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
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
Dezeen Wire: designer Ron Arad is awarded the London Design Medal 2011 at a ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral tonight as part of the London Design festival. The medal is awarded annually for a lifetime's contribution to design and the city. It was awarded last year to Thomas Heatherwick, who was included in the judging panel this year.
Watch a series of interviews with Ron Arad on Dezeen Screen and see all our stories about his work here.
London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of the third collection of furniture by London designer Faye Toogood, this time exploring iridescent materials, on show at Phillips de Pury & Company in London this week. More
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 »
London Design Festival 2011: Austrian designer Robert Stadler presents new work at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London. More
London Design Festival 2011: Dezeen filmed this interview with Bruno Allard, UK managing director of French brand Ligne Roset, to coincide with the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom during the London Design Festival. In the movie, Allard talks about the brand's history as a tight-knit family company and working with Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec on their Ploum sofa, which Ligne Roset launched in January. More
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
Dezeen Platform: Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N take to Dezeen Platform for the second day of Dezeen Space with their 1:87 scale-model island. More
London Design Festival 2011: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders presents a photographic installation featuring mermaids exploring the Moooi collection at the London Design Festival, which starts today. More
Dezeen Space is now open at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN, Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm and Sunday 11am-5pm until 16 October.
Come round and check out the new Dezeen Book of Ideas, our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up, our live video and blogging studio, specially commissioned sculptures by Dominic Wilcox, an exclusive new product by Paul Cocksedge and a chandelier installation by Plumen, plus a fresh exhibit every day on Dezeen Platform.
See you there!
Dezeen Platform: our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform kicks off at Dezeen Space today, with architect/shoe designer Julian Hakes. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
London Design Festival 2011: In this movie by the American Hardwood Export Council, architect Amanda Levete of AL_A and London Design Festival director Ben Evans discuss the Timber Wave, a three-storey-high sculpture installed outside the V&A museum in London for the festival. More
This movie by the American Hardwood Export Council shows the manufacture of the Timber Wave by AL_A, a three-storey-high red oak sculpture installed outside the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More
London Design Festival 2011: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have laid a stripy field of fabric inside the Raphael Court of the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival. More
London Design Festival 2011: a watch featuring a looter running off with a TV while a riot policeman stands and watches is one of a series of one-off, customised time pieces commissioned by Dezeen from Dominic Wilcox. Update: watch an interview with Wilcox on Dezeen Screen. More
London Design Festival 2011: over 30 design companies will present their work at Tramshed, 32 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3LX from 22 to 25 September as part of the London Design Festival. More
London Design Festival 2011: British architect John Pawson has installed the largest lens ever made by crystal brand Swarovski in the southwest tower of St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival, which starts on Saturday. More
Dezeen Wire: architect John Pawson talks to critic Kieran Long about his installation at St Paul’s Cathedral, which features a large mirror reflecting the interior of a helical staircase. The minimal but technically complex installation is open from 19-23 September as part of the London Design Festival - London Evening Standard
See all our stories about John Pawson on Dezeen here and listen to our podcast interview with the architect here.
See all stories about this year's London Design Festival here.
London Design Festival 2011: Ligne Roset Westend hosts an exhibition of their latest collection called Telling Tales to coincide with the London Design Festival. More
London Design Festival 2011: Dezeen and designjunction invite you to a party at designjunction, Victoria House Basement, 37 – 63 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4DA from 7.30pm on Friday 23 September. The evening will include www.pechakucha.com organised by Modus, with designers Shin Azumi, Luke Pearson, Dominic Wilcox, Dezeen's Marcus Fairs and more. See you there!
Read more about designjunction here and more about the London Design Festival here.