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LDF 2025 Round Up

Disegno’s London Design Festival 2025 round up includes insertable objects, car boot sales, camping tents, decomposing packaging and much more. 

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Perspectival Shift

Studiomama’s new collection with Point Two Five uses perspectival sleights of hand to create jewellery imbued with humour and romance.

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The Crit #22: Benjamin Hubert

Benjamin Hubert, the founder of Layer design studio, joins The Crit to discuss moving away from personality-driven design, creating objects for pets, and his desire to do pro bono design work.

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Rest and Play

Dulwich Picture Gallery’s new ArtPlay pavilion, designed by Carmody Groarke and HoLD collective, creates spaces for rest and play inspired by the gallery’s architecture and collections.

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Disegno #40

Disegno #40 considers the role of freedom in design through short stories about liberation, autonomy and inventiveness.

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Rising Duos

This year, half of the studios honoured in the September 2025 edition of Masion&Objet’s Rising Talents Awards are duos, a move which reflects the fair’s emphasis on collaboration and experimentation.

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Futuristic Repair

The Textiles Circularity Centre have developed a new method of repairing clothes using 3D printed bacterial cellulose, a material made out of textile waste.

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Happy by Design

How might we design for greater human happiness? The 2025 edition of Helsinki Design Week explores the potential for designing for joy and connection in an exhibition curated by Anniina Koivu.

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The Warehouse

Dartmouth College’s new flexible performance venue The Warehouse is designed to enable everything from club nights to intimate listening parties.

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The Rhythm of the Meal

Jun Rhee’s new Jollof rice bowl for Michelin-starred restaurant Akoko demonstrates his belief that ceramics should be used rather than displayed.

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The Crit #20: Jo Barnard

Jo Barnard, the founder of design agency Morrama and cofounder of climate-focused not-for-profit Design Declares, joins The Crit to discuss moving away from human-centred design.

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Porous Revival

Amélie Pichard, artistic director for Maison&Objet, shares her vision for a fair that embraces the “multi-form, multi-medium” vision of contemporary design.

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The Crit #19: Adam Bates

Fresh after launching a new phone and headphones last week, Adam Bates, design director of Nothing, joins The Crit to talk through the challenges of designing for consumer electronics.

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Thirst

The Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition explores the relationship between freshwater, climate change, and territory, and delves into the design of ancient water management systems.

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