RSVP London

London igloos (pictured) have been designed specifically for Designersblock and the London Design Festival by Matthew Plummer Fernandez to address the issues of designing in London. Rather than resorting to the unsustainable luxury of solutions to production across the globe, the product is limited to material sources and manufacturing within London. The final product is therefore ...

As part of the London Design Festival’s hub at the Royal Festival Hall, Deptford Design will deliver a new concept of re-use. A series of objects have been sourced from Deptford's flea market and given to a wide range of design figures including Based Upon, Gitta Gschwendtner, Stuart Haygarth and Terence Conran. An exhibition will be mounted to reflect the diversity of responses and ideas ...

Does illustration and graphic design have a role to play in climate change? Images can function as powerful tools when they communicate not only the psychological dynamics of the issues, but also the science of climate change to the non-expert mind. How illustrators and designers rise to the challenge of communicating the most essential messages in an era of environmental crisis, is on the ...

The theme for this year’s 100% Design is sustainability. A centralised seminar programme will present a series of topics and discussions covering all aspects of sustainable design solutions for the built environment and interior products.

To support the seminars, themed interactive workshops will be located throughout the event. 100% Sustainable from the Inheritable Futures Lab ...

Liberty - London’s leading emporium of style and design - will host a groundbreaking exhibition as part of the London Design Festival, celebrating the creativity of salvage. Curated by Marcus Fairs, Trash Luxe brings together a collection of young and talented designers who specialise in finding beauty in humble materials or salvaging otherwise unwanted goods, which they use to create beautiful, luxurious pieces. Many young designers are exploring a “make-do and mend” approach, with the idea of appropriating existing objects and new materials and giving them new life emerging as a major design trend. Products are now behind designed out of ordinary, second-hand or unwanted materials and imaginatively used as the basis for furniture, lighting, tableware and other household items. This, in turn, causes us to re-evaluate what is precious to us, and re-think what we mean by the term “luxury”. ...