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Seven Designers for Seven Dials

  • "The floating illuminated telephone number had no explanation" - Paul Cocksedge

    In the last movie about our Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations, designer Paul Cocksedge demonstrates how calling a neon phone number suspended in the air generates a guaranteed smile. More

    Dan Howarth | 27 January 2013 | 2 comments
  • "We were fascinated by what to do with all these coins" - Aberrant Architecture

    In this movie we filmed, Aberrant Architecture director David Chambers tells the story of a Covent Garden tradesman whose collection of pennies inspired their aerial installation for Seven Designers for Seven Dials curated by Dezeen. More

    Dan Howarth | 26 January 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "Victorian Seven Dials was known for shady characters and wayward ladies" - Vic Lee

    Illustrator Vic Lee tells us how his banners depicting the former names of Covent Garden streets hark back to the area's sordid past in the next of our Seven Designers for Seven Dials movies about aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More

    Dan Howarth | 25 January 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "We didn't want to take over the neighbourhood" - Philippe Malouin

    Designer Philippe Malouin explains why he hung transparent bunting above the street in the next of our Seven Designers for Seven Dials movies about the aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More

    Dan Howarth | 24 January 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "My ladders provide an imaginative route across the road" - Gitta Gschwendtner

    Designer Gitta Gschwendtner explains how historic underground tunnels inspired her installation of seven ladders bridging the street in this movie we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More

    Dan Howarth | 23 January 2013 | 2 comments
  • "I brought bird cages back to the Seven Dials area" - Dominic Wilcox

    Designer Dominic Wilcox describes why he chose to hang a row of bird cages above a street in London in the next movie we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More

    Dan Howarth | 22 January 2013 | 5 comments
  • "It was about celebrating trades that have been lost" - Faye Toogood

    Designer Faye Toogood talks through her installation of 49 workers' coats hanging above the street in the first of this series of movies we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More

    Dan Howarth | 21 January 2013 | 1 comment
  • Seven Designers for Seven Dials audio guide

    London Design Festival: we've recorded each of the Seven Designers for Seven Dials explaining their aerial installations curated by Dezeen and compiled them on an interactive map of the area. More

    Rose Etherington | 21 September 2012 | 1 comment
  • Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen

    London Design Festival: the London Design Festival is underway and the sun is shining so if you're out and about this afternoon be sure to check out the Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen (+ map). More

    Rose Etherington | 15 September 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Seven Designers for Seven Dials: aerial installations curated by Dezeen

     

    London Design Festival: Seven aerial installations by young designers Faye Toogood (above), Vic Lee, Paul Cocksedge, Philippe Malouin, Aberrant Architecture, Gitta Gschwendtner and Dominic Wilcox will be installed above the streets of Seven Dials in London during the London Design Festival next month, as part of a project curated by Dezeen. More

    Benedict Hobson | 31 August 2012 | 1 comment

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Highlights

  • Deck-access housing at Park Hill in Sheffield

    Architecture


    "'Housing for dirty people' is back"

    Architecture


    "'Housing for dirty people' is back"

  • Channel 4 HQ by Richard Rogers

    Architecture


    Rogers' Channel 4 HQ listed

    Architecture


    Rogers' Channel 4 HQ listed

  • The exterior of Mjøstårnet

    Timber Revolution


    Timber skyscraper

    Timber Revolution


    Timber skyscraper

  • Thinx sex blanket

    Design


    Period products

    Design


    Period products

  • Studio Mutt design for the Davidson Prize

    Architecture


    Designs to mitigate homelessness

    Architecture


    Designs to mitigate homelessness

  • St Regis Kanai

    Architecture


    Resort in mangrove forest

    Architecture


    Resort in mangrove forest

  • Exterior photo of the empty house

    Architecture


    Minimalist home in Spain

    Architecture


    Minimalist home in Spain

  • Tokyo Toilet by Junko Kobayashi

    Architecture


    Weathering-steel Tokyo toilet

    Architecture


    Weathering-steel Tokyo toilet

  • Four-poster bed in house designed by Bernardo Bader

    Interiors


    Regal four-poster beds

    Interiors


    Regal four-poster beds

  • One-storey house with a ddark metal structure cantilevering over bushes

    Architecture


    Dramatic cantilevered house

    Architecture


    Dramatic cantilevered house

  • Exterior of Sydney Plaza & Community Building

    Architecture


    Giant canopy by Adjaye

    Architecture


    Giant canopy by Adjaye

  • Colourful apartment interior by Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor

    Interiors


    Colourful Stockholm apartment

    Interiors


    Colourful Stockholm apartment

  • Architecture


    Sculptural Mangiarotti works

    Architecture


    Sculptural Mangiarotti works

  • Kalba Ice Factory arts venue in Sharjah, UAE, by 51-1 Arquitectos

    Architecture


    Converted ice factory

    Architecture


    Converted ice factory

  • View of Jeddah Central Museum by Heatherwick

    Architecture


    Heatherwick Saudi museum

    Architecture


    Heatherwick Saudi museum

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