Fantastic news from one of our 24 Week Portfolio Preparation students, who has been accepted to study her BSc Architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL! Join London Art Portfolio for a bespoke programme to support you with your […]
The annual London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is a month-long, citywide celebration of architectural experimentation, thinking and practice. This festival will take place at venues across the capital from 1st–30th June, following this year’s theme of ‘Community’. For more information […]
No matter if you live in London, currently study here or are just here for vacation -we believe it is always lovely to enrich yourself with some great exhibition. Have a look at our selection of current exhibitions and feel […]
A rich and varied book culture dominates production and distribution of photography in Japan, and this exhibition proposes that Japanese photography is best understood through its publications. These books are not easily categorised, as their content, format and design values […]
Churches form the iconic skyline London is famous for. Great British baroque architect Nicholas Hawksmoor designed many of the greatest churches in London, they were some of the most innovative building designs of his time. The Architect of the Imagination exhibition justaposes […]
Following our post about art and design book store Magma, we would like to introduce you to three more! These are all specialists bookshops which caught our eye! The Vintage Magazine Shop You will find collectable publications from The Picture Post […]
Literature, Art, Design What else can we do in this weather? For those aesthetically inclined, Magma is the place to go. This is the kind of art and design bookshop that has titles other bookshops won’t stock. Oasis of creativity! […]
As the world turns its eyes to London in 2012, Design Stories examines the architecture and engineering behind the 2012 sporting venues. It provides a unique Olympic experience – a place where people can explore and view drawings, images, videos […]
A collection of BMW bodywork designs by top international artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. What a transformation! In a central London Car Park 20 July – 12 August 2012
Embedded in the pristine front lawn of London’s Serpentine Gallery, lies its latest creation, a large circular structure made of muted steel and earth-colored cork, the work of architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who were […]
Twelve major artists including Tracey Emin, Martin Creed, Gary Hume, Bridget Riley and Fiona Banner will be flying the Brit-art flag with their designs for the official Olympic and Paralympic posters for the London 2012 games. This will be followed by free […]
Designed to Win celebrates the ways in which design and sport are combined, pushing the limits of human endeavour to achieve records and victories of increasing significance and wonder. From the design of F1 cars to running shoes, racing bikes […]
Giving one of London’s most famous icons a modern edge, Thomas Heatherwick has redesigned the London Bus in 2012. The sleek, contemporary design looks great as it still resembles the traditional look of the bus we all know and love! […]
An exhibition from heaven for not only designers, but shoe lovers too! The Design Museum in Southwark is holding a celebratory exhibition to showcase Louboutin’s infamous contribution to high fashion shoe design. Twenty years of his design work is on […]
The V&A have opened their newest exhibition – British Design, 1948 – 2012. To celebrate the Jubilee this June, as well as the London Olympic Games, the exhibition highlights the best of British post-war Design, and follows the history of […]
______________________________________________ Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk/index.html Address: Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL +44 (0)20 7942 2000 Opening Times: 10.00 to 17.45 daily 10.00 to 22.00 Fridays (selected galleries remain open after 18.00)
‘The 1778 victory of the Franch Frigate La Belle Poule inspired new hairstyles such as the La Bele Poule, inspired new hair styles such as the á La Bele Poule (below), the á l’Indépendante and the á La Junon, in which scaled down replicas of warships […]
Here are some designs by Kenneth Grange, the exhibition will have plenty more surprising designs. ____________________________________________ Website: http://designmuseum.org/ Address: Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD Telephone: 020 7403 6933 Opening times: Daily 10am – 5.45pm Last admission at 5.15pm
___________________________________________ Website: www.danielblau.com Address: 51 hoxton square london n1 6pb Telephone: 020 7831 7998 Opening Hours: Open from Tuesday to Saturday 11 to 6pm
Miss Pokeno a.k.a. Alannah Currie (yes part of the Thomson Twin 80’s synth duo band) has created these obscure chairs that hold real taxidermy within/on them. Have a look one her website for more grandeur chairs and stuffed animals. www.misspokeno.com […]
This chair is kind of intense but intriguing. Simone Racheli is an Italian artists who recreates everyday household objects to look like raw flesh. Don’t worry it’s not real flesh, it’s a combination of paper maché, plastic, wax and metal. Have […]
Many designers have made ‘Cork Chairs’ before but Gabriel Wiese puts a little more finesse and style to them, as you can see. These are just 2 out of 9 she had made and designed; can’t imagine she’s not a […]
Tom Price’s chairs involve a ‘heating and pressing’ method onto various materials/objects from clothes, rope and plumbing tubes. Have a browse on his website for more of these quirky chairs, as well as other obscure sculptural objects he’s created. www.tom-price.com […]
There’s a handful of Chair Designs made out of cardboard; here are just a few cherry picked ones. David Graas These are David Graas FIY Cardboard Stool and Chair, but have a look on his website for more sustainable and […]
This are just two (small) examples of Boris Bally vast creations. This guy recycles street signs, found materials and even weapon parts into useful objects (as well as installations and experiments) by human hand! Listing them would be silly, when […]
Design company Reddish Studio have thought more to a bath tub than bathing in. Using a readymade to recreate a new meaning to an object is pretty damn cool, what the bathtub feels about this, we’ll never know, but it’s […]
Peter Bristols’ Cut Chair take a good while to figure out, once you do you realise how amazing this really is. Check out his website for more of his innovative projects and designs. www.peterbristol.net
Throne of Chairs by the Mozambican artist Cristovao Canhavato (Kester) Made of ‘decommissioned weapons collected since the end of the civil war in 1992 in Mozambique’ You can see it in the British Museum for yourself:
Waterstones This place is great for any kind of book you’re looking for; some Waterstones around London have a coffee shop within it, so a nice place to sit and read amongst other book lovers! www.waterstones.com _____________________________ Borders Just like […]