Published on : Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Come 18 September, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum will once again be the hub of the Festival, featuring a wide range of projects and the physical sessions of the Global Design Forum (more on the GDF21 soon). With new print publications in the works, an ambitious series of projects all over London, and more than 200 partners signed up, the 19th edition of the Festival remains as ambitious as ever. Stay tuned for more soon, and explore what‘s new this week below
“This September we’ll be transforming spaces across the museum with special projects that address some of the biggest challenges facing society today. Experience installations by emerging designers along with exciting talks, events, tours and more.”
Festival Highlights:
Between Forests and Skies – Explore different perspectives inside this new pavilion by Nebbia Works. Step inside this immersive, low-carbon aluminium pavilion which seemingly floats in water. Designed by Nebbia Works, it illustrates the strength and durability of aluminium as a material.
Architecture + Reality- An installation exploring the role of nature in modern architectural spaces. Tin Drum, the world’s leading mixed reality studio and technology developer, and acclaimed Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, have collaborated on this thought-provoking installation which aims to illustrates links between modern life, designed space and climate change. Take a journey of discovery as natural and architectural features will slowly morph and evolve based on movement in the space. The installation will be accompanied by a score combining natural sounds and original composition.
Placeholders – Interact with this installation of unusual urban street furniture on Exhibition Road. Discover the enduring possibilities of reusing stone with this outdoor installation and documentary as part of London Design Festival. Historic, large and precious stone that previously made up the V&A building, now make a comeback in the form of street furniture. Discover the story of how designers Aude-Line Duliere and Juliet Haysom saved these stones from being crushed into aggregate, adding a new chapter to these stones’ odyssey.
Made on Location -This installation is a collaborative effort of youth groups from East London brought together by RESOLVE Collective. Made on Location brings together RESOLVE’s year-long Creative Youth Worker residency at the V&A and explores how museums of the future are essential spaces for local youth groups. This installation of up-cycled materials is a collaboration between Blackhorse Responders, V&A East Youth Collective, and other youth groups from the four east London Olympic boroughs of Hackney, Waltham Forest, Newham, and Tower Hamlets.
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