Landmark Projects 2011

Our Landmark Projects projects have become very much the public face of the London Design Festival. Over the last few years we've been inviting some of the greatest designers and architects in the world to experiment with new materials and processes - often in some very familiar London spaces. 

Ben Evans, Festival Director explains: 'What we've tried to do is match major public places within the city with architects and designers." Those major public places have included some of London's most high profile public spaces; Trafalgar Square, the Southbank Centre, the V&A, Covent Garden and St Paul's Cathedral. The sheer popularity of these sites allows us to reach beyond our core audience of design fans and professionals. As Evans says, "We are also interested in reaching people who don't really think they know what design is." 

The London Design Festival's Landmark Projects have created a remarkable legacy that extends design's vocabularly, drawing a huge public to the work of some of the world's most innovative design thinkers.

Click on the image on the right to view slideshow of our current Landmark Projects, or find out more about each Landmark Project by following the links in the menu on the left.