London Design Festival
london design festival citywide cultural event take place nine day every september across london founded john sorrell ben evans celebrated nd edition september article wallpaper festival chairman stated consciously founded london design festival public spirited last year festival incredible depth penetration success bringing people together distilling new idea inaugural edition london design festival took place th th september bringing together speaker event throughout capital festival welcomed estimated audience visitor attracted audience visitor country average design business participate year including brand university festival made event exhibition staged partner organisation across design spectrum around world festival also commission curate program landmark project project victoria albert museum va special commission throughout city festival also event including thoughleadership programme global design forum talk keynote daily tour workshop speaker country visitor festival commission curate largescale installation across city indoor outdoor location installation developed shown festival many later shown city location following month year working business designer previous landmark project included sclera david adjaye endless stair alex de rijke smile alison brook architect medusa tin drum sou foujimoto sight sony design sabine marceliss swivelling stone chair st giles square since victoria albert museum central hub london design festival celebrating fourteen year partnership called true epicentre festival museum director tristram hunt said “london design festival occupies vital role london’s thriving design sector reaffirming london’s position one world’s leading global design capitals” twelve design district across london participated – bankside brompton pimlico road clerkenwell king cross design district greenwich peninsula mayfair shoreditch islington park royal william morris design line southwark district participated previous edition including paddington central west kensington marylebone chelsea year jury composed established designer industry commentator previous winner choose recipient london design medal across four category winner chosen wide range design discipline awarded contribution field festival director ben even stated “while shortage design award wanted differently took nobel prize route – there’s shortlist winner mean there’s loser either” london design medal designed year jewellery designer hannah martin medal feature london bird cockney sparrow flight london design medal highest accolade bestowed upon individual distinguished within industry demonstrated consistent design excellence design innovation medal celebrates entrepreneurship form locally internationally honour individual design lie core development success emerging talent medal recognises impact made design scene within five year graduation lifetime achievement medal honour significant fundamental contribution design industry course career pat mcgrath london design medal natsai audrey chieza design innovation medal harry blackiston houston emerging design medal rei kawakubo lifetime achievement medal hanif kara pooja agrawal poor collective dame magdalene odundo sandy powell joycelyn longdon indy johar mccullin ilse crawford eyal weizman mac collins michael wolf paola antonelli yinka ilori dame ellen macarthur ken garland tom dixon ross atkin daniel charny dame vivienne westwood hussein chalayan grace wale bonner neri oxman eva jiricna e devlin margaret calvert sir david adjaye kenneth grange bethan laura wood daan roosegaard edward barber jay osgerby marjan van aubel peter brewin crawford sir ken adam nicolas roope dieter ram david constantine jane ni dhulchaointigh vidal sassoon peter saville marc newson sir paul smith dame zaha hadid thomas heatherwick sir terence conran mac collins ron arad british council craft council cultural diplomacy official website london design biennale related similar event