One of our favourite events is just around the corner - The London Design Festival, an annual event held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world, and as the gateway to the international creative community. With more than 300 exhibitions and events to choose from, the task of selecting what to visit during the Festival for a school trip can seem overwhelming. So, here are our top picks for this year:
London Design Museum
Design Museum is collaborating with the UK's innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, to deliver a major new exhibition about the sweeping changes in manufacturing
that are transforming our world. Do you want to know your additive manufacturing from your 3D printing? Or find out how the 'new industrial revolution' will impact your life? Or just want to understand more about how the things around you are actually made? Then visit "The Future is here" exhibition at the Design Museum. This is an excellent visit for the KS3/KS4 Design and Technology students. The Future is Here Factory is a particular must-see for a school trip: technicians will be operating a laser etcher or cutter and 3D printers and the school groups will be able to assemble various objects and projects.Southbank Centre
It looks to us as though the Southbank Centre is embracing the London Design Festival this year like never before! Building on the legacy of its founding, during the Festival of Britain in 1951, the Centre is laying on an array of free, eclectic design events across its sites. There are showcases from international designers, a variety of talks and screenings, Designerblock's flagship show, the largest lava lamp in the world (!) and so much more. School groups can spend the day and evening exploring, eating, and enjoying all that this famous riverside location has to offer. Suitable for students studying art and design at KS3 and above.
Endless Stair
An interlocking series of 20 staircases, the Endless Stair installation is the Landmark Project for the London Design Festival. It is a playful, yet technically ambitious public project to be installed with the powerful backdrop of one of the city's best-loved school visits, the Tate Modern. Endless Stair can be viewed from the 13th of September.
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| Artist's impression - Endless Stair |
Somerset House - elBulli exhibition
Finally, over at Somerset House, we really like the world's first exhibition dedicated to a chef and his restaurant: the global icon of gastronomy, Ferran Adria and the restaurant he built to become the world's best, elBulli. Students can enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the laboratory and kitchen of the restaurant which delighted diners for over 50 years. While not strictly a design showcase, this is an ode to creativity, imagination and innovation which we think will inspire and educate school groups.
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Some good recommendations. I would add to these 'God is in the Details' at the V&A - an empathetic project, designed to make us think.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. V&A is definitely one of our favourite destinations in London and not only during the Design Festival!
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