This year my foot-blistering trek around the London Design Festival to see what’s new threw up cheeky concepts and new approaches, where comfortable old favourites got edgy, and sustainable manufacture was added.
And plenty of intrigue, too, with a re-examination of the plant pot: luxury sitting beside stark utility, and a focus on how war and its consequences influence design and make it about the “now” rather than the future. From highlights collected at Design London, Brompton Design District, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour and street installations, here’s the edit.
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