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As LDF celebrates its fifteenth year, we look at the major commissioned installations within the V&A, which are spotlighting new spaces and finding different ways to interact with collections.
Come to Design Week's panel talks at London Design Festival 2017
Design Week deputy editor Sarah Dawood will chair two panel discussions at Designjunction, featuring panellists including The Dots founder Pip Jamieson and Design Council CEO Sarah Weir.
WPP merges consultancies including Brand Union and The Partners
They will become part of one as-yet-unnamed consultancy, which will also include Addison Group and VBAT.
New compact housing solution hopes to reinvigorate “hollow” London
The compact apartments, known as “town flats”, have been designed by Ab Rogers Design and The Manser Practice and include home furnishings by John Lewis.
5 important things that happened in design this week
We looked at what to expect from this year’s London Design Festival, and Apple launched its new iPhone – the important design news from the last seven days.
5 must-see exhibitions
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Designers share their top picks for London Design Festival
Light show the Reflection Room at the V&A, furniture designer Faye Toogood’s new show, exhibition A New Normal – which reconsiders the relationship between product design and mass production…
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New museum on Normandy coast to act as “periscope” for Franco-British relations
Casson Mann and architectural Atelier Philéas have been commissioned to design the Centre for Franco-British Relations, which is due to open in 2019.
Design Council Spark finalists create products to help those with arthritis
The annual Design Council programme will help to take 10 products to market, including tools to make gardening more comfortable and using door keys easier.
Apple unveils all-glass iPhone X with facial recognition
The tech company has revealed three new iPhones along with a new Apple Watch.
Pentatonic to cut waste by making furniture out of old smartphones
The company aims to cut down “environmental damage” and plastic production by recycling existing products rather than making new ones from scratch.
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