One Tool, One Stool: RCA Students Take On a Design Challenge in London
For the ONE TOOL, ONE STOOL exhibition at the Brompton Design District, students were tasked with creating a stool using only a single tool.
MADE x Barbican: celebrating a Brutalist icon with design
The MADE x Barbican homeware collection aims “to bring one of Britain’s most iconic estates into the heart of the contemporary home.”
Craft x Tech Tokai Project: When Japanese Artisans Meet International Designers
The Craft x Tech Tokai Project exhibition at the V&A explores the future of traditional craft through cross-cultural collaborations, from translucent paper screens to porcelain furniture.
Studio Saar’s Pangolin Shield Pavilion Reflects On Britain And India’s Colonial Legacies
In London, the Pangolin Shield Pavilion features a bamboo grid covered with shields used both for protection and aggression.
London Design Festival 2026: Fifteen Highlights Across The Thames
Our guide to London Design Festival 2026 takes in AI’s creeping influence at the V&A, the Barbican reimagined as a furniture collection, and a temporary library for queer design history.
Comfort Lab by Pearson Lloyd: inside the unconventional design process of an embracing sofa
With the Comfort Lab exhibition, Pearson Lloyd and Cozmo reveal the ‘thinking through making’ approach behind the high-backed Hub sofa.
Material Matters 2025: Seven Sustainable Highlights in London
Designers experiment with salt, bioplastics, pine resin and algorithms at Material Matters 2025. Check out what we liked the most.
Beyond Foam: Aram Gallery Showcases A Sustainable Design Alternative to Polyurethane Foam
In London, EcoLattice’s Beyond Foam exhibition presents a recyclable 3D-printed solution for upholstered furniture and tasks emerging talents to rethink comfort in design.
The Ripple Effect: Alicja Patanowska Reflects on Water and Shared Responsibility at the V&A in London
For The Ripple Effect installation, Alicja Patanowska crafts a space for rest and reflection on our relationship with natural resources. Through craft, “even discarded matter can be given new meaning and life.”
London Design Festival 2025: Five Key Installations at the V&A
From futuristic garments to AI-empowering stones, these five key installations highlight themes of peace, ecology, identity, and community.
Lee Broom’s Beacon installation glows like an urban chandelier on the Thames
Inspired by London’s Southbank Brutalist architecture and street lamps, Beacon pulses with the city’s pace with sustainable innovation.
Paul Cocksedge invites Londoners to see ‘What Nelson Sees’ in Trafalgar Square
The British designer’s “What Nelson Sees” installation invites visitors to experience London’s skyline from the Admiral’s perspective, as well as watch an AI-generated film on the city’s transformation from the past into the future.
London Design Festival 2025: sixteen not-to-be-missed installations and exhibitions
An urban chandelier glowing along the Southbank and a city view from Admiral Nelson’s perspective in Trafalgar Square—London Design Festival 2025 is full of surprises. Think visionary sustainable materials, AI co-designed self-portraits, camping tents, and a legendary 1980s nightclub.
Material Matters 2024 showcased the status of the art of sustainable material innovation
At Material Matters 2024 in London, designers worked with plant roots, hemp, fishing nets and human hair for a more sustainable future.
The ‘Light in Motion’ exhibition pushes the boundaries of art, design and technology
Futuristic kinetic blooms, glowing celestial bodies, and glowing tech crafts. London-based designers, artists, and engineers explore Light in Motion, bringing forward ideas about space, movement, and time.
Johnnie Walker presents the world’s lightest whisky bottle
The world’s lightest whisky bottle is also the protagonist of a mesmerising installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast at The Old Selfridges Hotel during London Design Week.
‘The Sun, My Heart’ installation synchronises your heart with solar rhythms
‘The Sun, My Heart’ evocative installation by Marjan van Aubel in London aims to expand awareness of our relationship with the celestial body.
Stefan Diez’s Vert pavilion is a ‘greening machine’ boosting urban biodiversity at London Design Festival
Within a courtyard at Chelsea College of Arts in London, the Vert pavilion is a cutting-edge, sustainable, modular urban-cooling timber structure designed to tune with cities’ infrastructure.
Pavilions of Wonder playfully highlight the link between Barbie’s homes and Palm Springs’ architecture
What do Albert Frey’s Mid-Century Modernist villas in Palm Springs and Barbie’s Dreamhouses have in common? Explore Nina Tolstrup’s playful ‘Pavilions of Wonder’ at London Design Festival.
London Design Festival 2024: fifteen must-visit exhibitions in town
London Design Festival 2024: unconventional spectacles, Barbie DreamHouses, a vibrant parade of flags at Battersea Powerstation, a celebration of biophilic design, and more…
Eight London design stories, products and collections at LDF 2023
Chairs and textiles with an inclusive message, bacteria-made fashion bags, and a social-driven practice bringing people together. We have selected eight London design stories at LDF 2023.
Material Matters 2023: ten sustainable design projects, furniture and installations in London
The Material Matters 2023 fair in London celebrates sustainability through material innovation. From lighting designs made from upcycled eyeglasses lenses to peace-driven Russian furniture in recycled plastic and more.
London Design Festival 2023: twelve must-visit highlights
London Design Festival 2023: a sound-responsive blade of light in Saint Paul Cathedral, sustainable materials on the South Bank, a peaceful garden/playroom by Lego®, and more.
Mesmerising light installations celebrate Sir Christopher Wren’s legacy in London
A sound-responsive blade of light in Saint Paul Cathedral and a suspended glowing halo at St. Stephen Walbrook Church celebrate Sir Christopher Wren’s legacy on his 300th death anniversary at the London Design Festival 2023.
HENGE: a contemporary urban circle made of Jurassic stone brings people together in London
Inspired by Neolithic stone circles, the HENGE installation and gathering space “creates a space separate from the outside world.”
‘R for Repair’ at the V&A in London explores the sentimental values of broken objects
The R for Repair exhibition shines a timely spotlight on consumerism by showing how cherished but broken objects can be given both new meaning and a fresh lease of life with a bit of ingenuity.
Gropius Chair Military Edition: Ukrainian design ’before’ and ‘after’ February 24
NOOM and volunteers weaving camouflage nets during the first months of the Russian invasion craft the Gropius Chair Military Edition.
Sabine Marcelis’ vibrant urban seats playfully swivel in London
Materiality, movement, gravity, and colour swivel at SolidNature and Sabine Marcelis’ interactive installation for London Design Festival.
London Design Festival 2022: 12 must-visit exhibitions and installations
Kaleidoscopic experiences, brutalist swiveling seats, urban stone circles and more… London Design Festival 2022 celebrates its 20th anniversary.
2021 architecture and design calendar and events guide
We rounded up the architecture and design calendar of 2021 including major events, fairs and exhibitions from Dubai to Milan and Shanghai.