London Design Festival 2010: here are some snaps from the first day of Once Upon a Dream: London Tastemakers in Bed with Veuve Clicquot.

Participants each read extracts from their favourite book while sipping Veuve Clicquot champagne in the Once Upon A Dream bed designed by Mathieu Lehanneur (above) for curing insomnia.

Above and top: Daniella Issa

The final readings take place at 4pm today. More information and the scheduled readers here.

Andaz,
40 Liverpool Street,
London EC2M 7QN

Above: Marta Freud