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The blog of design showcase Designersblock show photos of the opening of this year’s London event, held on Friday night. More »

Freedom of Creation unveiled a new range of rapid-prototyped products at 100% Design in London this weekend. More »

Here are photos of Trash Luxe, an exhibition curated by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at Liberty in London. The show features furniture, lighting, homewares and jewellery by young designers who use cheap or worthless materials to create luxury products. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 5: today’s movie features Trash Luxe, the exhibition curated by dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at Liberty in London. <<watch the movie>> More »

The Hulger Indian Call Centre is an installation running during the London Design Festival by web-phone brand Hulger in conjunction with Beyond the Valley. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 4: Future Systems and Ross Lovegrove feature in today’s video diary of the London Design Festival, filmed by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. <<Watch the movie>> More »

Furniture designer Matthew Hilton has unveiled the new collection of pieces he will launch at 100% Design in London tomorrow. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 3: Zaha Hadid (above) is the subject of today’s movie about the London Design Festival. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 2: the second of our daily movies covering the London Design Festival is now up on swarovskisparkles.tv <<watch the movie>> More »

Here are photos of Urban Nebula, a sculptural installation by Zaha Hadid on the South Bank in London, created as part of the London Design Festival. More »

Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs has teamed up with Swarovski Crystal Palace, sponsors of this year’s London Design Festival, to create a series of short movies recording the highlights of the festival, which started this weekend. More »

Designer Assa Ashuach presents a new body of work at Rabih Hage Gallery in London later this month. More »

Nosigner is a new design brand that will be showing at 100% Design in London later this week, during the London Design Festival. More »

Designers in Residence opened at the Design Museum in London last night, marking the unofficial start of the London Design Festival (which doesn’t officially launch until Monday). More »

Link is a new modular product designed by PearsonLloyd featuring units made of ARPRO expanded polypropylene that join together to create free-standing partitions and room dividers. More »