Drop is an installation piece commissioned by Size+Matter whose remit is to bring design to the attention of the public by providing an established designer with a brief to produce a work in collaboration with a manufacturer that will occupy a prime location on London’s Southbank for the duration of the London Design Festival.
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Moooi showroom
Moooi have set up shop next door to Tom Dixon at Portobello Dock, opening a grand 250 m² showroom on the ground floor of the Grade II listed White Building. The space provides a fantastic setting for a complete display of the Moooi range including bold contemporary designs by Front, Ron Gilad, Studio Job and Maarten Baas.
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Sticks, Stones and Broken Bones - Studio Toogood and izé
This installation by Studio Toogood and izé at the Garage, SW3 (next door to Mint) is worth a look during the festival. It shows a range of products cast from sticks, stones and bones and adapted for utilitarian use as door and cabinet handles and coat hooks. These metal objects take on an eery quality in their new context whilst retaining a tactility and familiarity resulting from their organicism. They clearly follow the current trend for all things taxidermic as covered in previous posts on Julia Lohmann and Death in Design.
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This year’s London Design Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever with new spaces, exhibitors and symposia adding to the usual panoply of events taking place all across the city.
View the full post to see my list of what not to miss this year:
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Passerelle by Joana Vasconcelos
The current exhibition by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos at Haunch of Vension is entitled I Will Survive and consists of an impressive collection of recent work that addresses issues of vernacular tradition versus modern technology, nationality, sex, gender and identity. The witty and intelligent objects and set pieces mostly rely on their materiality to communicate. I particularly enjoyed Passerelle; an industrial carousel from which hang scaled-up porcelain dogs, of the style one might find in a Portuguese home. A control pedal operates the conveyor which sets the dogs in motion, causing them to crash against one another and gradually chip, crack and destroy themselves.
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London’s Jermyn Street is home to many quintessentially British brands including some of the country’s finest tailors, antiques stores, hotels and restaurants. Today the street was closed to traffic and became the venue for live music performances, fashion shows and food stalls all celebrating great British style, skill and sense of humour.
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During a brief visit to Stockholm and Gothenburg I noticed an abundance of classic neon signs outside shops, restaurants and bars. It may be related to the influx of American culture that occurred following the second World War or perhaps it just made a lot of sense in a country where it’s dark a lot of the time! Either way, these retro signs fit perfectly with the vintage vibe that is massive in Sweden right now.
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