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EXHIBITION: ‘NEW SIMPLICITY’ (BROMPTON), 24th July-8th August 2010


July 22nd, 2010

Mattiazzi Branca

The ‘New Simplicity‘ exhibition presents a range of simplistic ‘no frills’ products designed by both emerging and established international designers. Showcased at this Brompton gallery location are classic designs alongside new innovations utilising the latest Rapid Manufacturing technologies.

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LDG EXTRACT: TAKE A WALK AROUND MARYLEBONE WITH TRACEY NEULS

July 20th, 2010

Tracey Neuls Sign

When we created LONDON DESIGN GUIDE (the book), we took the decision to break this vast city into manageable areas. To accompany each area, we asked a local to write a personal tour of their favourite places. Here is shoe designer Tracey Neuls‘ tour of Marylebone, home to her inimitable shoe store. Read More…

EXHIBITION: ESTABLISHED & SONS IN COLLABORATION WITH VENINI at Established & Sons LIMITED (Mayfair), 16th July-10th September 2010

July 19th, 2010

Venini Bouroullecs

Housed at their Mayfair gallery, British producer Established & Sons is showcasing their collection of lighting and objects which they recently developed in collaboration with legendary Italian glass producer Venini. Read More…

STRUCTURE: SERPENTINE PAVILION at Serpentine Gallery (Kensington), 10th July-17th October 2010

July 15th, 2010

Serpentine Pavilion 2010

The colour red is often symbolically associated with sin, guilt, pain, passion, blood, anger and debt. Might this be an over-analysis of French architect Jean Nouvel’s all red design for the 10th annual Serpentine Gallery Pavilion?

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POP-UP SHOP: TOKYOBIKE (SPITALFIELDS), 8TH JULY-1ST SEPTEMBER 2010

July 8th, 2010

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Japan’s super cool bicycle company, Tokyobike, has a summer pop-up shop in Spitalfields Market. Open for just six weeks, the shop features the entire Tokyobike range, including some limited edition models and bike accessories. Read More…

LDG NEWSLETTER: JULY 2010

July 1st, 2010

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For information of design activities taking place across London in July, check out our newsletter for the month. For our July promotion, we’ve negotiated a 25% ticket discount to New Designers exhibition. Read More…

LDG COMPETITION: WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE ‘GREASE’ AT VOLVO STARLITE URBAN DRIVE-IN ON 3RD JULY

July 1st, 2010

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We’ve teamed up with our friends at STARLITE – London’s first urban drive-in – to give you the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to watch the old movie classic ‘Grease’ on Saturday evening 3rd July in Brick Lane’s Truman Brewery. As a winner, you will be given your very own Volvo in which to watch the movie. This is a 24 hour competition – enter by midday on Friday 2nd July! Read More…

EXHIBITION: JENS RISOM FURNITURE AT ROCKET GALLERY (SHOREDITCH), 2ND JULY-4TH SEPTEMBER 2010

July 1st, 2010

Jens Risom

At ninety-four years of age the Danish-born American designer Jens Risom has collaborated with Rocket Gallery and Benchmark Furniture, who have jointly secured the European rights to reissue his 1950s and 1960s furniture designs. The first collection of nine pieces is being exhibited at Rocket. Read More…

EXHIBITION: KESSELSKRAMER LONDON SWAPS SHOPS WITH COLETTE PARIS AT KK OUTLET (SHOREDITCH), 2ND JULY-28TH AUGUST 2010

July 1st, 2010

Monsieur Andre

This summer KesselsKramer’s London office, KK Outlet, is welcoming the famous Parisian store colette to their Hoxton Square space. For the first time colette are venturing onto UK soil and bringing with them specially selected products, books, music and art work. Read More…

EXHIBITION: ‘PROTOTYPES AND EXPERIMENTS V’ AT THE ARAM GALLERY (COVENT GARDEN), 1ST JULY-28TH AUGUST 2010

July 1st, 2010

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This exhibition is the latest instalment in The Aram Gallery’s ongoing series exploring experimental aspects of design. The show focuses on architectural parts and allows trials and experiments of details, rather than models of whole projects, to take centre stage. A refreshing antidote to polished final pieces. Read More…