CLERKENWELL DESIGN FESTIVAL
As a global design destination, Clerkenwell Design Week is set to return this May (23 – 25) with its biggest programme yet, featuring over 600 industry events over three days. The 12th edition also sees a total of 12 exhibition venues (see “notes to editors” for details) across Clerkenwell including: Design Fields, Contract, Light, Project, Elements, British Collection, Detail, Platform, Ceramics of Italy, Old Sessions House (the festival hub), and two new additions – Catapult and The Garden. While these unique venues will present over 300 design brands and emerging talent covering furniture, kitchens and bathrooms, materials and surfaces, textiles, decorative accessories, and lighting, an extensive network of more than 130 local showroom partners will host product launches, workshops and talks over the three days of the festival.
Among some of the headline names is London-born-and-bred artist and designer Morag Myerscough – who will open the festival’s talks programme, Conversations at Clerkenwell, in Spa Fields on Tuesday 23 May (11:00 BST). She will speak with Bethan Ryder, Editorial Director of WGSN, about her unique approach to transforming places and championing community through joyful installations and artworks.
Image: Formation by Kirkby Design. Image above: Steve Messam, Gateway. Image courtesy of Steve Messam
Textile highlights include Kirkby Design - a fun, creative collection of hand-painted graphics in a multitude of colours, digitally printed onto 100% recycled cotton from the fashion industry; Wallcoverings Vol. 2 Sustainable wallcoverings – printed on a blended ground of FSC-certified wood pulp and corn fibre..................
Among some of the headline names is London-born-and-bred artist and designer Morag Myerscough – who will open the festival’s talks programme, Conversations at Clerkenwell, in Spa Fields on Tuesday 23 May (11:00 BST). She will speak with Bethan Ryder, Editorial Director of WGSN, about her unique approach to transforming places and championing community through joyful installations and artworks.
Image: Formation by Kirkby Design. Image above: Steve Messam, Gateway. Image courtesy of Steve MessamTextile highlights include Kirkby Design - a fun, creative collection of hand-painted graphics in a multitude of colours, digitally printed onto 100% recycled cotton from the fashion industry; Wallcoverings Vol. 2 Sustainable wallcoverings – printed on a blended ground of FSC-certified wood pulp and corn fibre..................
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