8 September e-Bulletin

Less than ten days to go; across London there's a real sense of activity as people put the final touches to their exhibitions.

Tickets are on sale and some exhibitions are already up and running. Below are some of the events we'd recommend you keen an eye on.

AL_A: Timber Wave

V&A / 17 - 25 September

While much of the preparation for this year's Festival goes on behind closed doors, Amanda Levete's Timber Wave, a Festival Landmark Project, was being built this week in full public view. It's a remarkable construction created from American red oak. As Levete told last weekend's Observer, "Here we have an opportunity to really explore and experiment." More

Google Design Lectures

V&A / 17, 23 and 24 September

Can design make us happier? What is design's role in a new DIY hacker economy? How far can a designer go to make people behave differently? What is the future for digital design? The Google Design Lectures are an exciting new way of presenting design thinking as a dynamic dialogue with the audience. Featuring J. Paul Neeley, The Future Laboratory, Charlotte Jarvis, onedotzero, Chris Sanderson, Daljit Singh, Technology Will Save Us, Simon Waterfall, Professor Richard Wiseman and others. More 

Breakfast Talks: Marcel Wanders

V&A / 23 September

The Observer describes him as, "one of the most inspiring powerhouses of multi-disciplinary design active today”. Start your Festival day with Moooi founder Marcel Wanders in conversation. More


Marcel  Wanders

Gallery Libby Sellers Opening Exhibition

Gallery Libby Sellers / 17 September - 15 October

After four years of temporary pop-ups. it's great to see Gallery Libby Sellers finding a permanent home in Berners Street, opening for the Festival with an exhibition by ceramicists Formafantasma. More


From Moulding Tradition by Formafantasma

Noma Bar: Cut It Out

Outline Editions / 17 - 30 September

Already generating a buzz, Bar's hands on exhibition for Outline Editions allows you to create your own cut-out artworks. In the first of a series of films for the London Design Festival, Crane.tv tells the personal story behind his fascination with negative space. More

Faye Toogood: Delicate Interference

Phillips de Pury & Company / 16 September - 4 October

Designer Faye Toogood's third furniture collection plays with ideas of iridescence - the delicate interference - creating furniture which is a clever interplay between material, form and finish. More


Visualisation for Spade Chair from Assemblage 3 by Faye Toogood

Designersblock London 2011

Farmiloe Building / 22- 25 September
Europe House / 14- 30 September

Free registration is now open for this year's Designersblock London - one of this year's stand-out Design Destinations featuring over 100 British and international designers. This year Designersblock also present Confluence, a one day conferene exploring key issues facing Europe's creative economies on September 13 – plus a design exhibition at Europe House curated by Designersblock. More 

Multiplex at The Dock

Portobello Dock / 19 - 25 September

Hosted by Tom Dixon, the waterside complex The Dock continues to develop as a favourite Design Destination for Festival-goers. Alongside the Tom Dixon Shop's own launches, Multiplex features guests like Fine Cell Work, Print Club London featuring Anthony Burrill, James Joyce and Pure Evil, a second restaurant, a trail of Aston Martin's lastest designs, Marcel Wanders' Moooi Mermaids at Moooi's White Building – even a flatpack boat. More


The Dock

Oxo Tower Wharf

Bargehouse Street / 9 September - 2 October

Buzzier than ever, Oxo Tower Wharf swings into action this week with the African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora multi-disciplinary exhibition ?Choices!, Wagumi's Creative Connections,  plus 26 designers studios and a programme of events, including Miranda Watkins Design's Spin and Little + Collins Textile Floorstyle.  More

Oxo Tower Whar

Limited Edition Showcase

Southbank Centre Shop, Festival Terrace / 1 - 25 September

An exhibit of new thrones from This is a Limited Edition in editions of only 33, featuring bold, graphic artwork from artists including Silvia Ji and Dan Baldwin. More


Whimsical World Throne by Caramelaw

This Is Not a Pop-up

Southbank Centre Shop, Hayward Gallery / 1 - 22 September

Tina Tsang of Undergrowth exhibits her quirky, surreal tableware. More


Tableware By Tina Tsang From Undergrowth Design

Thomas Feichtner Hands-On Design

Austrian Cultural Forum Gallery / 13 September - 26 October

The first solo exhibition by Vienna-based designer Thomas Feichtner lays bare some of the experimental approaches behind his work. More

Fruit Bowl by Thomas Feichtner

UK China Art and Design Festival

Great Western Studios / 9 - 23 September

The exhibition Cheers2011, featuring work from William Chen at Foster + Partners, award-winning textile designer Elaine Ng; photographer Trunk Xu, fashion designer Vega Wang and other creatives, runs alongside a series of forums and workshops. More


From Chairs for the Dysfunctional by Alice Wang

The Passion of Simplicity: Nedda El-Asmar

The Mosaic Rooms, A.M. Qattan Foundation / 9 - 28 September

Debut solo UK exhibition by the award-winning Belgian-Palestinian designer and silversmith Nedda El-Asmar featuring over 100 high end products. More


Bartabas Saddle for Hermes by Nedda El-Asmar

A Pylon For The Future

V&A / 14 September

The RIBA, DECC and National Grid Pylon Design Competition set a challenge to rethink a crucial but controversial feature of modern Britain: the electricity pylon. Hear from Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne, design leaders and the competition shortlist, as they explore the challenge of how to meet the energy demands of future generations whilst preserving the beauty of our countryside. More

In Tandem: Silver-Where?

Gallery S O / 8 September - 6 October

In Tandem is a platform highlighting the work of recent graduates from the Royal College of Art Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery department. They have created an installation of remade and reinterpreted domestic objects. More

The Jameel Prize

V & A / until 25 September

Shortlisted artists and designers for the bi-annual international prize for work inspired by Islamic traditions of art, craft and design span a geographical region stretching from North America, to France, Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran. More

ditto tv: Campfire with Shane Walter

The Lighthouse / 15 September

Shane Walter of onedotzero arrives at ditto tv's monthly Campfire evening to discuss the state of digital culture; plus an exhibition of work by digital creative studio SDNA. More

Our next e-Bulletin is on 15 September. Look out for news about the preview of Textile Field by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Sebastian Bergne's Lego Greenhouse and more. 

For a complete listing of events at this year's London Design Festival, go to our Events page. If you're tweeting, remember that the hashtag for this year's Festival is #ldf11.