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Foregoing her annual pilgrimage to the London Design Festival renews Carol O'Callaghan's appreciation for these gadgets

French designer Marlene Huissound was commissioned by the London Design Festival to make Unity, an installation open to the public at Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross.

WHILE my feet are grateful for this year’s respite from miles of trekking back and forth around London’s exhibition venues, I’m missing the excitement of gorging on the latest in everything from fabric to furniture and lighting to kitchenware. Doing it online isn’t quite the same thing.

Maybe that’s a blessing in disguise as I’m also foregoing exercising restraint in shopping as an irresistible gadget might add weight to hand luggage and catch the beady-eye of a flight attendant scanning for overweight carry-on bags.