From a collaborative graphics exhibition celebrating London Fireplace Brigade, to an area exploring whether or not folks and nature can co-exist, these are Design Week’s picks of LDF exhibitions and commerce reveals.
Exhibition: Immersive set up, by Patrick Nash and Cluster London
Patrick Nash and Cluster will deliver a collaborative set up involving neon figures to Bankside Design District. In addition to in search of to reply to the distinctive atmosphere of Borough Yards, the neon figures are also interactive in that they’re designed to reply to motion of tourists as they transfer by means of the area. Nash is thought for using distinctive minimal single traces in his work and utilizing neon to attract within the viewer’s gaze, whereas Cluster London goals to create new experiences and new alternatives by means of its work.
This free exhibition runs 17 – 25 September from 12:00 until 20:00 at Borough Yards Clink St entrance, Unit 220, London, SE1 9DG.
Exhibition: The Operating In direction of
In celebration of London Fireplace Brigade’s (LFB) new typeface, Fireplace Brigade sans, Shoreditch Fireplace Station will home a set of graphics and different typefaces which take inspiration from it. Design studios reminiscent of Alphabetical, DNCO, DutchScot, Supple Studio, and Pentagram will reply to the theme. Works embody new interpretations of the flammable icon, London Fireplace Brigade objects and ephemera, and a woven wool carpet design type Brintons. London Fireplace Brigade’s design historical past can be displayed throughout a classic hearth engine and guests can be invited to see what life is like behind the shutters of the station.
This free exhibition runs 20 – 24 September from 18:00 until 20:00 on the primary day and from 12:00 until 18:00 each different day at Shoreditch Fireplace Station, 235 Outdated Avenue, London, EC1V 9EY.
Exhibition: Digital Design Weekend
Guests can count on immersive experiences, inventive workshops, and interactive demonstrations on the V&A’s flagship occasion on digital cultures. Digital Design Weekend serves to research how digital design can make clear the fact of local weather change, whereas encouraging guests to think about their very own on-line behaviours. Guests of all ages can be welcome to discover the affect of know-how in society and tradition by means of family-friendly actions across the museum. Most occasions throughout the weekend are drop-in, however some could have restricted locations.
This free exhibition runs 24 – 25 September from 10:00 until 17:45 at V&A, Cromwell Street, London, SW7 2RL.
Exhibition: The Way forward for Ageing
The Way forward for Ageing seeks to offer perception into how design might help folks residing later in life by means of the event of merchandise, providers, and environments. Displaying completely different prototypes and sketches of Design Age Institute and companions’ tasks, the exhibition hopes to exemplify how design can help an ageing inhabitants which, sooner or later, will embody your future self. Displays embody a hands-free cargo-carrying robotic, a versatile residing and dealing area for the older technology, and an app that promotes taking good care of your listening to well being by means of birdsongs. An extended-term mission which can be a part of The Way forward for Ageing is an intergenerational backyard on the Design Museum referred to as Rising Collectively.
This free exhibition runs 17 – 25 September from 10:00 until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and from 10:00 until 18:00 each different day at The Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington Excessive Avenue, London, W8 6AG.
Exhibition: Regenerative Futures
With props from researchers and designers, Regenerative Futures explores what future societies would possibly seem like by means of the lens of regenerative design. On the centre of the exhibition is the questions of whether or not nature and other people can co-exist and steadiness their wants in opposition to one another. Corporations concerned within the exhibition embody Blast Studio, which transforms city waste into sustainable furnishings by means of 3D printing, Space10, a analysis design lab, and consultants in product and model design Studio MOM. Contextualising the objects within the exhibition is an accompanying brief movie referred to as Abundance.
This free exhibition runs 17 – 25 September from 10:00 until 18:00 at Sackler Centre V&A, Cromwell Street, London, SW7 2RL.
Exhibition: PRDD Sustainable Innovation and Design Hub
Park Royal Design District Sustainable Innovation and Design Hub is an area for designers, artists, and makers to showcase how they work with recycled supplies. The Excelsior Initiatives House may also host talks and panel discussions. Guests can count on visible demonstrations and alternatives to see completed merchandise created from sustainable supplies.
This free exhibition runs 23 – 25 September from 10:00 until 20:00 on the primary day and from 10:00 until 18:00 on the next days at Excelsior Undertaking House, 41-43 Customary Street, London, NW10 6HF.
Commerce Present: Design London

London Design Pageant’s largest modern design truthful is again for a second 12 months, promising to showcase progressive concepts throughout furnishings, lighting, architectural fittings, and extra. With an enormous line-up of worldwide manufacturers, Design London has confirmed that works by Dutch sustainable furnishings maker Van Rossum and Bristol-based Shelf Studio co-founded by Sam Chasseur. It’ll additionally function a set of labor from 12 eco-friendly manufacturers from Thailand working inside the Thai authorities’s bio-circular-green mannequin, which is a part of the Thailand Be the Change initiative.
This commerce present runs 21 – 24 September from 10:00 until 21:00 on the primary day, from 10:00 until 17:00 on the center two days and from 10:00 until 16:00 on the ultimate day at Journal London, 11 Ordnance Crescent, Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10 0JH.
Commerce Present: Materials Issues 2022
Materials Issues is making its debut at London Design Pageant, with a thematic method to a five-floor area within the Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf. Its market and set up search to incorporate designers and artists who’re utilizing innovative sustainable supplies of their follow, specifically those that deal with waste and circularity. With a particular deal with craft at this present, guests will have the ability to see and purchase work from exhibitors specialising in glass, steel, grass roots, orange peel and ceramics. Shows that includes tech and 3D printed furnishings and Scandinavian furnishings may also be on present. Materials Issues’ collection of talks will kick off with a dialogue on the ability of Norwegian design, headed by Snøhetta’s director of product design Marius Myking, adopted by extra later within the week about how we eat supplies and the way we use plastics in designing and making.
This commerce present runs 22 – 25 September from 10:00 until 18:00 on the primary three days and from 11:00 until 16:00 on the ultimate day at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Avenue, London, SE1 9PH.