Design London Debut Edition Now Open at London Design Festival, 22-25 September 2021

Design London, the largest official destination for contemporary design at London Design Festival opens today for its inaugural event running from 22 - 25 September.

Bringing together a highly curated selection of cutting-edge brands, Design London features the best of emerging talent to global design brands, countless collaborations as well as an extensive talks programme. The fair opens today in a brand new venue, Magazine London, on Greenwich Peninsula, just a short walk from North Greenwich Station and the creative new Design District. 

An essential platform for those looking to network and source the latest and most innovative furniture, lighting and design pieces during the annual festival, the four-day event boasts a packed programme of engaging content and the latest from sought-after design brands from around the globe.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

The expansive venue houses a multitude of international brands including Dutch furniture producers Artifort, Bert Plantagie and Van Rossum. Artifort is displaying brand new pieces; Aloa, a collection of chairs and bar stools by Khodi Feiz, and Glider, a new relaxed armchair by Luca Nichetto. The brand also presents an update to the iconic 070 sofa series designed by Kho Liang le as part of this year’s Design London. Visitors can also expect new launches from bespoke Turkish furniture brand Fratelli, as well as esteemed Italian manufacturers Cinova, Natuzzi, Ethimo, TechnoGym and Artemide. 

A highlight feature at this year’s event is a pavilion of Danish design brands curated by Lifestyle & Design Cluster and championed by the Danish Embassy, which offer solutions for positive environmental impact. This includes innovative uses of waste materials including furniture made from leftover stone masonry materials by product designer Camilla Holm Pallesen who spearheads Genfärd, a series of chairs by Wehlers primarily produced from 100% recycled plastic from fishing nets or other plastics found in the ocean, and FLID’s hand tools created from scrap wood and leather that are designed to be disassembled and reused. Denmark has long been known for its pioneering aesthetics, Design London is spotlighting the recent work of Danish design in the circular economy.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

Alongside an array of international exhibitors sits a rise of homegrown talent. East London-based design practice Quirk & Rescue – who specialises in graphically patterned wallpapers and homeware pieces – has created a floor to ceiling installation of bold wallpaper designs. Christian Watson, a new name in British furniture design is presenting his minimal collection, which includes a range of statement pieces and functional designs that is unified by a pared-back palette of materials and an uncompromising commitment to British craftsmanship. 

London-based industrial designer, Joe Slatter showcases Veil Stool, created out of over 4,000 waste disposable face masks collected from the streets of London during the coronavirus pandemic. On collection, the face masks were disinfected with ozone spray and quarantined in sunlight for four weeks. The stool was created on an experimental discovery that 3-ply face masks can be spun into a soft yarn as well as being melted into a dense polypropylene structure. &New, an ​ emerging British-Finnish design duo consisting of Mirka Grohn and Jo Wilton has also highlighted the practical use of waste materials as the duo showcase Jää, a new fully-recyclable collection made from consumer plastic diverted from landfill.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

Design London is particularly excited to present the first exhibition of British fashion designer Henry Holland’s debut rug collection for East London rug makers FLOOR_STORY. The new series features a large-scale display at Design London and integrates bold patterns and classic rave iconography, including smiley faces and psychedelic-style patterns. The collection alludes to ‘out of mind’ experiences with irregular shaped runners which seem to melt into their surroundings. Holland has also created a playlist especially for the display during Design London, linked here. 

London-based furniture brand SECOLO presents brand new Pingu and Laghi designs and despite never being launched physically before, the two works are the brand’s best sellers that boast an exquisite material palette and high gloss finish. These will be displayed alongside the curvaceous Tateyama Sofa in a configuration never-before-seen.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

Lighting plays a key part at this year’s event. Italian lighting company, Artemide presents an array of brand new products that were just unveiled in Milan as part of Design London. The iconic brand will also display new designs by Bjarke Ingels (BIG) and Neri&Hu. Bespoke sculptural lighting company Cameron Design House has created a spectacular installation with never-before-seen handmade chandelier, Kuulas, as well as debuting a new contemporary brand, Empty State. Haberdashery London celebrates its 10th birthday at Design London, as well as a permanent move to Greenwich where the studio has a workshop facility, and soon-to-open showroom. For the fair, Haberdashery has created an experiential installation of Flux, a sculptural composition of bespoke illuminated pendants.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

[d]arc room returns to London for its fifth year with an established lighting area within Design London centred around the theme, ‘The Spectrum’. The brand is also hosting a series of lighting talks led by industry experts across the week. Exhibitors within this pop-up include Delta Light, John Cullen Lighting, Mesh, and Thorlux.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

Visitors to the fair can also experience 20+ compelling talks and discussions at Design London’s dedicated talks space, designed by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori and sponsored by Schneider Electric. Over the next four days, the talks space hosts captivating headline talks, trend forecasts and panel discussions with both leading designers and rising stars of the design world. Curated by Katie Richardson and running from 11am each day, the diverse programme aims to give an insight into future trends and current movements within design, architecture and the wider creative industries with each talk underpinned by the issues of today. Speakers include acclaimed product and fashion designer Henry Holland, colour-obsessed Yinka Ilori, industrial design duo PearsonLloyd, mixed media artist Robi Walters, purveyors of pattern Eley Kishimoto, and interior designer and career mentor Simon Hamilton.

Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos
Design London Exhibition Imagery - Image Credit: Sam Frost Photos

Design London’s visitor experience is also enhanced by a series of street food vendors and a designer bar by Campari which line the banks of the Thames making it a one-stop shop during the busy London Design Festival.

For the full Design London programme and exhibitor list, visit www.designlondon.co.uk

 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Design London, 22-25 September 2021

www.designlondon.com 

Instagram: @design.london Twitter: @designlondon Facebook: @designlondonshow

 

VISITING INFORMATION

Apply for your free press pass HERE

Paperless tickets: This year, Design London will operate a paperless ticket policy meaning that all press passes will be fully digital and must be applied for in advance of arrival

 

OPENING TIMES

Wednesday 22 September 2021: 10am-9pm

Thursday 23 September 2021: 10am-5pm

Friday 24 September 2021: 10am-5pm

Saturday 25 September 2021: 10am-4pm

 

LOCATION

Design London @ Magazine London

11 Ordnance Crescent, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0JH

 

Tube & Rail

Jubilee line to North Greenwich station and a 3-minute walk.

2 minutes from Canary Wharf

18 minutes from Bond Street

8 minutes from London Bridge (Rail)

11 minutes from London Waterloo (Rail)

From the top of the escalator or lift, continue straight forward to the exit in front of you through the bus station

 

Bus

Numbers 129, 161, 188, 422 and 486 stop near the venue.

Buses 108, 132, 188, 286 and 472 also run a 24hr service.

 

Boat

Regular service from Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, The London Eye and other piers. Alight at North Greenwich pier and a 9 minute walk

 

 

 

 

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