Posts Tagged ‘Somerset House’

EXHIBITION: ‘SITTING AND LOOKING’ AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 30th June-5th September 2011

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Sitting & Looking. Photo credit Stewart Rutter

‘Sitting and Looking’ is an exhibition at Somerset House that brings together a juxtaposition of bespoke 21st-century design objects by ten renowned artists. Curated by internationally acclaimed furniture designers Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley, visitors are encouraged to consider, sit amongst and even touch the objects, some of which are for sale.

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LDG AWARD: WINNER OF ‘JOY OF LIVING’ PUBLIC VOTE ANNOUNCED

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Johanna Basford

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…)

LDG AWARD: WINNER OF ‘JOY OF LIVING’ JURY AWARD ANNOUNCED

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Joy Of Living jury award winner

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…)

CHARITY EXHIBITION: JOY OF LIVING AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 15th-21st March 2011

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Joy of Living

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…)

EVENT: SUPER CHRISTMAS MARKET AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 10th-12th December 2010

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

SUPER CHRISTMAS MARKET

Somerset House is staging the popular Super Christmas Market again this year, providing a platform for emerging designers and giving you the opportunity to buy direct from London’s inventive independent talents. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘BLOW BY BLOW’ BY SEBASTIAN BERGNE AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 10TH-27TH JUNE 2010

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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This summer marks the 20th Anniversary of industrial designer Sebastian Bergne’s studio. To celebrate, the exhibition ‘Blow by Blow’ is being staged at Somerset House showing a collection of unseen personal glass projects. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA ’20′ THE EXHIBITION’ AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 3RD JUNE-5TH SEPTEMBER 2010

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

1mart C Ronald Stoops

Somerset House is hosting a major exhibition celebrating 20 years of one of contemporary fashion’s most influential and enigmatic designers, Martin Margiela. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘PICK ME UP’ AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 23RD APRIL-3RD MAY 2010

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Anthony Burrill - Pick Me Up

Pick Me Up is a new contemporary graphic art fair in the UK, staged by Somerset House. A selection of avant-garde graphic art and design galleries, collectives and publishers are presenting affordable work by leading graphic designers and illustrators. (more…)

EVENT: SUPER CHRISTMAS MARKET AT SOMERSET HOUSE, ALDWYCH

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Candle ring

The Super Christmas Market returns to Somerset House this year and, due to popularity, will stay open for more days. Some of the UK’s best and most interesting designers are selling original Christmas gifts at affordable prices. (more…)