Refresh
2025-09-15T17:47:47.954Z
An annual visit
(Image credit: Rosa Bertoli)
(Image credit: Rosa Bertoli)
Every year, we stop by Tom Dixon’s Coal Office showroom for a walkthrough of his new collections, which often double as design experiments. Among the highlights this year were his exploration of light portability, with large-scale pieces, rather than the tabletop we usually see, including stackable modules and giant Melt lamps hanging from the ceiling through nylon straps. ‘I’ve gone soft’, he told us, hinting at all the soft furnishings on view, as well as his ceiling lamps made of welded steel frames sprayed with a cocoon of diffusing TPU, inspired by planets.
4-10 Bagley Walk, London N1C 4DH
2025-09-15T17:34:12.809Z
Ercol-inspired designs
Image 1 of 3
Lewis Kemmenoe’s Patchwork Rocking Chair(Image credit: London Design Festival)
Andu Masebo’s colourful Second Stools(Image credit: London Design Festival)
(Image credit: London Design Festival)
In the former Clerkenwell Fire Station, gallerist Max Radford has assembled a group of London-based designers who created pieces in collaboration with Ercol, using the storied British brand as their inspiration. Among the highlights are Lewis Kemmenoe’s Patchwork Rocking Chair, Andu Masebo’s colourful Second Stools, and Jaclyn Pappalardo’s Mezza Luna Drinks Cabinet. Rosa Bertoli.
Clerkenwell Fire Station, 42-44 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4RN
2025-09-15T15:48:48.460Z
Notable design meets textile artistry
Image 1 of 4
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
Some of Moroso’s most iconic pieces have been reinterpreted with Designers Guild’s signature fabrics, resulting in a unique encounter between contemporary forms and refined textile artistry. In particular, the Lilo armchair, Ruff, and Getlucky by Patricia Urquiola, newly upholstered to reveal fresh dimensions of texture and colour.
Designers Guild, 267 Kings Road, London SW3 5EN
2025-09-15T15:38:29.855Z
Dedar’s graphical designs
Image 1 of 5
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
Dedar, showcasing collections from this year’s launches included graphical designs and fabrics that can be composed as panels for upholstery. Olly Mason.
Dedar, Unit C7, chelsea harbour design centre, Harbour Ave, London SW10 0XF
2025-09-15T15:34:06.956Z
A new Amini showroom rolls out
Image 1 of 3
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
(Image credit: Oli Mason)
The rug brand Amini have opened a new physical space as part of Rubelli’s showroom – in the North Dome of Chelsea Harbour Design Centre – and we just had to stop by. Olly Mason.
Amini Showroom at Rubelli, Unit G9 A & B, Design Centre East, London SW10 0XF
2025-09-15T15:20:15.018Z
A Kings Cross collective
(Image credit: Rosa Bertoli)
In Kings Cross, Store Store is a collective of artists, architects and designers who every year run an educational programme of art and design courses in nearby schools. At London Design Festival, they present ‘This Bench Has Legs’, the result of a workshop with designer Attua Aparicio featuring a bench made with waste materials.
118, Coal Drops Yard, Lower Stable Street, N1C 4DR
2025-09-15T14:37:16.252Z
A Hyde Park house call
Image 1 of 2
(Image credit: London Design Festival)
(Image credit: London Design Festival)
This morning, we popped into this Hyde Park townhouse for The Objects We Live By, ceramicist Emma Louise Payne’s group exhibition. The work of seven design studios working across a variety of media – from textile studio Granite and Smoke to furniture designer Brogan Cox’s collaboration with marbled wallpaper specialist Nat Maks, glassware by Gather Glass and ceramics by Payne herself. The objects are discreetly placed within the fabric of the home, from the kitchen to the bedrooms, offering an intimate dimension to the design discovery.
76 Sussex Square, London W2 2SS
2025-09-10T09:26:35.839Z
Lee Broom illuminates The South Bank
Image 1 of 2
(Image credit: Sujata Burman)
(Image credit: Sujata Burman)
Lee Broom unveiled his London Design Festival commission, Beacon, a giant chandelier propped on the Southbank, its design reminiscent of Brutalist and Modernist neighbours Hayward Gallery and Royal Festival Hall. RB.