London Design Festival

From the show–stopping installations to the best new collections and brand debuts, team Wallpaper* will leave no stone unturned to round up the finest the festival has to offer.

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Please Feed The Lions by Es Devlin at Trafalgar Square, London

Design / 19 Sep 2018

Es Devlin and Google bring live poetry to Trafalgar Square

Set designer Es Devlin is collaborating with Google Arts & Culture and The Space on a unique London Design Festival project that sees history, digital design and public art merge in Trafalgar Square. Winner of the Panerai London Design Medal...

Design / 16 Sep 2018

Michael Anastassiades’ public drinking fountains address plastic pollution during London Design Festival

Curator Jane Withers and collector Charles Asprey have joined forces to launch the London Fountain Co, which is set to unveil a contemporary public drinking fountain during London Design Festival next month designed for modern day life by Michael Anastassiades...

Design / 21 Aug 2018

The evolution of toy design in the Czech Republic, from vintage to contemporary

When it comes to toy design, a small, land-locked country has punched above its weight for the past century. ‘Czech designers have always been well-aware of the importance of the toy, as they’re the first objects people take into their...

Design / 26 Jul 2018

Tom Dixon, Faye Toogood and more join Bill Amberg for new digitally printed leather range

When he came up with a new way of digitally printing leather this January, British designer Bill Amberg realised he was on to something. ‘Printed leather is either niche and expensive or has a nasty finish that looks like paint...

Fashion / 3 Jun 2018

The made-to-measure magic of design duo Gučas Morgan

There is something gratifyingly green about Elena Gučas and Will Morgan, the duo behind design project Gučas Morgan. Hours are spent in discussion, solitary garments moulded to the body, fabrics chosen, cut and fitted over months. Their clothes are poetic collaborations...

Architecture / 26 Apr 2018

Meet Forensic Architecture, the architectural nominees of the 2018 Turner Prize shortlist

A recent, major exhibition at the ICA brought the work of Forensic Architecture to a wider audience; and today’s 2018 Turner Prize shortlist announcement confirmed it – Eyal Weizman and his team are onto something big. From their academic base...

Fashion / 22 Sep 2017

Colour scheme: Peter Pilotto’s prismatic London townhouse takeover

Step inside the sprawling east London studio space of Peter Pilotto and among the rails of colourful and intricately embroidered clothes, toiles and fabric swatches, you’ll find a spectrum of Martino Gamper’s colourful ‘Arnold Circus’ stools. These angular pieces formed the seating...

Design / 20 Sep 2017

Francis Sultana’s eclectic new collection draws on Coco Chanel and Catalan art

Maltese-born, London-based designer Francis Sultana is known for instilling his furniture with exotic and eclectic references – his latest collection, ‘Narmina’, is no different. The new offering touches on influences from haute couture and Coco Chanel’s sartorial credentials, to the...

Fashion / 20 Sep 2017

Boundary breakers Jasper Morrison and Jaime Hayon turn their hand to fashion

Unravelling the ever-fraying seam between the worlds of fashion and industrial design, Jijibaba is the new ‘not-fashion’ menswear label from furniture designers Jaime Hayon and Jasper Morrison. To mark its mixed-medium identity, the collection has launched two times over, in different...

W* Bespoke / 19 Sep 2017

Opening up the urban experience

What is the future of city living? MINI LIVING is about extending the expertise of MINI design into the urban realm to create initiatives that explore new ways of living, working and interacting with the modern city environment. For this...

Art / 18 Sep 2017

Alpine lines: rare Otl Aicher prints reveal a graphic designer ahead of his time

For Patrick Eley, creative director of design studio dn&co, German graphic designer Otl Aicher has long been a source of inspiration. ‘His work, particularly that of the Munich 1972 Olympics, is a design touchstone for us,’ Eley explains. ‘But...

Design / 17 Sep 2017

Full beam: Flynn Talbot’s ethereal installation lights up the V&A

Australian lighting designer Flynn Talbot ethereal ‘Reflection Room’ is the first London Design Festival project to take over the Prince Consort Gallery. The immersive installation is made up of a contrast of orange and blues: nodding to his native Perth...