The Best of the West at London Design Festival
LDF is an annual event including nine days of design events all over London showcasing the best of design in London. View our venue listings for store locations and opening hours.
Crest Living – downstairs at Few and Far | 20 Sept. 12-4pm | Crest Living Mad Hatters’s Tea Party | rsvp@crestliving.co.uk
Throughout London’s Design Festival 2011, Crest Living will be displaying new and exciting products incorporated within a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party theme! A Tea Party will be hosted, with a selection of tea and cake available in the transformed magical Crest Living shop throughout the afternoon. Stop by and join the madness!
Designers Guild | 19-25 Sept. | Launch of New Collection
Designers Guild is launching a new collection of fabrics, designed by one of Britain’s foremost artists, Howard Hodgkin. This will be exhibited in-store, alongside a further 12 collections as well as the full range of bed and bath and home accessories.
Few and Far | 22 Sept. | Wood & Woad Open-day Event | Evening 6.30pm-9pm
Priscilla Carluccio at Few and Far has assembled a Fall 2011 Collection selected from lesser-known British companies that make beautiful hand-made products out of quality materials exclusively on British shores. It is Few and Far’s small statement – that small suppliers still exist and what they lack in size, they more than make up for in quality.
Heal’s | 196 Tottenham Court Road | 60 Years of Marimekko | 20 Sept. 6pm
Heal’s celebrates 60 years of Marimekko. Pop-up Marimekko shop at the flagship Heal’s store will be part of a wider celebration of Scandinavian design taking place at Heal’s during Autumn/Winter 2011.
Mint | 17-30 Sept. | Mint Explores
This year Mint Explores will represent designers from Mexico to Beirut via Milan, who use materials and forms that surprise. Featuring works from the designer Martin Margiela for Cerruti Baleri, PSLAB, PIRWI and a selection of new graduates’ works. Don’t forget – SW Members get an exclusive 10% off! (photo left)
The Conran Shop | 22 Sept. 6-9pm | Superdesign Highlights and Drinks
Superdesign is one of London’s most important and innovative exhibitions of contemporary international design and art. The selection includes two chairs by Brodie Neill: Reverb and the Reverb Wire chair, as well as Marcus Tremonto’s Carbon 451 Ribbon lamp.
B&B Italia | 19-25 Sept. | Celebrates 10 years in London 
B&B Italia is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the opening of its London store. For the LDF, B&B will be unveiling its 2011 collection. To mark the anniversary, B&B Italia has asked its art, design and journalism friends to send mementos, photographs, sketches and personal messages to be exhibited in the store. Contributors include Zaha Hadid, Tony Chambers, Michelle Ogundehin and Libby Sellers.
Don’t miss:
100% Design | 25 Sept. | Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Visit hundreds of world-class exhibitors launching thousands of new products at 100% Design. Source furniture, lighting and accessories. Be inspired by new trends, smart materials, workshops and seminars. 100% Design is the ultimate sourcebook for you to meet designers and manufacturers while catching a glimpse of tomorrow’s top designers.
Decorex | 27 Sept. 1-7pm | Royal Hospital Chelsea | £30 entry
This year the theme is Cherished Places. Decorex International 2011, the UK’s most prestigious design and interiors exhibition, will provide a unique design experience. Find more than 250 well-known international brands, young companies launching at the show for the first time and an array of home-grown UK designers.
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