers and brands.

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SHOP: MOOOI (LADBROKE GROVE)

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

moooi 1

Dutch design brand moooi opens the doors to its first permanent showroom and UK headquarters in London, housed within a Grade II listed stucco house dating back to the late 1800s, and most recently home to Virgin. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘THE WORKSHOP’ AT STUDIO EGRET WEST (CLERKENWELL), 21st September-10th October 2010

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Cube Letter Set by Kouichi Okamoto

Design store Places and Spaces is curating ‘The Workshop’ exhibition during The London Design Festival, taking place at a show space within the workshop of the highly acclaimed architects Studio Egret West in Clerkenwell. (more…)