Zetteler Clients at London Design Festival 2017
97 designers, 6 exhibitions, 1 city. And that’s just Zetteler clients.
Hurrah, London Design Festival is almost upon us! The 15th iteration of the Festival kicks off on 16 September and, with over 450 design-related projects and events taking place across London, it’s one of the biggest and most varied celebrations of international design that the world has to offer. That means a ginormous helping of creativity; plenty of parties, discoveries and friendly faces; not to mention enough projects, products and installations to fuel our design gluttony for a good while.
And so, while everyone else has been jetting off of their summer holidays, for the last few months Zetteler and its clients have been busy applying the finishing touches to a mighty array of projects being unveiled at this year’s LDF. Dotted all over the city, the exhibitions include a collaboration between social initiative Restoration Station and designer Yinka Ilori; Villa Walala, a squishy, brightly coloured LDF Landmark Project by Camille Walala; Water, a multidisciplinary exhibition in Peckham’s Bussey Building; and not one, not two but THREE London Design Fair exhibitions.
Diaries at the ready, here’s the go-to list of Zetteler clients taking part in LDF; what they’re up to and where you can find them.
Restoration Station x Yinka Ilori
What?
This London Design Festival marks a collaboration between non-profit social enterprise Restoration Station and designer Yinka Ilori. Shoreditch-based Restoration Station runs workshops for people in recovery from addiction, teaching them skills in woodwork and furniture restoration. Its collaboration with Ilori will see the designer, a specialist in upcycling, work with the programme’s participants to restore pieces of furniture in line with his signature aesthetic. The resulting collection will be sold in Restoration Station’s shop throughout the festival. Expect bold stripes, Nigerian prints and lashings of colour!
Where?
Restoration Station
118 Shoreditch High Street
E1 6JN
When?
15–24 September 2017
9.30–17:00 everyday
Find the press release here.
Ground floor, Hall G5
On Repeat: Universal Design Studio X The Office Group
The power of Repetition is the theme for Universal Design Studio and The Office Group’s collaborative pavilion in Shoreditch, manifested through its architecture and a very fun programme of workshops.
Printmaker Alex Booker will be holding a one-off woodcut printing workshop which will explore the concept of repetition and movement as a deeply meditative process. Workshop participants will be taught how to use traditional Japanese tools, in accordance with the ancient techniques of woodblock printing, but will be largely free to explore their chosen patterns and shapes, or to simply respond to the grain in the wood. The workshop is free but limited to 20 pre-booked places (book online here) and a further 10 drop-ins.
On Repeat Pavilion
Black and White Building
74 Rivington Street
EC2A 3AY.
Reflection Room
What?
Reflection Room is the first ever LDF project to be installed in the Prince Consort Gallery, a vaulted space that historically housed more than 30,000 textile samples. An immersive, coloured light experience, designed by Flynn Talbot, the installation comprises 56 custom-made stretch membrane Barrisol panels. Woven within the panels are Tryka LED profiles that emit vivid orange and blue hues (inspired by moment the sun meets the water) transforming the space into a vivid reflective space of coloured light. You can catch Flynn speaking about the installation at a talk on 19 September. Zetteler Films has followed designer Flynn Talbot throughout the design process, from conception to installation, and the final film will chart the challenges and triumphs that come with executing such a large-scale, multi-component project.
Where?
Prince Consort Gallery, Room 110
Victoria and Albert Museum
When?
16 – 24 September 10:00 – 17:30
What?
Swedish design studio, Form Us With Love, presents Prototypa, a non-profit platform that nurtures the relationship between industry and creatives through a dialogue about one of the most distinct parts of the design process: prototyping. Zetteler Films will be documenting the seven-day event which will see a series of hands-on talks, workshops and exhibitions, all centred on the act of prototyping.
Where?
Design Frontiers
Terrace Rooms & West Wing Galleries
Somerset House
When?
18 – 24 September
The film will be coming soon
Nirvana CPH launch 7th Material Board
What?
For the last eight years, Nirvana CPH has been collaborating with some of the world’s most innovative designers to create its series of Material Boards, visual showcases of the properties and potential of the studio’s latest materials of choice. For LDF, Nirvana CPH is launching its seventh Material Board which intriguingly explores the role of scent. To celebrate, the company is staging an interactive exhibition that promises to guide visitors through London’s olfactory story.
Where?
BEAST
19 Earlham Street
WC2H 9LL
When?
26 – 24 September
Other festival highlights
It’s not all about us – there’s a lot going on this LDF that’s nothing to do with Zetteler – but which we’ll be checking out anyway. From Faye Toogood’s Trade Show, to Max Frommeld’s reinvented living space, here’s the best of the rest of the fest…
For more LDF inspiration, check out Zetteler’s LDF mood board.
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