July 22nd, 2010

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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Tags: Brompton, brompton design district, New Simplicity, Nuno Coelho, Rapid Manufacturing Technology
July 19th, 2010

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…
Tags: collaboration, Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec, Established & Sons, Established & Sons LIMITED, Konstantin Grcic, Mayfair, Michael Eden, Sebastian Wrong, Venini
July 15th, 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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Tags: Arts Council England, Jean Nouvel, Julia Peyton-Jones, Kensington, Park Nights, Serpentine Gallery, Serpentine Pavilion
July 8th, 2010

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…
Tags: Spitalfields, Tokyobike, Tokyobike pop-up shop
July 1st, 2010

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…
Tags: July 2010, LDG newsletter
July 1st, 2010

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…
Tags: 3rd July, Brick Lane, LDG competition, Starlite, Truman Brewery, Volvo Startlite Urban Drive-In, win tickets
July 1st, 2010

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…
Tags: Benchmark Furniture, Jens Risom, Rocket Gallery, Shoreditch
July 1st, 2010

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…
Tags: colette, Darcel, KesselsKramer, KK Outlet, Monsieur Andre, Shopswap, Shoreditch
July 1st, 2010

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…
Tags: Architectural Elements, Covent Garden, Prototypes and Experiments V, The Aram Gallery