15 September e-Bulletin

Two days to go until the official start of the ninth London Design Festival...

... and with some venues already open there's already a lot to see. Final touches are being made to our Landmark Project installations which are already making big waves in the media. If you want plan your visit to the Festival take a look at our Events page; meanwhile here's a pick of stuff that's coming up - plus a few things you can visit today.

London Design Festival events

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Textile Field
V&A / 17 - 25 September

Offered the chance to create a design intervention almost anywhere in the V&A, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec chose the Raphael Court, built specifically to house seven enormous works by Italian painter Raphael. Working with the Danish textile design company Kvadrat, they have created a design intervention that radically alters visitors' ability to interact with the massive formal space and its artworks. As Erwan Bouroullec says, "The Raphael Cartoons are really important pieces, but in a way they are kind of difficult to look at because they're from such a different time". It's going to be fascinating to see how the public use this re-invented space when it's open. You can sneak in early from tomorrow to get a look a look. More

© Studio Bouroullec & V&A Images, Victoria and Albert Museum 

Breakfast Talks with Surface magazine
V&A / 19, 12, 23 September

Paul Priestman, Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk and Marcel Wanders are all taking part in our Breakfast Talks at the V&A. Make the most of your Festival day by starting early with some coffee, a pastry and some stimulating discussion from some of the most innovative design minds around. More

Google Design Lectures
V&A / 17, 24, 25 September

Design thinking presented as a dialogue with audiences and guests, making for some serious entertainment. Don't miss these events, co-curated with Design Interactions at the RCA, onedotzero and The Future Laboratory. More

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Sebastian Bergne: Lego Greenhouse
Covent Garden / 15 - 25 September

Bergne describes it as "a childhood dream" - to build something massive with Lego bricks. An intense build over the last 24 hours overseen by Duncan Titmarsh, the UK's only LEGO Certified Professional, has fulfilled that dream and the Greenhouse, which draws inspiration from Covent Garden's history, is open from today. More

Making Believe 2011
Mile End Art Pavilion / 16 - 24 September

Exhibition showcasing the work of Goldsmiths postgrad design students, including workshops at the weekend and PechaKucha presentations by the students on Thursday 22 September. More

Aesop hosts Studio Jo Meesters
Aesop Notting Hill & Aesop Shoreditch / 15 - 29 September

Aesop is showing the work of Eindhoven-based craft-orientated designer Jo Meesters in both their East and West London stores. More

Aurelia Eichhornia lamps by Jo Meesters

Inside Playful Minds
Arts Gallery / 14 September - 29 October

Intriguing interactive installation from Physical Pixels design studio that promises to "tell the story of design, from initial pixel to realisation". More

Kate Maestri: Drawing Near The Light
Contemporary Applied Arts / 9 September - 8 October

Glass artist Kate Maestri responds to Kelmscott Manor, the home of William Morris for 25 years. More

Kate Maestri

Through the Keyhole at Milk
Milk Concept Boutique / 15 - 25 September

Lnching a new collection of limited edition vases curated by Barnaba Fornasetti - son of Piero. Plus an evening with Barnaba Fornasetti on 20 September. More

Fornasetti lidded Seratura Vase

Ben Newman: Masks
Nobrow Shop & Gallery / 16 September - 11 November

Solo exhibition by illustrator Ben Newman, inspired by ceremonial masks. More


Masks series by Ben Newman

Show 3
Viaduct / 15 September - 1 October

Opening today, Viaduct's Show 3 is an exhibition of new and experimental lighting designs from Molo, Örsjö, Celine Wright, &Tradition, Moooi and Foscarini. More

Cloud Softlight by Molo

The Great Room at 1508 London
1508 London / 17 - 29 September

Design studio 1508 London showcase products from Liam Hopkin's designer-maker practice Lazarian alongside new lighting and seating from Superleggera in their gallery space, The Great Room. More


Rhopalastrum by Lazerian  

和組 wagumi: Creative Connections
Oxo Tower Wharf / 15 September - 2 October

Japanese craftsman and a British designer collaborate to showcase a wide selection of fine contemporary craft work from Japan. More
Lacquerware by wagumi  

It's All Change At The Conran Shop
The Conran Shop / 16 - 25 September

A big range of installations and exhibits at The Conran Shop for this Festival, including Patrick Brillet's SuperDesign highlights ahead of Frieze Art Fair, the new Terence Conran French Curves table, their Play Zone of gadgets, antique dealer Jerome Dodd's Curiosity Shop and new bikes designed for Conran by Charge. More

 
British bike brand Charge's Conran bike

Tramshed 2011
The Tramshed / 22 - 25 September

Returning after a great first year, Tramshed features new products from De La Espada's seven design brands, Autoban, Benjamin Hubert, Charlene Mullen, Lief.designpark, Matthew Hilton, Soren Rose Studio and Studioilse, plus seminars and even games... Other exhibitors include the British company Falcon Enamelware, producing kitchenware since the 20s, now being given a new lease of life by designers KIWI&POM and Morse studio. More

Falcon Enamelware

Do You Buy Brands or Do Brands Buy You?
V&A / 21 September

Nir Wegrzyn of design agency BrandOpus investigates how branding influences our choices in purchasing decisions. More

Design and the Home: Re-imagining Traditional Objects
V&A / 22 September

Designer and silversmith Nedda El-Asmar whose Passion of Simplicty exhibition is currently at the Mosaic Rooms, discusses her love of re-imagining traditional objects for the home. More

Clay Pigeons
V&A / 22 September

Drop in sculpture workshop creating a flock of clay pigeons using templates and modelling tools. More

London International Creative Competition Awards
Richmix / 21 September

Fifteen international shortlisted visual artists learn which of them is the overall winner of the LICC award in an evening awards party. More

Creative higher education - the end as we know it, or the end?
V&A / 23 September

Higher education in the creative sector is undergoing its biggest challenge in decades. Is it revolution - or decimation. D&AD bring together leading figures in industry and education to debate the coming changes. More

The House of Annie Lennox
V&A / 15 September - 8 February

Opening today, a wide-ranging display featuring costumes, photographs and personal treasures exploring the artist's image and creative vision. More

In tomorrow's e-Bulletin: Murray Moss's Industrial Revolution 2.0, Raw Edges' The Unnatural Selection at The Natural History Museum and Beyond The Valley...

Plus news of Ligne Roset, contemporary Finnish design at Unwrapped, Modus, SCP, Skandium, Mint and loads more.