London Design Festival
15-25 September 2007

[re]design compiled a list of events during the Festival exploring, promoting and extending debate about ecological and sustainable issues in design.

WEST

Platform 10, Slow Water @ RCA
21 September - 4 October
Exhibition and lecture on domestic design interventions that reconsider our use of water.
http://www.rca.ac.uk/pages/news/slow_water_designing_for_3898.html

SIT UP @ 100% Futures - Stand O165, Earls Court
20-23 September
Sit Up by [re] design shows how a selection of seats were made, in an engaging celebration of ‘good’
design stories.
http://www.100percentdesign.co.uk/page.cfm/link=192

Ten Again @ 100% Design, Earls Court
20-23 September
Once again, 10 leading UK designers are challenged to create something for £10, using materials found within 10km of their studios.
http://www.100percentdesign.co.uk/page.cfm/link=191

100% Detail Low Carbon Building Programme @ 100% Design, Earls Court
20-23 September
High level seminars and workshops.

100% Sustainable? @ 100% Design, Earls Court
20-23 September
The Inheritable Futures Lab continue their conversation with the industry and generate tools for sustainable design practice with its fusion of exhibition and interaction.
http://www.100percentdesign.co.uk/page.cfm/link=190

CENTRAL

Critical Design Practice MA, Goldsmiths @ 1 The Piazza, Covent Garden
23-30 September
Challenging, discursive projects on design futures.
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/designmasters/

Design for Sustainability @ Design Council, 34 Bow Street
8:30am 21 September
Sparky breakfast conversations on how design relates to sustainability.
www.designcouncil.org.uk/design-for-sustainability-breakfast

Dirt Café Water Salon
19 September
Cross-disciplinary debate on global and local water issues.
http://www.dirtcafe.com

Do We Need Another Chair? @ Apple Store, Regent Street
September 18th, 7.00pm
Can we justify buying a new sofa, lamp or car if the old one still works? Steuart Padwick of Designbar.com leads this panel discussion on the evolution of design_.
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/regentstreet

MADE, Illumination @ Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1, Carlton House Terrace
19 September, 10:30am
Lunchtime workshop on the future of lighting.
http://www.iom3.org/made/

Tom Dixon @ Trafalgar Square
17-19 September
A huge low energy, recycled plastic lighting installation.
http://www.tomdixon.net

Trash Luxe, 4th Floor, Liberty, Great Marlborough Street
20-23 September
Luxury reinvented by young designers who find beauty in unexpected and unwanted materials. Curated by Marcus Fairs.
http://www.trashluxe.com

Vitsoe @ Vitsoe, 72 Wigmore Street
Flexible, reusable, long-lasting furniture.
http://www.vitsoe.com

EAST

Liquid Glass Live @ Designersblock, 3-10 Shoreditch High St
20-23 September
Demonstrations of glass blowing and casting using a low energy kiln and recycled glass.
http://www.designersblock.org.uk

Barking: A Model Town Centre @ Barking’s new Library and Lifelong Learning Centre Architectural models for new developments for the Town Centre, including an arboretum and folly in recycled materials by muf.

Circa @ Tent London, Old Truman Brewery
20-23 September
A great place to admire and buy vintage 20th century design.
http://www.tentlondon.co.uk

Iconoclasm @ BOHDI, Brick Lane
Japanese and international low energy LED lighting design

MAS @ Designersblock
Includes a couple of examples of innovative, sustainable products.
http://www.mas.dti.gov.uk

Sixixis @ Tent London
20-23 September
Wildly efficient steam-bent furniture.
http://www.sixixis.co.uk

SOUTH

[re]design @ Royal Festival Hall, Southbank
15-16, 22-23 September
Public craft workshops encouraging the [re]thinking and [re]using of domestic waste.
http://www.redesigndesign.org

Annie Sherburne @ 1:10 OXO Tower Wharf
16 September - afternoon
Open European Textile Network event.
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SCIN, Indigenous and Ingenious @ 130 Bermondsey St
18-22 September
UK eco materials used by UK eco designers.
http://www.scin.co.uk

Design Market Challenge @ Royal Festival Hall , Southbank
15-23 September
30 discarded objects from Deptford’s thrift market transformed and given a new life by 30 innovative designers.
http://www.deptforddesignchallenge.com

EcoLabs on The Greening of Illustration and Design @ London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle
20 September
Evening panel discussion – do illustration and graphic design have a role to play in addressing climate change?
http://www.eco-labs.org

Yard Sale @ Pacific Playhouse, Southbank
15-16, 22-23 September
Chance to buy work from new Goldsmiths designers.
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