Zetteler’s full listings for LDF 2022

Anniversary week of workshops, industry talks and open studios

17-25 September

Address: Design District Central Courtyard

Nearest tube: North Greenwich

More information: https://designdistrict.co.uk/london-design-festival-2022 

With hands-on workshops in everything from scents and ceramics to bike-bag making, a ‘henge’, and a pop-up skate zone, Design District’s LDF programme (and one-year anniversary celebration) is set to be one of the most eclectic and engaging of this year’s festival. Studio doors will be flung open to the public, inviting visitors to venture behind the scenes of some of London’s most exciting creative enterprises – from recycled trainer designer Helen Kirkum and cult cycling-accessory brand Wizard Works to ceramic alchemist Made by Manos and scent specialist Homework. 

Meanwhile, Bureau Talks presents a trio of keynote talks from leading design-industry figures including Tom Dixon, Stanton Williams Architects and LSI Stone unveil a large-scale sculptural pavilion made from 150-million-year-old Jurassic limestone, and Creative Quests leads a 12-stop time-themed creativity trail around Greenwich Peninsula.

Design District Creates runs from 19–25 September 2022, with a district-wide birthday party on Wednesday 21st.

The exclusive press preview of London Design Festival’s newest district takes place on Wednesday 21 September: Design District’s first birthday. Please let me know if you can join us – and director Helen Arvanitakis – to celebrate. 

We will start at 12.30pm with a delicious and nutritious lunch at Bureau’s Modern European restaurant; from 1.30pm we will visit a number of studios throughout the district to see their installations and exclusive products; at 4pm we will hear Tom Dixon, Farshid Moussavi and Harriet Quick interrogate and celebrate creatively screwing up; and then you are welcome to work from Bureau until the evening when we will raise a glass in celebration of Design District’s mission to keep London creative. If you can join, please reply ASAP with dietary requirements. 

The closest Tube station is North Greenwich (just 30 metres away), where the Jubilee Line will take you to London Bridge in 8 minutes and Waterloo in 11.

Exhibition

19–25 September

Address: 1-3 Yorkton St, London E2 8NH

Nearest tube: Hoxton overground, Shoreditch High Street or Bethnal Green

More information: https://londondesignfestival.com/activities/change-making-25-years-of-design-by-pearson-lloyd 

Change Making presents key projects from Pearson Lloyd's design story, exploring the relationship between design and the  changing world. Image courtesy of Pearson Lloyd.

Since Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd founded their practice in 1997, the world – and with it, the design landscape – has transformed. Throughout that time, Pearson Lloyd has responded to, preempted, and helped drive change. Their LDF exhibition Change Making at Yorkton Workshops uses 25 years of Pearson Lloyd design to explore the ways in which how and what we design – and the materials we use – have evolved in the face of the complex and increasingly urgent challenges faced by people and planet.

As well as a fantastic opportunity to get an in-depth insight into some of the key projects that have turned Pearson Lloyd into one of the UK’s leading industrial-design studios – from rethinking A&E departments to redefining the workspace – Change Making is an invitation to consider the role and responsibility of design in a changing world.

Change Making is at Yorkton Workshops in Hackney from 10am–6pm on 19–25 September.

Trade show

22–25 September

Address: Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, SE1 9PH

Nearest tube: Blackfriars, Waterloo or Southwark

More information: https://londondesignfestival.com/activities/material-matters-2022 

Courier HQ, Shoreditch

Tuesday 20 September, 6pm

RSVP essential (via Eventbrite): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-make-it-as-a-creative-in-london-tickets-414531343407

Making a living from creating has always been tough, but with a pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis, now is a particularly difficult time. Yet where there's a challenge, there's an opportunity. This session is packed with lessons, advice and tips from creatives, for creatives. Featuring a panel hosted by Courier’s lifestyle editor Bre Graham, designer Andu Masebo, artist and designer Clara Chu and Marcus Engman, CCO of Ingka Group (IKEA).

14:00-18:00

Party: WE ARE HERE by Sound Advice

Address: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB

Nearest tube: Dalston Kingsland or Dalston Junction

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-are-here-a-daytime-celebration-at-the-rio-cinema-dalston-for-ldf-2022-tickets-402377811867

18:30-21:00

Talk: How to Make It as a Creative in London (Atelier100 x Courier)

Address: Courier Media, 211 Hackney Road, London, E2 8NA

Nearest tube: Hoxton overground, Shoreditch High Street or Bethnal Green

RSVP here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-make-it-as-a-creative-in-london-tickets-414531343407 

19:00-22:00

Party: Pearson Lloyd 25th Anniversary Party 

Address: 1-3 Yorkton St, London E2 8NH

Nearest tube: Hoxton overground, Shoreditch High Street or Bethnal Green

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/change-making-25-years-of-design-by-pearson-lloyd-tickets-399522541677 

19:00–23:00

Party: Design District Creates 1st Birthday Party

Address: Design District Central Courtyard

Nearest tube: North Greenwich

RSVP here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-district-creates-1st-birthday-party-tickets-399034521997 

18:30—20:00

Talk: Keynote – Collaborate To Innovate: Designing for a Circular Economy

Address: Victoria and Albert Museum, Lydia & Manfred Gorvi Lecture Theatre, SW7 2RL

Nearest tube: South Kensington

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keynote-collaborate-to-innovate-designing-for-a-circular-economy-tickets-407568868457