Es Devlin to install poetry-spouting lion in London's Trafalgar Square
Es Devlin will add a fifth lion to Trafalgar Square for this year's London Design Festival, featuring a fluorescent coat and a mouth that continuously spouts out poetry. More
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Replica of artefact destroyed by ISIS announced as London's next Fourth Plinth installation
The next sculpture to be erected on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square will be a winged bull by artist Michael Rakowitz, which is based on an ancient Iraqi artefact destroyed by Islamic militant group ISIS. More
"Design is about form and art is more about ideas" says David Shrigley
As his giant thumbs-up sculpture Really Good is unveiled in Trafalgar Square, David Shrigley explains how his work straddles art, graphics and cartoons (+ interview + slideshow). More
David Shrigley releases "thumbs up" teaser for his Really Good Fourth Plinth sculpture
Artist David Shrigley is set to unveil his gigantic "thumbs up" installation on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square tomorrow and has released a gif to accompany it. More
Designers and students to protest in Trafalgar Square as threats to Erasmus programme emerge
Brexit crisis: designer Nelly Ben Hayoun, who is urging fellow creatives to join a demonstration in central London tomorrow, which has been organised to express "anger at the whole referendum process". More
Trafalgar Square crazy golf project cancelled following failed Kickstarter campaign
London Design Festival 2016: the organisers of the London Design Festival have scrapped plans for a designer crazy golf course in Trafalgar Square following the failure of its crowdfunding campaign. More
Trafalgar Square crazy golf project for London Design Festival in doubt
London Design Festival 2016: organisers of the London Design Festival are discussing the fate of its flagship crazy golf project for Trafalgar Square after a Kickstarter fundraising campaign looked set to fail to meet its target. More
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Zaha Hadid and Paul Smith design holes for crazy golf course in London's Trafalgar Square
London Design Festival 2016: a Kickstarter campaign has launched to bring a crazy golf course designed by architects and designers including Tom Dixon, Paul Smith and the late Zaha Hadid to Trafalgar Square in London (+ slideshow). More
Replica of destroyed Syrian archway erected in London's Trafalgar Square
A replica of the Palmyra Arch – a 2,000-year-old Syrian architectural landmark believed to have been destroyed by Islamic militant group ISIS – has been erected in London's Trafalgar Square. More
Designers interpret "home" for Airbnb Trafalgar Square installation
London Design Festival 2014: designers including Jasper Morrison and Ilse Crawford have installed their interpretations of "home" inside house-shaped pavilions in London's Trafalgar Square (+ slideshow). More
Fourth Plinth proposals unveiled for Trafalgar Square
Six shortlisted proposals for the next art installation atop the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square have been unveiled today, including a giant blue cockerel, a cash machine that operates a pipe organ and an enormous model of a battenberg cake (above). More
Outrace by Kram/Weisshaar for Trafalgar Square
Designers Kram/Weisshaar are to install a robotic "octopus" in Trafalgar Square during the London Design Festival in September. More
Tom Dixon in Trafalgar Square movie
Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 2: the second of our daily movies covering the London Design Festival is now up on swarovskisparkles.tv <<watch the movie>> More