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London Design Festival at the V&A Sackler Centre

Friday 18 September

Biennial Design Symposium

Hear some of the most influential contemporary designers, practitioners and commentators associated with furniture making today. The Symposium will examine the growing interest in furniture as an expression of contemporary culture that crosses the boundaries between art, craftsmanship and design. Debate will also explore topics including: furniture as a new art form; the role of new materials and sustainability in design; and whether inpidual creativity or collaboration is the key to innovative practice. The day is structured around three main themes: Creative Directions, Changing Practice, and Promotion and Communication. Speakers include Sebastien Bergne, Ben Evans, Loic Le Galliard, Amanda Levete, Alexander Payne, and Gareth Williams.
Location: Lecture Theatre
Time: 10.30-17.30
Tickets: £45, £36, £5 student concessions
To book call 0207 942 2211 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/tickets

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Monday 21 September

FT / LDF – Business of Design seminar 1

Responses to the Recession First in a week-long series of design & business talks exploring how design-led companies are coping with the current economic crisis. Are tight-spending consumers now in charge or can big brands still drive buying behavior? Will the market polarize into a world of ultra-luxury products for the “haves” and super-inexpensive ones for the “have-nots”? What strategies work best in a downturn? Speakers include designer Rolf Sachs and the CEO of retailer Liberty plc, Geoffrey de la Bourdonayye. Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre Time: 8.30-9.30am (breakfast served from 8am) Tickets: £12, £10 concessions. Book now or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 Discussing these issues and more will be: - Miguel Fluxà Ortí, Vice President, Camper. Rolf Sachs - Designer. Doreen Lorenzo – President of Frog Design. Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Chief Executive Officer, Liberty plc. Back to top

Moordesign – the Design Salon

Moordesign focusses on fashion. A series of panel sessions involving industry experts and successful practitioners will explore issues and provide tips and solutions to the challenges that new and emerging talent may encounter when handling the business side of their creativity. The Trunk Show is our creative element of the design salon which will feature the work of Heidi Mottram. Heidi is recognised as an innovator and specialist in her ethical use of eel skin as a textile for the designs of her fabulous must have fashion accessries - bags, purses and wallets.
Location: Art Studio, Sackler Centre
Time: 11am – 4pm.
Tickets: Free – For invitations to The Trunk Show, please rsvp to us at rsvp@creativefruits.net. Creative Fruits will confirm all invitations.

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Lunchtime design talk - AHEC / Established & Sons

Panel discussion bringing together the key figures behind the one-off Wrong Woods/Bench Press installation in American tulipwood commissioned as part of the London Design Festival at the V&A programme. Panel members include, Sebastian Wrong, design development director at Established & Sons, artists Richard Woods and David Venables from the American Hardwood Council..
Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Time: 1-2pm
Tickets: Free, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211. Tickets available from Sackler Centre reception on the day

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Tuesday 22 September

FT / LDF – Business of Design seminar 2

Responsible Design Consumers and companies remain keen to make meaningful purchases and investments - perhaps more so now than ever. We talk to executives and designers about moves into eco-friendly merchandise and social entrepreneurship ventures in developing countries. Can you make a profit and make a difference? Speakers include Oscar Pena - head of design, Phillips and Alfonso Albaisa - vice president, Nissan Design Europe. Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre Time: 8.30-9.30am (breakfast served from 8am) Tickets: Tickets cost - £12.00, concessions - £10.00 (includes breakfast). Book now or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 Discussing these issues and more will be: - Oscar Pena, Head of Design, Phillips. Thomas Burgmarck, Sustainability Manager, IKEA. Alfonso Albaisa, Vice President, Nissan Design Europe. Back to top

Be Bold – Rescaling the Contemporary Crafts

Join students from the Royal College of Art’s Goldsmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery Department as they challenge poplular perceptions of craft as the poor relation of design and demonstrate their different approaches to creating innovative and unusual objects. Explore the results in a special display and talk informally with them about their work and the design process.
Location: 11.00-15.00
Time: Art Studio, Sackler Centre
Tickets: Free, drop in

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Lunchtime design talk - Made in China / Phillip Dodd talk

The new global urban experiments are likely to take place in China this century, where moore than 75 million people will move into cities over the next ten years.
Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Time: 1-2pm
Tickets: Free, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211. Tickets available from Sackler Centre reception on the day

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Gallery Talk

Future Fashion Now: New Design from the Royal College of Art
This gallery talk will look at the current display of womenswear, menswear, footwear and accessories by a selection of graduates from the 2008 Royal College of Art fashion MA programme. For over sixty years, the RCA has prepared aspiring designers for careers in the fashion industry. Many graduates have gone on to work in fashion houses such as Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, Chloé, Dior and Burberry. Others such as Ossie Clark and, more recently, Erdem Moralioglu have launched their own labels.
Location: Room 40 (Fashion)
Time: 4.00-4.45pm
Tickets: Free, no ticket required

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Wednesday 23 September

FT / LDF – Business of Design seminar 3

New Frontiers What are the big emerging markets in the design world? And how are locals spearheading the movements? Have certain cities/districts become hubs? And what does each new design centre bring to the table? Speakers include Maurizio Ribotti, managing director, Design Partners and Aric Chen, 100% Shanghai and Paravi Wongchirachai, chief curator of TCDC, Bangkok. Location: Hockhauser Auditorium Time: 8.30am - 9.30am Tickets: Ticket cost - £12.00, concessions - £10.00 (includes breakfast). Book now or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 Back to top

Designing for the contemporary stage: between memory and innovation.

An international event celebrating set and costume design for the contemporary stage, organised by The Scenographer magazine. The day comprises a series of talks and presentations by world-class design practitioners in stage, costume and video design, and a performance.  
This event is part of the International Festival of Scenic Arts; for further information see: http://www.scenic-fest.com
Location: Lecture Theatre
Time: 1000-1700
Tickets: Free, ticketed. Tickets available on the day from Sackler Centre Reception or in advance by calling +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Organisers: Maria Harman - The Scenographer

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Be Bold

Join students from the Royal College of Art’s Goldsmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery Department as they challenge poplular perceptions of craft as the poor relation of design and demonstrate their different approaches to creating innovative and unusual objects. Explore the results in a special display and talk informally with them about their work and the design process.
Location: 11.00-15.00
Time: Art Studio, Sackler Centre
Tickets: Free, drop in

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Lunchtime design talk - In Praise of Design

An event to accompany the In Praise of Shadows exhibition specially staged as part of the London Design Festival
Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Time: 1-2pm
Tickets: Free, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211. Tickets available from Sackler Centre reception on the day

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Thursday 24 September

FT / LDF – Business of Design seminar 4

Emerging Architecture The prosperity of the 1990s and early 2000s brought a boom in high-profile architectural projects from New York to London, Dubai to Shanghai. But, as companies, governments and cultural institutions cut budgets, how will architects adapt? These issues and more will be discussed by Arup director David Glover, Ricky Burdett - professor of Urbanism and Architecture, LSE; James Sellar, chief executive of Shard Development and architect Amanda Levete. Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre Time: 8.30-9.30am (breakfast served from 8am) Tickets: £12.00, concessions - £10.00 (includes breakfast). Book now or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 Discussing these issues and more will be: - David Glover, Director, Arup. Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urbanism and Architecture, LSE. James Sellar, Chief Executive, Shard Development. Amanda Levete, Amanda Levete Architects Back to top

Be Bold

Join students from the Royal College of Arts Goldsmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery Department as they challenge poplular perceptions of craft as the poor relation of design and demonstrate their different approaches to creating innovative and unusual objects. Explore the results in a special display and talk informally with them about their work and the design process.
Location/Time: 11.00-15.00
Time: Art Studio, Sackler Centre
Tickets: Free, drop in

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Lunchtime Designer Talk - Michael Johnson – Guitars & Graphics

Leading graphic designer Michael Johnson, of Johnson Banks, embarks on a whistle-stop tour of the changing face of graphic art and guitar music over the last century, and explores the possible links between the two, whilst accompanying himself on his own guitar.
Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Time: 1-2pm
Tickets: Free, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211. Tickets available from Sackler Centre reception on the day

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ASTERION

Live performance event, as part of the Asterion interactive tour.
‘Asterion’ is an interactive video walk of the V&A that can be followed on an ipod (see Displays section). Based on a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, this tour brings drama and excitement to the museum corridors, and casts a new and intriguing light over familiar spaces.
Location: Leighton Corridor, and around the museum..
Collect your ipod from the Information Centre in room 20, or download at home from itunes.
Time: 2.00-5.00pm.
Tickets: Free. A returnable deposit is required for use of ipods.

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Gallery Talk

A higher ambition: Owen Jones (1809-1874)
This talk will look at the work of Owen Jones, one of the most influential design theorists of the 19th century, and a key figure in the foundation of the V&A.
200 years after his birth, Jones’s theories on flat patterning and ornament continue to resonate. Looking to the Islamic world for inspiration, his courageous design principles became the teaching frameworks for the Government School of Design. These bold theories on the use of colour, geometry and abstraction formed the basis for Jones’s seminal publication, The Grammar of Ornament, a design sourcebook that is still in print 150 years later.
Location: Room 88A (Painting) & Room 90 (Prints & Drawings)
Time: 4.00-4.45pm
Tickets: Free, no ticket required

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Designer Talk: The London Poster

A talk accompanying the London Poster Project display curated by Domenic Lippa, leading graphic designer and partner at Pentagram. Exploring links and themes in the work of the 20 poster designs by leading graphic designers and typographers to celebrate London as the creative capital of the world. An exploration of the poster, one of the oldest and still one of the most powerful communication mediums.
Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Time: 6.30-8pm
Tickets: Free, contact Leah at Pentagram: 020 7229 3477

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Designer Talk

Yves Behar - Talking Design
Yves Béhar is a world-leader in industrial design and has received numerous awards including the Time Magazine Best Invention, and the US National Design Award. A founder of fuse project, the San Francisco-based design and branding firm he established in 1999, he works in perse areas as fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology, for clients such as Apple, Birkenstock, BMW's MINI, haasprojekt, Herman Miller, HBF, Hewlett Packard, Hussein Chalayan, Microsoft, Nike, OLPC, Philou, PUIG and Toshiba. He is the chief industrial designer of OLPC's XO laptop (One Laptop Per Child), and he designed the highly acclaimed Bluetooth headset, Jawbone. Behar will be in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn design critic for the International Herald Tribune in another of the V&A's quarterly Talking Design series.
Location: Lecture Theatre
Time: 7-8pm
Tickets: £8.00 , £6.00 concessions. To book call 0207 942 2211 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/tickets

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Friday 25 September

FT / LDF – Business of Design seminar 5

Design in Adversity Important creative movements are often born in troubled times. At this event we consider the important ideas and products that came out with the previous downturns and speculate about what the current malaise might inspire. Will designers use it as an opportunity to turn away from commence? Will companies become bolder? These issues and more will be discussed by a chaired panel including designers Tom Dixon and Jaime Hayon, director of the design museum Deyan Sudjic and Nigel Carrington, rector of the University of Arts London. Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre Time: 8.30-9.30am (breakfast served from 8am) Tickets: £12.00, concessions - £10.00 (includes breakfast). Book now or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211 Discussing these issues and more will be: - Tom Dixon, Designer. Jaime Hayon, Designer. Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum. Nigel Carrington, Rector RCA. Back to top

Lunchtime Designer Talk - Arts Co

Elvis & Kresse:  Design for an Environmental Age
To accompany the specially commissioned installation, 'Wasted' by the London Design Festival and Arts Co at the V&A, for this seminar a partner in the project, Kresse Wesling, talks about how her company has joined with Arts Co to create desirable products with artists from waste. Turning reclamation into a successful business, Elvis & Kresse have reclaimed over 40 tonnes of waste so far and are fast becoming a cult brand.

Time: 1-2pm
Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, V&A
Tickets: Free, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211

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Arts & Business 'Crafted' talk

Excessive consumerism is out of vogue, and in its place there is a growing appreciation for objects made with skill, craftsmanship and integrity. But after decades of underinvestment we have been left with a craft sector that is defined by its fragmented nature, lack of business expertise and of skills that are dying out. Crafted attempts to redress this balance by offering high quality mentoring opportunities to craft entrepreneurs. This debate will bring together some of the leading partners and supporters of the project and explore what more can be done to promote and support craft in a fresh, contemporary and sustainable manner.

Time: 3-4.30pm
Tickets:Free event, reserve a place by emailing crafted@artsandbusiness.org.uk

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