Catch up with Dezeen at London Design Festival 2016
London Design Festival 2016: Dezeen will be involved in events throughout the week as part of London Design Festival, including The World's Biggest Design Party.
We'll be supporting our friends at Dezeen Watch Store, who are hosting a pop-up shop at the designjunction exhibition to coincide with the launch of the first Void and Dezeen watch collaboration, as well as taking part in a series of talks across the city.
Marcus Fairs and Deyan Sudjic in Conversation
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will join Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic for a conversation exploring the way online magazines and museums keep track of contemporary design.
The talk will precede the opening party for Molteni&C Dada's LDF exhibition in its London flagship showroom with Belgian designer Vincent van Duysen, who was appointed creative director of the Italian furniture brand last April.
Wednesday 21 September
6:30pm followed by cocktails until 9pm
Molteni&C Dada
199 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8JR
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The World's Biggest Design Party
Dezeen has teamed up with designjunction to host The World's Biggest Design Party at Granary Square in King's Cross, with a dj set from Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, food vans, pop-up bars and immersive installations (main image).
Wednesday 21 September
7:30-10:30pm
Granary Square
King's Cross, N1C 4AA
Tickets have now sold out for this event.
Scandinavia Dreaming
Dezeen's US editor Dan Howarth is in London for LDF, and will chair a discussion with leading designers to mark the launch of Gestalten's new publication on Nordic homes, interiors and design called Scandinavia Dreaming.
The lineup includes Signe Bindslev Henriksen and Peter Bundgaard Rützou from Space Copenhagen and Eero Koivisto, co-founder of multi-disciplinary studio Claesson Koivisto Rune.
Thursday 22 September
4-5:30pm
Skandium
245-249 Brompton Road, SW3 2EP
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Design and Brexit
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs joins a panel discussion about Brexit at the 100% Design trade fair, following the launch of Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto last week.
Other panellists include designer Paul Priestman, with 100% Design director Will Knight chairing.
Friday 23 September
11am to 12pm
Auditorium
100% Design
Olympia London
Hammersmith Road, W14 8UX