Posts Tagged: London

#LDF17 Highlights Part 2

London Design Festival is just too big. so we have had to cut our highlights into 2 (watch part 1 here).  In this short highlights film we cover the big trade shows, including London Design Fair and 100% Design as well as Brompton Design District. You will be able to spot that he some pretty… Read More >

27 September 2017

Mint Luminates London at LDF

As we continue to explore London we now begin to tell you more about the events at the London Design Festival.   A stone’s throw from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Mint is positioned in London’s South Kensington, at the heart of Brompton Design District.  For LDF 2017, owner Lina Kanafani curates an exhibition exploring collectable design by showcasing… Read More >

15 September 2017

MATERIAL LAB UNVEILS NEWLY REFURBISHED LONDON STUDIO

Material Lab has now been going for 10 years!! time has flown! to celebrate this achievement they have relaunched their London Studio with a fantastic sleek new look.  Visitors to Material Lab, the UK’s leading design resource centre, are met with a brand new showroom, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.   Providing all the… Read More >

14 September 2017

Brompton Design District at LDF 2017

South Kensington Estates has been celebrating and promoting the area’s connection to design through their founding of the Brompton Design District in 2006, championing a pioneering curated programme alongside exhibitions by its internationally renowned retail tenants. The district continues to build its relationship with the design world, this year welcoming yet another iconic brand – Molteni – for its… Read More >

13 September 2017

Morgan, London

Hopefully you have already noticed that this month we are celebrating London.  Morgan opened their London showroom in May 2014, just in time for Clerkenwell Design Week, we recently met with Managing Director Rodney McMahon to ask more about Morgan’s unique use of their London space.  What was your concept behind how you use the space in… Read More >

12 September 2017

‘Royal’ Reinstated

London-based design practice Studio Proof has unveiled its £80 million redesign of The Lancaster London, which will culminate in the reinstatement of ‘Royal’ in the hotel’s name and will raise the hotel into the luxury market. The refurbishment of the 18-storey property includes a striking new 8m high, glazed entrance façade leading to a redesigned… Read More >

8 September 2017

Fancy Crab, London

We continue our celebration of London with DesignLSM’s recent launch of an exciting new dining concept – ‘Fancy Crab’ based in Marylebone, London. The restaurant offers a dedicated seafood menu specialising in the finest ingredient of Red King crab, which is freshly sourced from the Northern backwaters of the Atlantic Ocean. Drawing inspiration from the provenance… Read More >

7 September 2017

Have Your Say …

In the first of our new discussion series ‘Have Your Say’ we are posing the question ‘Can London [Design Festival] Compete with Milan [Furniture Fair]?’This discussion is open to any opinion; you may feel that London Design Festival surpasses the level of design excellence displayed at Milan Furniture Fair, or that London Design Festival brings… Read More >

1 September 2017

David Collins Studio Celebrate London

This month we are celebrating London!  Over the course of the past 32 years David Collins Studio have left their sophisticated, modernist and fastidiously detailed mark on London, redefining how we live in public and private.  With David Collins Studio’s latest London project, Mexican Chef Martha Ortiz’s restaurant Ella Canta at the InterContinental on Park Lane,… Read More >

1 September 2017

Q&A With Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd, PearsonLloyd

Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd founded PearsonLloyd design studio in 1997. Since then, the London-based practise has served many sectors- including healthcare, office furniture, aviation and urban design- with a focus on identifying and responding to the shifting patterns of behavior in contemporary life. PearsonLloyd takes a collaborative approach to its work, embracing the restrictions… Read More >

20 July 2016