Swarm
Carpenters Workshop Gallery are presenting the first solo show by digital design trio Random International. The works on display include Swarm – a solid mass of LEDs that responds to sound, enabling it to react to the motion and noise made by people in its vicinity.
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Frieze is London’s biggest art fair; a vast, industrial scale space filled with over £200 million pounds worth of art and thousands of visitors. The sensory overload begins as soon as you enter and there’s little let up as you negotiate the dozens of stands operated by high end galleries.
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Alexander Calder and Ron Arad
This presentation of works by some of the world’s best known artists was intended more as a showcase for the incredible property in which it took place than for the art itself. The eight residences in this newly redeveloped Regency terrace happen to be on the market at the moment and, with the Frieze Art Fair taking place a stone’s throw away in Regent’s Park, this was a perfect opportunity to entice wealthy collectors to view a potential home or pied-à-terre.
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Ben Pentreath’s Bloomsbury store is full of fantastic vintage finds as well as new products, furniture, books, textiles and great gifts. On show now is the latest incarnation of the Cabinet of Curiosities, with an eclectic mix of objects beautifully arranged in the back room which also houses a grand display of plaster casts and mouldings by Peter Hone.
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John Pawson - architectural scale model
The current retrospective of John Pawson‘s work at the Design Museum provides some interesting insight into the processes and personality of one of the world’s greatest living architects. Large scale prints of his completed works are accompanied by material samples that lend a necessary tactile element to the display and a video showing a selection of buildings and products in use helps to illustrate the scale and context of the designs. However, it is the models of completed and ongoing projects that give the clearest idea of why his spaces work so well.
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Tramshed
Across London there was a fantastic number and variety of exhibitions and events to enjoy during this year’s London Design Festival. From Tent London, the Origin craft fair and the myriad galleries and showrooms around Shoreditch in the east, to the best young talent at Designersblock on the Southbank and the boutiques around the Brompton Road in the west, there was barely enough time to fit it all in. Here are a few of my highlights from a great week.
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This year’s 100% Design offered the usual variety of established and emerging companies with many of the most interesting ideas to be found in the 100% Futures section. There was also a strong international presence with a number of countries choosing to exhibit their best young talent collectively. Here are a few of my favourites from a strong show.
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