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home: event [ Barbican tour ]

home: event [ Barbican tour ]

Whether you love brutalism, are interested in architecture, love the Barbican or just love history of buildings then book in for one of the exciting and informative tours of the Barbican area and architecture.

They say;

Follow our Barbican guide on a 90-minute walking tour as you explore the Barbican and discover the fascinating history behind the building of the Centre and the surrounding estate.

How much concrete was used? Why is it called ‘Barbican’? Why is the lake so green…?

Walking along the Barbican highwalks, you’ll learn more about the construction, design and influence of the estate, along with surprising and rarely seen sights and discoveries plus little known insights into this unique architectural endeavour.

From concrete styles to architectural motifs and insightful facts, our Architecture tour will leave you thinking and looking at the Barbican from a fresh perspective… 

Architecture Tours are available throughout the year. If you are planning your visit beyond the dates available online, please contact our Box Office on 0207 638 8891 for further information on future tours.

home: event [ gallery exhibitions ]

home: event [ gallery exhibitions ]

In London in September? Get yourself to Jealous in Shoreditch, East London. It’s a multitude of greatness under one roof – print exhibitions, print publisher and print studio.

Get current unique prints for your home and support the incredible new wealth of artists of this generation.

Running in September is artists exhibitions plus the Jealous 10th anniversary exhibition celebrating a decade of great artists and their artwork – plus a big party.

53 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3PT

home: events [ art + antiques for everyone ]

home: events [ art + antiques for everyone ]

Pop this date in your diary for July and get yourself a ticket for the Art + Antiques for Everyone event at Birmingham NEC.

Art & Antiques for Everyone is the largest and most established vetted art, interiors and antiques fair outside of London. Bringing together more than 200 specialist art and antiques dealers at the NEC in Birmingham. Buy with confidence from an inspiring array of eclectic categories of beautiful, unusual and rare objects from antiquity to the present day.

Discover a diversity of periods and styles crossing a variety of disciplines including ceramics, glass, paintings, jewellery and British and continental furniture to 20th century design, art deco items, silver, decorative collectables and contemporary pieces.

The Art & Antiques Summer Fair is taking place between Thursday 19 – Sunday 22 July 2018

Opening times:

Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 6pm
Sunday: 11am – 5pm

Book your tickets here

home: event [ Interior Design and Lifestyle workshop ]

home: event [ Interior Design and Lifestyle workshop ]

Fancy learning how to create a new scheme for your home? Want some inspiration and ideas?

This 3 hour workshop hosted by Interior Designer Aarti Popat is the perfect way to make your ideas a reality.

Saturday July 14th

Head to eventbrite.co.uk for tickets [ £45 ]

  • Pull together a design concept and learn how to use it in the creation of your space.

  • Create a mood board for a room of your choice using interior design fundamentals, inspirations, colours, fabrics, patterns, furnishings and great tips and tricks from Aarti.

  • Create a floor plan and assess what the needs and requirements of the room are.

  • Learn how to make the best use of your space.

  • Q&A: ‘Ask the expert’ to solve your decorating dilemmas.

Saturday July 14th
Head to eventbrite.co.uk for tickets [ £45 ]

home: event [ macrame workshop ]

Get in quick and get your place at this Thursdays macrame workshop at West Elm, Tottenham Court Road, London.

They say;

Learn how to create the most iconic of all macramé projects: the Plant Hanger. Brooke will show you how to create a hanger out of cotton rope tied into simple square knots and half square knots. This project is totally customizable and deal for beginner’s who are keen to learn the basic knots and techniques that will hold the pot perfectly

Thursday 28 June / 6.15pm – 8.15pm

home: event [ interiors styling for photoshoots workshop ]

home: event [ interiors styling for photo shoots workshop ]

Excellent interiors styling work shop for designers in London, this November. Book now for get your place on this informative workshop covering styling, photo shoots, and the business surrounding interior styling.

For more information and for booking click here.

They say;

Interiors magazines are full of beautifully styled interiors oozing with ambience, but what are the skills that an interior designer will require, in order to take a real-life home and turn it into a beautifully styled interior? This workshop will illuminate the trade secrets and practicalities of styling for shoots, with careful scrutiny of successful projects and a host of insider tips.

£86.40 – £150

DATE AND TIME

Thu, November 15, 2018

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM GMT

LOCATION

7th Floor, Meeting Room 1, societyM

citizenM Hotel Tower of London

40 Trinity Square

London

EC3N 4DJ

home: event [ cyanotype workshop ]

home: event [ cyanotype workshop ]

Try something new with this workshop held at West Elm, Tottenham Court Road, London.

Learn the process and techniques used to create your own piece of art, and bring along objects from home that you want to make prints of.

‘Cyanotype is one of the earliest forms of photographic process (It dates back to the mid-1800s) distinctive for its Prussian blue monochrome prints produced in sunlight. This is an effective way of introducing newcomers to photography and the principles of light and light sensitive materials‘

example of a cyanotype print

Tickets available from eventbrite.co.uk [ Sat 23rd June – £45 ]

home: event [ weaving workshops ]

home: event [ weaving workshop ]

Sign up to the newsletter for The London Loom and get all the details on available weaving and tapestry classes at their east London studio.

Various types of class and length of learning, with options for adults, kids and groups!

Studio 8

Hackney Downs Studios

17 Amhurst Terrace

London, E8 2BT

home: event [ London Design Festival – Independent Ceramics Festival ]

home: event [ London Design Festival : Independent Ceramics Market ]

A definite date for the diary. Enjoy, explore and shop – get your hands on unique work from a huge array of talented ceramicists.

As part of the London Design Festival, the Independent Ceramics Market will be on this September.

Sunday, September 23, 2018

11:00 AM 6:00 PM

Hackney Arts Centre
13 Stoke Newington Road London, England, N16 8BH United Kingdom

home: event [ Midcentury East ]

home: event [ Midcentury East ]

Back again for a summer show, this time in Haggerston, London, Modern Shows bring us Midcentury East. A fair full of dealers of gorgeous furniture, lighting and accessories.

‘Visit our Vintage and modern design shows — Midcentury Modern®, Midcentury East and our Midcentury and Midcentury Modern® pop ups — attracting people from all over the UK looking to buy collectable furniture and design for the home‘

[ Sunday 20th May ]

modernshows.com