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Ambient installations may have stolen the limelight at this year’s festival, but a host of exhibitions that advanced a critical and environmentally aware vision of the design industry’s future stole the show.
London – It’s okay for brands to be themselves, says Daniela Walker, LS:N Global senior journalist and author of our macrotrend Anti-authenticity Marketing.
Campaigns that can only be accessed in particular places enable a form of digital magic not accessible through the click of a mouse.
A dark and esoteric mood was in evidence this year, marked by the use of primordial materials, violent processes and optical effects that challenged our perceptions of space and time.
London – Brands have to be more willing to have fun with their history, says Thomas Eberwein, founder and director of creative agency Thomas Traum.
Faye Toogood Studio put craft and craftsmanship on the map at London Design Festival.
London – You can take the craftsman out of the workshop, but you can’t take the workshop out of the craftsman, says Benchmark’s Sean Sutcliffe.
London – The desire to be seen as authentic prevents brands from evolving, says curator, critic and writer Leanne Wierzba.
London – We caught up with 1882 Ltd founder Emily Johnson to talk about craft in the age of anti-authenticity.