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!

A tent in the sky

This is one for those of you that like camping but hate the bugs.

Dubbed Tentsile, this modern tree house looks very much like an airborne tent but the designers insist that it is a treehouse.

It has been designed to be set up in just half an hour and is made out of waterproof polyester which makes it ideal for use in almost all climates.

It can be hung from its self-supportive base or anchored from trees, is offered in 2-person, 5-person and 8-person versions and provides the same comfort of cohabitation as a tent with the same level of functionality as a tree house or a hammock.

It weighs between 11-18 lbs with the two-person Tentsile model retails for $3,000 and the 8-person model costs just over $12,000.

Find out more here.