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home: event [ London Design Biennale 2018 ]

home: event [ London Design Biennale 2018 ]

Back again this year at Somerset House, the London Design Biennale will let you explore the best design, architecture, writers and artists, including energing talents.

‘The 2018 London Design Biennale is devoted to the theme, Emotional States. Taking over the entirety of Somerset House, including The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court and River Terrace, it will explore big questions and ideas about sustainability, migration, pollution, energy, cities, and social equality. Visitors will enjoy engaging and interactive installations, innovations, artworks and proposed design solutions – all in an immersive, inspiring and entertaining tour of the world‘

Sept 4-23

£19.50

somersethouse.org.uk

home: featured [ Decorum ]

home: featured [ Decorum ]

Combining vintage, industrial and Scandi style Decorum has a beautifully curated collection of homeware. Choose from lighting, accessories, kitchenware, furniture and soft furnishings.

Launched by Christina Karoulla, Decorum is full of gorgeous timeless pieces to fall in love with. If you are in East London, be sure to make a visit.

‘With over 18 years experience in Interiors and retail, I have always had a passion for good design, whether in a chair, a clock or even a spoon. Inspired by the modern classics, I want to discover our very own modern classics of today’

Find Decorum online or at Box Park, Shoreditch.

decorum-shop.co.uk

home: event [ pottery exhibition ]

home: event [ In Design pottery exhibition ]

As part of this year’s Design Festival, the London Potters will be showcasing 10 designers work over two weekends. Explore tableware, decorative pieces and jewellery, on 13-16th and 20-23rd September at Grosvenor Arch, Circus Village West, Battersea Power Station, London SW11 8AH.

Free entry

They say;

We’re delighted to be hosting two selected showcase selling events as part of this year’s London Design Festival.  We’ll be open over two weekends with 10 different exhibitors each week. Explore a diverse range of ceramics from tableware to decorative objects, ceramic jewellery and striking one-off collectors’ pieces, all reflecting the wide use of clay in design.

Over the two weekends of London Design Festival, visitors to In Design @ Battersea can take part in an interactive ceramic activity to create a growing modelled installation, inspired by the surrounding cityscape area of Battersea Power Station. We hope the public will contribute and enjoy the creative experience, learning new clay skills and observing the surroundings in closer detail.

home: event [ Japan House ]

home: event [ Japan House ]

Head to Kensington, London to explore this retail, exhibition space focusing on all things Japanese.

‘Presenting the very best of Japanese art, design, gastronomy, innovation, and technology, it deepens our appreciation of all that Japan has to offer. Part of a global initiative led by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are two other Japan Houses in Los Angeles and São Paulo’

‘The varied offer includes an exhibition gallery, a theatre, a fine-dining Japanese restaurant and a retail floor of thoughtfully curated Japanese products. This is complemented by a diverse line-up of exhibitions, events, workshops, and seminars‘

japanhouselondon.uk

home: event [ boot fair ]

home: event [ boot fair ]

Time to get up early because you’ll want to grab the best furniture and homeware bargains first. Date for your diary – Boot fair on Sunday 9 September, from 11.30am, get yourself to East Dulwich!

At;

Goodrich Community Primary School

Dunstans road

East Dulwich

London

SE22 0EP

35 sellers packed Full of vintage,retro items clothes, toys book, furniture

home: found this [ mirrors ]

home: found this [ mirrors ]

If you love Scandi style, then you must head to Haygen, London. And our pick of the range is their mirrors.

Mirrors can bring a new dimension to a room, creating the look of more space and in some cases becoming a piece if art on the wall.

Haygen has a lovely collection of simple brass, black and wooden mirrors, in a number of sizes and shapes. You will be sure to find a favourite.

haygenstore.com

home: event [ Awestruck exhibition ]

home: event [ Awestruck exhibition ]

This week long exhibition get us thinking about the connection between interior design and wellbeing.

The interesting idea of Biophilia is explored through workshops, talks and sensory experiences.

‘Biophilia is the innate human affinity we have with nature and the outdoors; literally, it means “love of life or living systems‘

For more information head to eventbrite.co.uk

30th July – 3rd Aug

Craftwork Studios, London

[ free ]

home: event [ lustrous surfaces ]

home: event [ lustrous surfaces ]

Connecting well to the current Eastern interiors trend (featured on Friday), we love this exhibition at the V&A – Lustrous Surfaces.

Featuring 110 objects located throughout the Museum, including shrines, chests and rare Latin American examples, this display highlights the varied manufacturing techniques, surface treatments, decorative styles and application around the world.

This free exhibition runs til September.

home: event [ Home Futures exhibition ]

home: event [ Home Futures exhibition ]

Put a date in the diary for this intriguing exhibition at the Design Museum. Home Futures explores the ideas and predictions of 20th Century designers and architects, and their vision of the future.

‘Discover more than 200 objects and experiences to trace the key social and technological aspirations that have driven change in the home. Historical notions of the mechanised home and the compact home are displayed alongside contemporary phenomena such as connected devices and the sharing economy‘

Tickets available here

7th Nov 2018 – 24th Mar 2019

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 ]