Posts Tagged ‘Design’
The Geffrye Museum – there’s no place like home
The former 18th century almshouses are one of Kingsland Road’s best kept secrets
Read MoreLondon Design Week – Ceramics in the City exhibition at Geffrye Museum
From delicate porcelain to earthy stoneware, the Geffrye Museum’s exhibition is sure to delight pottery enthusiasts
Read MoreMaking it – the London Design Festival
The London Design Festival features many Hackney-based studios and designer-makers
Read MoreDesigned in Hackney Day – 1 August
The beginning of next month starts with a day dedicated to Hackney’s best designers in special pop-up Shoreditch venue, Hackney House
Read MoreThe White Building/Lea River Park – review
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
Read MoreHattie Stewart – drawn to fashion
The 23 year old illustrator’s quirky style finds favour in the fashion world
Read MoreClerkenwell Design Week 2012 – review
Hackney designers offered a lot to see and do at this spectacular three-day event
Read MoreThe Olympic Park – review
The Velodrome, the Copper Box, the Energy Centre: some fine buildings will grace London 2012. But tawdry compromise is never far away…
Read MoreFestive art and design: Chocolate Factory N16 Winter Open Studios 2011
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December 2011, 11am – 6pm
Read MoreOlympics Aquatic Centre – review
Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space
Read MoreLondon 2012: Olympic gold medals glitter in public for the first time
Design by British artist David Watkins in line with London 2012 logo but fails to impress branding experts
Read MoreHackney Wick welcomes plans for new arts centre
Local residents and artists are optimistic about what the new development means for the neighbourhood
Read MoreMouth Off this Christmas for Kids Company
A Stoke Newington school and a Shoreditch design company have teamed up to make an iPhone application to help fundraise for a children’s charity
Read MoreOut of an urban backwater, the 2012 Olympic dream takes shape
The debate about the cost and ‘legacy’ of construction will outlast the 2012 Olympic Games, but no one can deny the new venues are a bold addition to London’s landscape
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