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Perth Design Week 2026 adopts curated festival format
With government backing and a sharpened focus on design with purpose, Perth Design Week unveils a bold new structure for its fourth edition, expanding its reach across architecture, interiors and the wider creative industries.
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Highlights from London Design Festival
London Design Festival (LDF) has just finished and, with a number of programmes and exhibitions still running, Kate Goodwin reports on the highlights across the city.
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The best new products from London Design Festival 2023
Discover the latest furniture, lighting and accessories from the 21st edition of the London Design Festival, from previously unseen designs from Mid-Century masters to innovative new materials.
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Stylish showroom, historic space: Vitra’s new home in London
Iconic furniture pieces are displayed against the richly patinated industrial backdrop of the Grade II listed Tramshed building at Vitra’s new showroom in London.
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The 10 best things I saw at London Design Festival ’22
As Mandi Keighran reports, London Design Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with immersive installations, shows and spaces that ran the gamut of playful through to thought-provoking. Here’s her top 10 moments.
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5 notable installations from the 2021 London Design Festival’s Designposts initiative
The Designposts project at the 2021 London Design Festival explores the beauty of hardwood while celebrating emerging local talents and the creative history of London’s neighbourhoods.
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Canopy’s flying colours
A star-studded collaboration between Benjamin Hubert and Christopher Raeburn breathes new life in recycled ex-military “drogue” parachutes – transforming them into furniture pieces like you’ve never seen before.
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Kengo Kuma Weaves Bamboo And Carbon Fibre Together For London Design Festival 2019
Kengo Kuma has designed a cocoon-like installation for the V&A courtyard that weaves ancient and contemporary materials together.
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Max Lamb partners x Tate Modern director create a legacy at London Design Festival 2019
Ten of the world’s most prolific designers have partnered with the leaders of London’s cultural institutions to explore the creative process of collaboration and the concept of “legacy” for an exhibition at the V&A during London Design Festival 2019
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Top 9 Picks From London Design Festival
London Design Festival 2018 – 15-23 September – is one of the most anticipated events on the global design calendar. Here’s our pick of design inspiration.
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Top 9 picks from London Design Festival
London Design Festival 2018 – 15-23 September – is one of the most anticipated events on the global design calendar. Here’s our pick of design inspiration.
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5 Minutes With … Benjamin Hubert Of LAYER
With AXYL, his new range of furniture in collaboration with Allermuir, Benjamin Hubert reinforces the importance of substance, style and sustainability.
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5 minutes with … Benjamin Hubert of LAYER!
With AXYL, his new range of furniture in collaboration with Allermuir, Benjamin Hubert reinforces the importance of substance, style and sustainability.
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Fritz and Benjamin Make a Perfect Pair
Fritz Hansen and Benjamin Hubert of Layer have buddied up to create Pair Chair, a new modular seating system with over 8,000 unique seating possibilities.
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A Climbing Wall for Design Enthusiasts
We met London-based creative studio Patternity to discuss ascension, the power of pattern, and a graphic climbing wall they recently installed in the gym of the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch.
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A Decade In Design With Jaime Hayon
Celebrating ten years of creative partnership with esteemed designer Jaime Hayon, BD Barcelona hosted a retrospective of Hayon’s work in their new Clerkenwell showroom during the London Design Festival 2016.
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Benjamin Hubert’s First Artistic Installation
Presented at the London Design Festival, Benjamin Hubert’s first artwork installation, Foil, is informed by the precision engineered shape of the Braun shaver foil.
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A Close Shave
Titled Foil, Benjamin Hubert’s installation at London Design Festival is informed by the precision engineered shape of Braun shaver foil.
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LDF in 2016 – A Utopia by Design
The addition of the London Design Biennale to London Design Festival in September makes it one of the industry’s most exciting and anticipated events of 2016.