Brompton Design District

11/09/2023

Collaboration is one of the primary tools through which designers work, but what does the process actually amount to? While collaborative design promises rich interplay and an attention towards different contexts, the projects and objects that are labelled as “collaborative” often end up feeling cursory or superficial. The panel will discuss how designers, makers and researchers can work with one another to make their time spent together – and any associated outcomes – feel valuable, rigorous and constructive for all involved.

Saturday 16 September
Cromwell Place
11.30-12.30pm

Confirmed Speakers: Rio Kobayashi; Guan Lee, Founder of Grymsdyke Farm and Course Leader at The Bartlett, UCL; and more.

RSVP [email protected]
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05/09/2023

Discover the vbrancy of Japanese Graphic Arts at Japan House, Brompton Design District! Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the captivating exhibition: "WAVE: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts." Curated by artists Hiro Sugiyama and Takahashi Kintarō, this exhibition showcases the work of 60 of Japan's most significant graphic artists, introducing many of them to the UK for the first time. Opening on 16 September for London Design Festival, Japan House will also host two installations and a booth celebrating the incredible work of sound designer Yuri Suzuki. A highlight of the booth is Suzuki's 'Ambient Machine,' where visitors can design their own background ambience by controlling thirty-two switches that produce a variety of sounds and music. This installation exemplifies Suzuki's practice, exploring the relationship between people and their environments, and questioning how music and sound evolve to create personal experiences. Don't miss this unique journey into the world of Japanese graphic arts and the immersive sonic exploration by Yuri Suzuki!
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02/09/2023

Welcome to the first company globally to offer 'below zero' refrigeration technology - Sub-Zero & Wolf, in Brompton Design District at 251 Brompton Road! Family-owned and operated, this iconic brand offers an extensive range of products including refrigeration, indoor and alfresco cooking, wine cooling, and countertop appliances, opening up a world of epicurious possibilities for its users. During London Design Festival, Sub-Zero & Wolf invites visitors to experience their 2023 "Classic Series" Collection in their new contemporary art deco showroom and theatre kitchen. Don't miss this chance to explore the epitome of culinary excellence and cutting-edge refrigeration technology! Indulge your senses and explore the finest in kitchen innovation with Sub-Zero & Wolf
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31/08/2023

For this year’s festival Giorgetti will present their new 2023 collection which includes the new Karphi modular sofa by Carlo Colombo, a modern system that offers maximum versatility outlining a dynamic and compelling domestic landscape, accompanied by the curved and enveloping shapes of the new Hero armchairs. The space is framed by the new Kukei sideboard by Mauro Lipparini, a timeless piece of furniture that in its microcosm interprets a personal dynamic and variable composition in harmony with contemporary living, creating a stage with a light but strict volume.

Giorgetti 54-58 Fulham Road, SW3 6HH
Monday-Saturday 10-6, Thursday 10-9
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25/08/2023

Introducing "The Farm Shop" by Fels. Curated by Marco Campardo, Guan Lee, and Luca Lo Pinto, this collaborative project brings together a group of talented designers, architects, and studios to create a functional exhibition space of locale-inspired dining homeware. Designed and produced at Grymsdyke Farm, Buckinghamshire, each element of the dining collection was born from the question: "Why do we live with the things we live with?" Over the summer of 2023, these designers engaged with the farm's local community and material palette, exploring the genesis of the things around us and how we can care for them. The exhibition showcases the entire collection, inviting visitors to interact with the space. As part of the programme, The Farm Shop will host three captivating happenings conceptualized and curated by Luca Lo Pinto. Get ready to witness the boundaries between art and utility blur, as invited artists explore what we consume and how we consume.
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24/08/2023

Under the creative direction of Vincent Van Duysen, Molteni&C’s 2023 Collection is based on the layout of the ancient Roman Domus and its connection between indoor and outdoor, between intimacy and sharing, and between private and public space. Embellished with refined materials, innovative construction techniques and craftsmanship, the collection features a range of furniture including Porta Volta, a domestic version of the chair designed by Herzog & de Meuron for the National Library of Israel, and Naoto Fukasawa’s playful and anthropomorphic Cinnamon armchair.

Molteni 245-249 Brompton Road, SW3 2EP Monday to Saturday 10-6, Thursday 10-9
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22/08/2023

Brompton Design District's Curated Programme for London Design Festival 2023 presents collaborations, craftsmanship and community. Don't miss: Farm Shop by Fels Gallery where 15 designers have collaborated at Grymsdyke Farm to develop a new homewares collection; Rio Kobayashi's first solo exhibition which creates a convivial space for parties, meals, and screenings, and introduces new products and furniture designed in collaboration with friends; The return of Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos with Phase 2, showcasing a fusion of fashion and interiors; Join, Assemble, Hold by The New Craftsmen, presenting new pieces from Matthew Raw, Bibbings & Hensby, Studio AMOS and others; 'Back of House', an exhibition of emerging practices in action by graduates from RCA Design Products; And for the first time Egerton Gardens will host an outdoor installation, Alone Together, by All in Awe in collboration with three local charities, Mind Kensington, the Kensington & Chelsea Volunteer Centre and the Kensington & Chelsea Foundation.

Alone Together by All in Awe; Second Nature by Shivangi Gupta; Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos, photo by Oskar Proctor; Grimsdyke Farm; Fels Farm Shop at Grimsdkye Farm
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21/08/2023

Brompton Design District's 2023 curated programme will show some remarkable responses to the theme 'Conviviality - The Art of Living Together'. Among those who will be bringing friends, strangers and design together for LDF are Rio Kobayashi, Marco Campardo, Guan Lee, Juli Bolaños-Durman, Jaclyn Pappalardo, Eva Feldcamp, Sarah Boris, Stinsensqueeze, Matthew Raw, Studio AMOS, Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos. Work is in progress.

Image credits: Oskar Proctor, James Harris
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14/08/2023

Brompton Design District is where international brands, independent retailers, local restaurants and world-leading cultural institutions thrive together. Initiated by South Kensington Estates, the District nurtures a vibrant design community which is celebrated during the London Design Festival every year by a programme of exhibitions curated by Jane Withers Studio. Contemporary design alongside living heritage gives Brompton a unique energy that has earned it a reputation as an international design destination. For LDF 2023 the curated programme is around the theme of 'Conviviality - The Art of Living Together', exploring design can bring people closer to each other.
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11/08/2023

The countdown to London Design Festival 2023 begins and we are delighted to unveil the identity for Brompton Design District 2023, designed by Studio Vedet. Curated by Jane Withers Studio, the year's theme is 'Conviviality – The Art of Living Together', celebrating design’s ability to connect us with the people and places around us and to help us to live collaboratively. Watch out for a living room full of designers and a farm shop like no other.


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16/09/2022

It’s arrived! Ukrainian design studio NOOM presents the Gropius Low Chair Military Edition.

08/09/2022

MERIDIANI

The Meridiani store reconfirms the brand’s lifestyle with a pure, timeless set marked by rounded, organic shapes. On the occasion of the 2022 edition of the London Design Festival the brand shows its latest products, first introduced at the Salone del Mobile in June: the René sofa and the Jasper writing desk.

10 Thurloe Place, SW7 2RZ
Monday to Saturday 9 – 6, Thursday 6 - 9

06/09/2022

Ukraine: Design for Real Time
NOOM

Ukrainian design studio NOOM presents the Gropius Low Chair Military Edition. Designed in peacetime with the addition of a wartime camouflage net, the chair reminds us of the importance, and fragility, of home.

Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10 - 6, Thursday 10 - 9, Sunday 10 - 4

London Design Festival

05/09/2022

MOLTENI&C | DADA
Molteni&C | Dada hosts a multimedia installation by Vincent Van Duysen. The Flagship Store will also display, for the first time in the UK, the most iconic pieces from the latest 2022 collection.
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245-249 Brompton Road, SW3 2EP
Monday to Saturday 10 - 6, Thursday 10 - 9

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02/09/2022

Extended
Sanne Visser

Studio Sanne Visser presents Extended, a new series of mirrors incorporating human hair on show at 15A Cromwell Mews. The mirrors reflect our sense of comfort and belonging in the hairdressers and barbershops where we get our hair cut; homely spaces of familiarity, sensitivity and relaxation. The eight custom-designed mirrors are made using human hair rope and recycled mirror glass. The materials were collected from eight barber shops and hairdressers in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea as part of Sanne’s residency at the Design Museum.

Part of the Make Yourself at Home programme curated by Jane Withers Studio

Garage at 15a Cromwell Place Mews, SW7 2LA
Monday to Sunday 10 – 6, Thursday 10 - 9

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31/08/2022

SLAMP

To coincide with London Design Festival 2022, Slamp’s first flagship store in the United Kingdom, Slamp London Knightsbridge, will open its doors. The store will showcase the brand's most iconic collections, from those designed by Zaha Hadid, to those which best suit contract projects and offer striking architectural solutions. Described as a multi-sensory experience that touches every emotion, Slamp London Knightsbridge promises to be an exciting new addition to Brompton Design District.

9a Thurloe Place, SW7 2RX
Monday to Sunday 10 - 7, Thursday 10 - 10

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30/08/2022

"No Ordinary Home
Martino Gamper and Friends

Following on from their last outing in 2016 Martino Gamper and Friends are back together to create ‘No Ordinary Home’. This experimental show will centre around objects to hold a plant. Working together as a collective, this project will bring together a group of designers -Tiago Almeida, Attua Aparicio, Jochem Faudet, Lars Frideen, Jon Harrison, Max Frommeld, Martino Gamper, Gemma Holt, Jochen Holz, Max Lamb, Will Shannon, Harry Thaler, Oscar Wanless, Bethan Wood and will cumulate in a collaborative workshop held during the exhibition turning the ‘home’ into a place to experiment and create with friends.

Part of the Make Yourself at Home programme curated by Jane Withers Studio

Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10 - 6, Thursday 10 – 9, Sunday 10 - 4

25/08/2022

Brompton's theme for 2022 is 'Make Yourself At Home'. Recent events have heightened our awareness of home, its importance, and fragility in turbulent times. Curated by Jane Withers Studio, and taking place in our hub at Cromwell Place and in empty shops and garages, Brompton invites designers to reflect on the places we call home and the role of design in transforming these spaces.

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24/08/2022

Save The Date!

Brompton welcomes a series of exciting design events for the 20th edition of London Design Festival.

Running from 17 -25 September, Brompton, London’s first design district will host a range of exhibitions, talks and events showcasing the work of emerging designers as well as celebrating the work of leading designers and brands.

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Sony Design will present INTO SIGHT, a life-sized media platform that explores senatorial effects through shifting, light, colour and sound. Visitors will be able to step into the installation and discover unexpected visual and audio dimensions.

24/09/2021

What a week it has been in Brompton Design District for . Our .london curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’ invites designers and prescient voices in design to look to the Post-Normal and consider what happens next. Final weekend to visit!

1. New Contracts shows graduates from and explores the ways in which designers might reimagine the fundamental constructs of family, community and state
2. In Material Union by asks us to consider the our relationship with the objects we buy.
3. Verdigris Landscapes for the Post-Normal Domestic is a collection of furniture modules by for that acknowledges a growing need for more flexible living and working environments. The modules are clad in the new Verdigris series of ExCinere non-extractive volcanic ash glazes.
4. response to the theme is pure JOY. The exhibition celebrates the power of colour, the playful and poetic messages of happiness that contribute to a joyful environment.
5. Last but not least, delightful New Adventures in Cardboard reimagines waste cardboard as an material, transforming it with colour, and surprising electronics.

6. Find the 30+ exhibits and showrooms with our map designed by

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17/09/2021

We’re ready! Come and join us for from tomorrow until 26th Sept. With over 35 exhibits spread across the district, from experimental design to our iconic showrooms, it is not to be missed!

13/09/2021

24/08/2021

From now until the end of July, South Kensington is alive pop up nature hubs and installations created by architects, artists and garden designers.

23/08/2021

We’re thrilled to announce our curatorial theme for : ‘From Here Onwards’ - For the London Design Festival 2021, Brompton Design District offers a platform to prescient and emerging voices in design. This last year has been a time to reflect, reset and think differently. As we face up to the Post-Normal, From Here Onwards invites us to consider what happens next. It is now time to act, to look ahead, and step optimistically towards an altered future.

19/09/2020

Peter Marigold's Semi Synthetic series examines objects that are in part natural, in part synthetic, in part mass produced, in part hand crafted. These dishes, made from starch based low temperature bioplastic pushed into roughly chain-sawn timber moulds. The blended production colours reference natural materials rather than injection moulded parts.

Part of the Brompton programme, curated by Jane Withers, these outstanding graduate courses were selected to participate, as the students exhibit admirable qualities to adapt and thrive in adverse conditions.

31 Thurloe Place
11am-6pm CLOSES TOMORROW!

18/09/2020

Bokeh at Mint brings together artists & designers who believe in the importance of minimising the human impact on the environment.

Bokeh demonstrates how designers are achieving this goal by re-thinking their approach to the design process, in order to create a more harmonious and balanced relationship with the environment. They will explore innovative material choices with striking visual results, where each piece also asks to be appreciated for its aesthetics and beauty.

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18/09/2020

Japan House London has a real treat in store for you, with their Architecture for Dogs exhibition, opening tomorrow!

The instructions to make your own are available to download too, so you can treat your pooch, as well as give yourself a stylish doghouse to look at.

Opens tomorrow!
Japan House London, 101-111 Kensington High Street

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18/09/2020

These corrugated ceramic tableware, formed from single-use cardboard moulds are the craftmanship of Ray Gonzalez Brown, exhibiting in the London Metropolitan University Peter Marigold & Graduates space.

Stoneware clay is forced into cardboard moulds and then burnt away leaving the vessels bearing the crumpled gesture of the cardboard, as if they are made of petrified paper.

Brompton is dedicated to supporting young graduates, and this year the curated programme is focussed on offering a platform for experimental design, from select institutions, such as this.

31 Thurloe Place
Monday to Sunday 11am-6pm

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17/09/2020

Kartell introduces Componibili Bio, the fully sustainable edition of a design icon. A revolutionary natural material that represents a milestone of company’s commitment to sustainability.

17/09/2020

B&B Italia are hosting some evening drinks to celebrate the relaunch of their Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini.⁣

There are various other events through the evening; see individual websites for info. To aid with socially distanced viewing some of our partners are opening late on Thursday 17th September to give you more time to see the exhibits.

London Design Festival

17/09/2020

Have you booked your place on Yves Delorme Bedroom Energy Workshop? Here a Feng Shui expert will show you how to furnish your bedroom for a beautiful flow of energy and share decorating tips on energy healing.

To book, email [email protected]

London Design Festival

17/09/2020

Today sees the new exhibition from the RCA; overnight the graduates have transformed their exhibition space!

Now, the work on show represents a new selection of work that tests and pushes the boundaries of design, exploring new technologies and speculative futures. The other half of the space is dedicated to recreating the collaborative workshop environment that was abruptly halted when Covid struck.

The designers-in-residence change daily, so pop along and meet the designers of the future, in action.

(Un)finished
35/36 Thurloe Place
10am–6pm

Image: Anya Muangkote

London Design Festival

16/09/2020

Mint's Bokeh exhibition opens tomorrow featuring over 30 designers and artists.

Echoing many shared emotions and experiences, the designers in the exhibition have been rethinking their approach to the design process, in order to create a more harmonious and balanced relationship with the environment. Through the merging of traditional craft and innovative techniques, Bokeh aims to present a window of hope towards a better future.

16/09/2020

The green credentials of the Camaleonda sofa perfectly compliment the blush, orange, red, cream and.... green shades of the collection. Back after a 50 year hiatus, and proving why it's as iconic as ever.

Don't forget to look up too; new lighting from Michael Anastassiades is on show too.

15/09/2020

Design Museum presents CONNECTED, an extraordinary exhibition that showcases the results of an experiment that set out to explore how designers and craftspeople adapted their working practices during the Covid-19 crisis.

Supported by AHEC Europe Benchmark and Design Museum they challenged nine international designers to create a table and seating, that is personal to them, for home living and working.

The resulting pieces will be shown at the Design Museum, booking is necessary; head to their website for more info.

On display until 11 Oct, but you must book in advance.
photo by of Maria Bruun

15/09/2020

Jane Withers and South Kensington Estates (SKE) invited graduates from the RCA and London Met Uni to exhibit as part of a curated programme that, this year, focussed on giving graduates a voice within the industry which has been all too quiet due to the Covid lockdown. These outstanding graduate courses were selected as the students exhibit admirable qualities to adapt and thrive in adverse conditions.

Both exhibitions are on until Sunday - make sure you plan your visit to see them.

15/09/2020

Renowned commercial carpet specialists Tai Ping are launching their first consumer collection of carpets titled 'Home' in their very-newly-opened London showroom in Brompton.

The exquisite detail and luxury materials of their carpets and rugs is second-to-none, and the collection of 21 rugs will celebrate Tai Ping's qualities of craftsmanship, heritage, and sustainability.

The rugs will be set in an immersive environment, with London based architect Sarah Izod creating a dramatic installation to launch the new collection that celebrates the beauty and playfulness of the rugs while taking inspiration from the new location.

Until 19 Sept
85 Pelham Street

12/09/2020

Renowned commercial carpet specialists Tai Ping, are going to be launching their first consumer collection of carpets titled 'Home' in their soon-to-be-opening London showroom in Brompton.

The exquisite detail and luxury materials of their carpets and rugs is second-to-none, and the collection of 21 rugs will celebrate Tai Ping's qualities of craftsmanship, heritage, and sustainability.

The rugs will be set in an immersive environment, with London based architect Sarah Izod creating a dramatic installation to launch the new collection that celebrates the beauty and playfulness of the rugs while taking inspiration from the new location.

14-19 Sept
85 Pelham Street
Photo credit: Tai Ping

https://www.taiping-homeuk.com/clelia-firebird?rq=firebird

Ouvrier is a master woodworker, carving evocative screens and panels whose themes are mostly inspired by nature. Permanent displays can be found at the Sanderson Hotel in London, the Four Seasons (California, Koweit) The Westin and the Tokyo concept store Tomorrowland. Temporary installations were e...

12/09/2020

Meridiani describe themselves and their collections as being "timeless collections, elegant and without frills" and we couldn't agree more; their unique aesthetic is understated and adaptable to any interior with just enough opportunity to imprint your personality onto the pieces.

We can't wait to see what their new collection will bring, as well as have a flick through their new book Storie di Case which explores how their pieces sit within their client's interior settings.

12-20 Sept
10 Thurloe Place
Photo credit: Meridiani

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