Deptford Design Market Challenge
Posted by Raw Nerve on 14.09.07
Raw Nerve has designed and curated an exhibition in partnership with Creative Lewisham Agency and London Design Festival. The Deptford Design Market Challenge brings together an eclectic mix of 27 top designers for an inventive and provocative project. The designers, who include Conran and Partners, Stuart Haygarth, Martí Guixé, and Based Upon, have each been asked to pick a second-hand object – a paint box, a guitar, a basket of toy soldiers – bought from Deptford Market. Their task is to challenge preconceptions of usefulness and beauty, using their talents to re-work the item, creating something unique, desirable and functional.
The re-designed items, now transformed from humble bargains to design icons, will be displayed at the newly refurbished Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, running from 15th – 25th September 2007, 10am-11pm. Admission is free and open to everyone.
www.deptforddesignchallenge.com
