Alumi by Industrial Facility at Pop-Down
London Design Festival: designers Industrial Facility will show a prototype of an aluminium chair inspired by handrails at their east London studio on Saturday. More
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Wednesday's speakers at Dezeen Live
London Design Festival: Dezeen is hosting a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design, starting today at 5pm with Icelandic designer Katrin Olina, design director of IDEO Tom Hulme (above), and critic and commentator Sam Jacob of FAT. More
"Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" - Tom Dixon
London Design Festival: "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" when it comes to copying, British designer Tom Dixon told Dezeen today at the Global Design Forum, a day of talks from leading figures in the design world as part of the London Design Festival (+audio). More
Gift by Paul Cocksedge for Hotel Chocolat
London Design Festival: London designer Paul Cocksedge has made a giant chocolate QR code that visitors to The Dock during the London Design Festival can scan to get a free gift (or you could just scan the image in the bottom of this story). More
El Ultimo Grito win London Design Medal 2012
News: London design duo El Ultimo Grito have won the London Design Medal "for their exceptional contribution to design", according to Wallpaper.com. More
No Place Like Home GPS shoes by Dominic Wilcox
London Design Festival: these shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). More
Mimicry Chairs by Nendo
London Design Festival: white metal chairs are stacked in a tower and clustered on staircases around the V&A museum as part of an installation by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen's London Design Festival map
London Design Festival: we've created a free map featuring all London Design Festival events! As the week goes on we'll be labelling our favourites so keep coming back to discover the best shows. More
Prism by Keiichi Matsuda
London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese/British designer Keiichi Matsuda's installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More
Blur by Philippe Malouin
London Design Festival: these spinning 'light paintings' made with sparkling crystal beads by designer Philippe Malouin are currently on show in the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum (+ movie + slideshow). More
Movie: Yuri Suzuki at Designers in Residence 2012
London Design Festival: in this movie filmed by Alice Masters for the Design Museum's annual Designers in Residence exhibition, Yuri Suzuki talks about his radio with a circuit board arranged like the London Tube map and his mission to demystify consumer electronics. More
Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen
London Design Festival: the London Design Festival is underway and the sun is shining so if you're out and about this afternoon be sure to check out the Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen (+ map). More
Hardcoded Memory by Troika
London Design Festival: in the first of three posts about the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum, we look at a mechanical projector built by London design studio Troika which uses Swarovski crystal lenses and LEDs to create portraits on the gallery wall (+ slideshow). More
V&A's new furniture acquisitions to be shown at London Design Festival
London Design Festival: the V&A museum in London will show off its latest contemporary furniture acquisitions during London Design Festival next week, including Joris Laarman's 2006 Bone chaise and mould (pictured above). More
Dezeen Live at 100% Design
Dezeen hosts a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design from 19-22 September with guests including trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, designers Katrin Olina (above), Philippe Malouin, Benjamin Hubert and Asif Khan, and writers and critics including Sam Jacob and Daniel Charny. More
Wrong Shop Editions at twentytwentyone
London Design Festival: a series of prints based on sketches by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Pierre Charpin will be presented at design store twentytwentyone next week as part of the London Design Festival. More
Tube Map Radio by Yuri Suzuki
London Design Festival: Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has made a radio from an electronic circuit board that's arranged to look like the London tube map. More
Ladder Coat Rack by Yenwen Tseng
London Design Festival: two ladders are joined by hidden hinges to create this adaptable slimline coat rack by Taiwanese designer Yenwen Tseng. More
designjunction 2012 at London Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: designjunction 2012 will take place at the Sorting Office, 21-31 New Oxford Street, London WC1 from 19 to 23 September during the London Design Festival and registration for free visitor passes is now open. More
Dezeen Music Project: special call out for tracks and performers
Dezeen Music Project is looking for original music tracks and performers to take part in Dezeen Live, our series of talks at 100% Design from 19 to 22 September during the London Design Festival. More