The latest news and comment on the London design festival
September 2022
War photographer Don McCullin: ‘Wherever I go, there seems to be violence and death’
From Vietnam to Biafra, he captured war and suffering with shocking power. The great photographer talks about his tough childhood, the film Angelina Jolie is making about him – and the shots that still haunt his sleep
September 2016
Architecture and design blog
Sweatbox heaven: welcome to the sauna and steam of your dreams
Carnival of design
September 2015
Architecture and design blog
Lift-off! My 90-second ride into the future of virtual reality
Let’s protect the foundations of UK creativity
Caroline Roux
Signs of the times: 21st-century road signs redesigned by famous artists – in pictures
Looking for a future classic?
September 2014
Homes: big names and fresh talent creating 'wish list' designs in wood
Renowned designers and architects collaborate with people from new-generation crafts to create 10 objects for an innovative project to be highlighted at the London Design Festival
September 2013
Midcentury Modern's open house at London's Design Festival
This week's new events
This week's new events
Homes: best in show
London Design Festival: the next big five
June 2013
Cannes Lions five minute interview
Architect Rem Koolhaas on London's skyline - video
Top architect discusses the London skyline, the future of the creative development of cities and the politics of building design
September 2012
London Design festival 2012: 10 of the best
To celebrate 10 years of the London Design festival, Steve Rose picks this year's 10 must-sees
Better by design
As the 10th annual London Design Festival gets ready to throw off its dust sheets, we showcase the work of five emerging designers who are making their mark on the capital – from brilliantly mismatched wallpaper and a self-tidying desk to a chair that's good enough to eat
Tom Dixon: 'Light is a mysterious field'
The designer talks to Alice Fisher about the lightbulb moment behind the event he's hosting for London Design festival 2012
August 2012
House and Home blog
Homes: pick and click – hot new homewares
London's design festival is a chance to snap up homeware from hot new names - and you don't even have to be in the capital to buy them. By Trish Lorenz
September 2011
Justin McGuirk on design
London design festival: Can design be more than a commodity?
Justin McGuirk: In opening up unaffordable spaces, the LDF allows designers to curate, rather than market, their work – and to think about how design can be more than just product
London Design Festival: Highlights from the Design Junction
A few of our favourites from the Design Junction's brilliant range of lighting and furniture brands
House and Home blog
Furniture goes punk with Lee Broom at the London Design Festival
Minimalism is out and fetishism is in, courtesy of rock'n'roll designer Lee Broom at this week's London Design Festival
