London Design Festival highlights
Dezeen Wire: here's a roundup of the most interesting London Design Festival events that caught our eye when we weren't busy at Dezeen Space last week. More about London Design Festival highlights
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Victoria Spruce at Dezeen Platform
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, London footwear designer Victoria Spruce talks about her collection of sculptural shoes, exhibited at Dezeen Platform last week. Watch the movie »
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Today at Dezeen Platform: Jan Rose
Dezeen Platform: designer Jan Rose exhibits furniture and lighting made of knitted steel and leather at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Jan Rose
Today at Dezeen Platform: LingJing Yin, Mark McKeague and Ting Chung Jessica Cheng
Dezeen Platform: visitors to Dezeen Space today can stand on Dezeen Platform installation to create a soundscape by linking hands with others. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: LingJing Yin, Mark McKeague and Ting Chung Jessica Cheng
Roger Arquer at Dezeen Platform
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Spanish designer Roger Arquer talks about the furniture he made for his daughter using wooden spoons, rolling pins and a pastry brush. Watch the movie »
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Today at Dezeen Platform: Thomas Hudson
Dezeen Platform: up next at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space is University of Sheffield graduate Thomas Hudson, with his fictional model of a home for early twentieth-century intellectual Walter Benjamin. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Thomas Hudson
Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street
The London Design Festival may be over but Dezeen Space is still open at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN until 16 October. More about Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street
Today at Dezeen Platform: Stewy
Dezeen Platform: east London street artist Stewy joins us at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Stewy
Today at Dezeen Platform: mode:lina
Dezeen Platform: visitors to Dezeen Space today can listen to the ambient sounds of the local area through a tangle of corrugated plastic tubes, courtesy of Polish studio mode:lina at Dezeen Platform. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: mode:lina
Dezeen Platform: Evelin Kasikov
Dezeen Platform: Estonian graphic designer Evelin Kasikov takes her place at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. In this movie Evelin Kasikov talks about her CMYK embroidery, a series of hand-made prints that replace inks with thread. More about Dezeen Platform: Evelin Kasikov
Interview: Dominic Wilcox at Dezeen Space
In this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designer Dominic Wilcox talks about his Moments in Time series of one-off, customised time pieces commissioned by Dezeen. The series of seven sculptures, each featuring tiny, hand-crafted figures attached to the watch hands, is on show at Dezeen Space in Shoreditch, London, until 16 October. More about Interview: Dominic Wilcox at Dezeen Space
Today at Dezeen Platform: studio vit
Dezeen Space: Swedish designers studio vit present a special configuration of their storage system called 11 Boxes at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: studio vit
Furniture for Tracey Neuls Eastside by Faudet-Harrison
London Design Festival 2011: British designers Faudet-Harrison have furnished an east London shoe shop for footwear designer Tracey Neuls. More about Furniture for Tracey Neuls Eastside by Faudet-Harrison
Lego Greenhouse by Sebastian Bergne
London Design Festival 2011: This timelapse movie shows how British designer Sebastian Bergne constructed a Lego greenhouse in London’s Covent Garden in one night for the London Design Festival. More about Lego Greenhouse by Sebastian Bergne
Today at Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce
Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce and her sculptural shoes are the stars of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce
Size + Matter by David Chipperfield
London Design Festival 2011: architect David Chipperfield has installed two metallic glass pavilions outside the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the London Design Festival More about Size + Matter by David Chipperfield
QR code island by C.A.N
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N talk about the QR-code island they exhibited at Dezeen Platform this weekend. More about QR code island by C.A.N
Today at Dezeen Platform: Roger Arquer
Dezeen Platform: Spanish designer Roger Arquer is next up on Dezeen Platform, our micro-exhibition at Dezeen Space, with his Alba chair and stool. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Roger Arquer
Julian Hakes at Dezeen Platform
Dezeen Platform: in the first of our series of interviews with designers presenting their work at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, architect Julian Hakes talks about his Mojito Shoe, which has no footplate and wraps around the wearer's foot in a single ribbon. Watch the movie »
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Today at Dezeen Platform: Sivan Royz
Dezeen Platform: In this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Israeli designer Sivan Royz presents her Blooming Structures purses and jewellery made from laser-cut silk, which were on show at Dezeen Platform on Monday. See more photos and information in our previous story. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Sivan Royz