Design comes to London

With the London Design Festival fast approaching we thought that it would be useful to highlight some of the key destinations for interiors, furniture and product design.  

The Festival runs from 14th until 23rd September and encompasses all forms of design from Graphic Design to Fashion. The key destinations below mostly cover interiors and furniture however for details of other design events you can view a calendar on the London Design Festival website.  

100% Design – 19th-22nd September, Earls Court  

Decorex – 23-16th September, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea  

Tent London – 20th-23rd September, Old Truman Brewery  

Design Junction – 19th-23rd September, The Sorting Office, W1  

Clerkenwell Design Week – 21st-23rd September, Various Venues, Clerkenwell  

ICON Design Trail, September, Various Venues  

Super Brands, 20th-23rd September, Old Truman Brewery  

Before 1980, 22nd September, Central Islington Library  

For full details of all these events please click on the event title to go to their websites.

Here’s to a great festival of design!

The corridor in the sky

Looking out of our windows in Clerkenwell, London we have watched an amazing structure grow over the last few weeks.

What started off as a corridor in the sky has steadily grown to now include the frame of a roof and it still keeps going up.

Looking up at it just makes us giddy, let alone being on top of it, putting it together.

Make Your Way With the Clerkenwell Design Week App

We are proud of our neighbourhood and excited about tomorrow's opening of Clerkenwell Design Week, home to over 60 showrooms and a multitude of architectural and creative practices. Using a digital "guide" was mandatory and we loved the iPhone app, to remind you of the coolest events and make your way through the cutting edge design.

A veritable cultural hub, the festival will be attracting visitors from Tuesday 24th to Thursday 26th May 2011, encompassing an amazing 150 events, pop up exhibitions, installations, talks... Register online for your free entry!

Clerkenwell Design Week

For those of you who appreciate innovative and creative design as much as we do, especially when it is around the corner from the Think Tank Office, we wish to share that the dates for Clerkenwell Design Week have now been officially set for 24-26 May 2011.

Look forward to the return to The Farmiloe Building on St John Street in 2011. This year the exhibition will be even bigger with the elegant building, once the home of Victorian lead and glass merchants, set  to house some of the most exciting names in design! Exhibitions include the House of Detention, a Victorian prison, hosting an international design exhibition for the diverse and most innocative contemporary talent. The nature of both spaces will ensure the product is presented in new and creative ways and will act as a canvas for site specific installations.

For an exciting overview of those exhibiting and what to expect, please click here.