London Design Festival 2010

Retail round-up

While it's the pop-ups that will dominate the capital's design map over the coming week, the London Design Festival this year also leaves a happy legacy of more permanent additions to the city's already eclectic mix of shops....

Wallspace*Paul Cocksedge

Experimental British designer Paul Cocksedge produces lighting, interior objects and installations that mix the visually spectacular...

Wallspace*Oiva Toikka

Born in 1931, Finnish artist-cum-designer Oiva Toikka originally trained in ceramics, before switching to glass...

Preview

The onset of autumn heralds the return of the London Design Festival, which this year, has the whole of the capital in its grips...

News

Film: Space Bends with B&B Italia

Acclaimed film director Johnny Hardstaff and Wallpaper* present a unique film and installation in celebration of Patricia Urquiola's new Bend-Sofa...

Studio Toogood launches 'Assemblage 1'

That Faye Toogood grew up in the countryside makes perfect sense; Studio Toogood's first ever collection of objects, 'Assemblage 1' pays homage to rural life...

New collection from Minimalux

It's a collection that you won't spot on the London design circuit this month, but the new range from Minimalux...

New Beijing Design Week announced for 2011

China has become a byword for lightening-quick development in recent years, so it is fitting that it should now begin to draw level with its western counterparts...

Outrace

You’ve heard of the ubiquitous pop-up restaurant, bar and gallery but what about the pop-up factory? As part of London Design Festival...

'Thin Black Lines' by Nendo

Oki Sato is not a man to hang about. He opened his own design studio in the same year he received his masters, in 2002...

'Art Works' by Oiva Toikka for Iittala

Oiva Toikka may be one of Finland's most famous glass artists but his pop art aesthetic and bold use of colours fly...

The iconic 'Scandia' chair is reissued

Designing a chair may seem a humble task but creating one that is technologically innovative, stands out from the pack and lasts a lifetime, is certainly not...

iPhone app updateLDF: The Wallpaper* Edit

Introducing Wallpaper's new, improved iPhone app, complete with our edit of the best events at London Design Festival 2010, in association with Veuve Clicquot. As the action kicks off across the capital, we place the highlights at your fingertips.