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The Icon team was out and about at our home town’s biggest design event last week. Here is some of our coverage of the event
Day 1: Awards and installations The week commenced on a pleasing note for the Icon team: Marjan van Aubel (above), the cover star of our upcoming issue – out tomorrow (2 October) – was named as the winner of the Swarovski Emerging Talent Medal as part of the London Design Festival’s annual awards. Icon kicked off LDF by scoping out her work at Somerset House and 19 Greek Street, and checking out the festival’s main venues. READ MORE Click here to to read more about the new issue, Icon 149: Home
Day 2: Floristry, craft and minimalist tech Amid the spectacle of installations and luxury products, it’s always refreshing to come across an exhibition or design that addresses real-world problems. Two of those were the Aram Gallery’s show about climate change and a display of products designed specifically for the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch READ MORE
Day 3: Couch surfing On our third day at LDF, we considered the indispensability of sofas at SCP, the prospects of Brazilian mid-century design at an exhibition of work by Maison&Objet Americas Designer of the Year Zanini de Zanine and asked Ron Arad about his design for a very exclusive bucket READ MORE
Day 4: Hidden gems of Bankside We spent some time at LDF’s newest design district – and found it to be surprisingly varied and a welcome respite from the hubbub of the north READ MORE
Hi Design Shanghai At 100% Design in Kensington Olympia, Icon was showing off work by a select group of Chinese designers – as a final thought, we brought you some images of some of the work on show READ MORE |
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