{"id":377579,"date":"2025-08-27T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377579\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:18:32","slug":"london-design-festival-2025-guide-10-things-not-to-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377579\/","title":{"rendered":"London Design Festival 2025 guide: 10 things not to miss"},"content":{"rendered":"

London Design Festival <\/a>2025 is upon us: the 23rd edition of the city-wide event once again brings together designers, makers and brands to showcase an accessible series of installations and exhibitions that open up design to the city.<\/p>\n

‘Design is not just about aesthetics. It\u2019s a fundamental driver of innovation, economic growth, and societal progress,’ says Festival Director Ben Evans. Alongside the Festival-led installations and activations at leading design institutions including the V&A and the Design Museum, the 10 districts cover the city opening up studios, heritage buildings and galleries to demonstrate the power and energy of the creative force that is London<\/a>‘s design community.<\/p>\n

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‘This year’s festival demonstrates our commitment to supporting the entire design ecosystem, from emerging talent to established brands, all while showcasing London’s unparalleled creative energy.’<\/p>\n

London Design Festival 2025 highlightsMaterial Matters at Space House<\/p>\n

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\"Exterior\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Gareth Gardner)<\/p>\n

Material Matters<\/a> returns for a fourth edition, taking over modernist gem Space House in the heart of the city. Richer than ever, this edition will include Mycoworks, presenting a new material cultivated from mycelium and explored through products by the likes of OEO Studio, Cecilie Manz, Maria Bruun and more. Also on display at the material-led fair will be works in pine resin by Jacob Marks and a series of new materials developed by Taiwanese company FILIE Materials, made from recycled PVB film sourced from broken car windscreens.<\/p>\n

Space House, 1 Kemble Street, WC2B 4AN <\/p>\n

Brompton Design District, curated by Alex Tieghi-Walker<\/p>\n

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\"Curator\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Maureen Evans)<\/p>\n

This year, legendary Brompton Design District curator Jane Withers has passed the baton to New York<\/a>-based gallerist Alex Tieghi-Walker. Building on Withers\u2019 legacy, Tieghi-Walker will invite new voices, softer sensibilities, and unconventional formats. We caught up with him at his New York gallery to learn more about the thinking behind this year\u2019s theme, \u2018A Softer World\u2019.<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019ve invited different curators to take over different spaces, such as the interior design firm Rooms Studio<\/a>; the designer Charlotte Taylor<\/a>, who proposed a show called \u2018Soft World, Sharp Edges\u2019; and Tione Trice <\/a>from vintage store Of the Cloth in New York. He works very closely with Solange Knowles and is bringing in artists such as Nigerian-American designer Myles Igwebuike<\/a> and Darren Appiagyei<\/a>, who works in wood and is based in Deptford,’ he told Wallpaper*. His curation of the district will open up non-traditional exhibition spaces, including Empire House and Dalmeny House, two historic mixed-use buildings.<\/p>\n

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Read our interview with Alex Tieghi-Walker <\/a>on his plans for Brompton Design District at London Design Festival<\/a> 2025<\/p>\n

What Nelsons Sees by Paul Cocksedge at Trafalgar Square<\/p>\n

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\"Paul\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Courtesy London Design Festival and Paul Cocksedge)<\/p>\n

This landmark project commission by London Design Festival sees the British designer stage a takeover of iconic Trafalgar Square. With the aim of offering visitors a new point of view to the city, Cocksedge created a sculpture comprising a series of intersecting tubes that act as ‘telescopic viewing portals’, giving people a view of the London skyline from Admiral Nelson’s perspective.<\/p>\n

Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DS<\/p>\n

Beacon by Lee Broom<\/p>\n

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\"Renders\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Courtesy of Lee Broom)<\/p>\n

For the Festival, Lee Broom created a site-specific light installation inspired by the Southbank’s Brutalist architecture<\/a>. The installation, reads a note from the designer, ‘is made using a special fusing technology developed to upcycle discarded glass fragments, [and it] reinterprets classic street lamps to form the structure collectively resembling a vast sculptural chandelier.’<\/p>\n

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX<\/p>\n

Max Radford Gallery x ERCOL<\/p>\n

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\"wooden\n<\/p>\n

Work in progress by Lewis Kemmenoe<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Courtesy Ercol and Lewis Kemmenoe)<\/p>\n

Max Radford Gallery teamed up with Ercol to commission seven London-based designers to create new work in collaboration with the British brand. The roster includes Andu Masebo, EJR Barnes, Eddie Olin, Joe Armitage, Jaclyn Pappalardo, Isabel Alonso and Lewis Kemmenoe, tasked with reimagining traditional wooden furniture. Expect seating made from rejected wooden parts from Ercol’s production, a games table, a rocking chair, contemporary explorations of traditional furniture typologies, and more.<\/p>\n

The work will be on view at the Clerkenwell Fire Station \u2013 a grade II listed building completed in 1917, and one of the oldest surviving fire stations in the city.<\/p>\n

Clerkenwell Fire Station, 42-44 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4RN<\/p>\n

Convergence by the David Collins Foundation<\/p>\n

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\"Light\n<\/p>\n

Pinjekan by Savinder Bual<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Courtesy Savinder Bual)<\/p>\n

The David Collins Foundation presents Convergence, an exhibition at the Lavery curated by journalist and broadcaster Ellen E. Jones. Founded in 2016, the Foundation celebrates the studio founder’s passion and curiosity for the arts, and his enthusiasm for innovation in design and culture.<\/p>\n

In partnership with The Arts Foundation, the exhibition brings together work by eleven artists and designers and marks the studio’s 40th anniversary, also ‘reflecting on the enduring influence of Collins\u2019 creative vision and his commitment to nurturing talent.’<\/p>\n

Designed by London-based studio Biblioth\u00e8que, the exhibition includes the work of artists Ayo Akingbade and Savinder Bual, designers Jochen Holz, Louise Lenborg Skajem, Aura Murillo, Max Frommeld and TK Hay, poets Ella Frears and Will Harris, and filmmakers Cherish Oteka and Onyeka Igwe.<\/p>\n

The Lavery, 4 Cromwell Place, London, SW7 2JE<\/p>\n

Beyond Foam by EcoLattice at Aram <\/p>\n

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\"Green\n<\/p>\n

CorpusForma Multifunctional sofa by Maria Bravo<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Courtesy Aram and EcoLattice)<\/p>\n

Despite foam being extremely common in our everyday objects (think sofas, trainers, and cars just to name a few), it is incredibly difficult to recycle. The Aram Gallery<\/a> and EcoLattice<\/a> offer a creative alternative to the issue: using the start-up’s 3D-printed lattice made from recyclable elastomers like TPU, they commissioned eight London-based designers to reinterpret foam-filled furniture.<\/p>\n

The exhibition runs from 11 September \u2013 1 November <\/p>\n

Aram, 110 Drury Ln, London WC2B 5SG<\/p>\n

A Seat at the Table<\/p>\n

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\"London\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: courtesy Design Everything)<\/p>\n

Design Everything (a platform dedicated to supporting emerging creatives) stages ‘A Seat at the Table’ (17\u201321 September), a furniture exhibition which will travel around London in the back of a Luton van \u2013 a vehicle traditionally associated with moving furniture. At each stop, a curated set of seats will become both the subject and the support for community-oriented events such as workshops, discussions, supper clubs, and more. The seats are designed by emerging UK<\/a> designers including Jesse Butterfield, Jacob Marks, Yasmin Lennon-Chong and Sofia Matheou.<\/p>\n

The Objects we Live By by Emma Louise Payne<\/p>\n

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\"London\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Louise Yeowart)<\/p>\n

Ceramicist Emma Louise Payne fills a west London townhouse (which is actually her parents’ house and her childhood home) with crafted design pieces for the exhibition ‘The Objects we Live By’ (13\u201321 September). Each room of the home presents a single new work, placed deliberately yet gently among the rhythms of daily life. Participating designers include BC Joshua, Gather Glass and Nat Maks x Brogan Cox.<\/p>\n

Seventy Six, 76 Sussex Square, London, W2 2SS<\/p>\n

Design London Shoreditch<\/p>\n

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You can sit with us – The green carnation by 2LG at Design London Shoreditch<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Courtesy 2LG and Design London)<\/p>\n

New multi-venue design fair Design London (16-18 September) debuts with three exhibitions covering workplace design, sustainability<\/a> and interiors trends. Expect Wallpaper* favourites such as Six Dots Design<\/a> and 2LG Studio<\/a>, as well as classics from Thonet to Moleskine to Ultrafabrics<\/p>\n

Design Culture, Kachette, 347 Old St, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 9LP<\/p>\n

Design At Work, Protein Studios, 31 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3EY<\/p>\n

Design Icon, Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old St, London, EC1V 9LT<\/p>\n

TOPICS<\/p>\n

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