The festival's principal temporary architecture combines materially ambitious bamboo engineering with a politically explicit examination of protection, aggression and Britain's colonial relationship with India. Its short run ends September 20.
Location
Strand Aldwych near Somerset House and the Indian High Commission, London, United Kingdom
Organizations
Studio Saar — Architect and co-designer; Atelier One — Structural engineer and co-designer; Ananya Singhal — Studio Saar managing partner and project design lead; Neil Thomas — Atelier One founder and structural-design lead; Node Company — Bamboo connector development collaborator; London Design Festival — Commissioning festival and presenter; Secure — Project supporter
Opening tomorrow for London Design Festival, the display offers a focused material and production story pairing six Japanese craft traditions with internationally recognized designers. A small-capacity hands-on workshop on September 14 creates an immediate attendance opportunity.
Location
Simon Sainsbury Gallery, Room 64b, V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
Organizations
Craft x Tech — Exhibition producer; Tangent — Founding design studio; Victoria and Albert Museum — Host venue; London Design Festival — Festival partner
The project combines sound technology, adaptive cultural use and rare access to a major 1890 industrial structure closed to the public for 13 years. Free tickets and the short five-day run create an immediate attendance and commissioning opportunity.
Location
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall, London E1W 3SF, United Kingdom
Organizations
London Design Festival — Commissioning festival; L-Acoustics — Presenter and spatial-audio technology partner; Glass Castle Foundation — Venue custodian and host; Max Cooper — Commissioned multidisciplinary artist; Chris Watson — Sound artist and nature recordist
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