CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK
The Return Of Clerkenwell Design Week
We take a look at what visitors can expect from the 9th edition of London’s popular design festival, Clerkenwell Design Week.
Hosting the best in design from the UK and beyond, and featuring a wide range of talent from the area from young entrepreneurial start-ups to well established design practices, Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will return to London for its ninth edition this May.
Set across three days, 22nd -24th May 2018, the festival
programme is tailored to reflect the unique nature of the vibrant London hub, home to a plethora of creative businesses, design consultancies, showrooms and architectural practices.
In 2018, Clerkenwell will once again play host to hundreds of fringe events, showroom presentations, workshops, talks and public-facing installations, all with design at their heart. Events will run over three days and follow a distinct trail north to south, from Spa Fields down to Farringdon, linking together several exhibition spaces and a series of specially- commissioned installations.
CDW Presents Your Tote Counts.
2008, the UK Environment Agency (UKEA) published a study of resource expenditures for various bags: paper, plastic, canvas, and recycled-polypropylene tote bags, and found that cotton tote bags exhibited the highest and most severe global-warming potential by far since they require more resources to produce and distribute. A Screen Press installation will be situated outside Farringdon Station, where visitors can bring unwanted totes to be customised with designs created by Chelsea College of Art students giving them new life. Proceeds will go to the CDW 2018 charity partner, Maggie’s, which opened at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 2017, with donation points located throughout Clerkenwell. An exhibition at Design Fields will display a collection of favourite tote bags, chosen by a selection of designers and design writers.
Scale Rule
Each year, Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) displays new projects and commissioned installations located within high profile spaces across Clerkenwell. Working with leading names in design, engineering and architecture, these projects aim to bring spectacle and energy to the district whilst pushing the boundaries of design concepts, process and material capabilities. This year, sustainability is a key theme with several participants and projects addressing this trend.
A major project will be Your Tote Counts. Chelsea College of Art, in partnership with CDW, is addressing the issue of a surplus of cotton tote bags replacing plastic bags. In
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For the third consecutive year, Scale Rule will be giving St. James’ Churchyard a new focal point by realising a pavilion design conceived by GCSE students from around London. This year’s winning concept responded to the theme of sustainability by proposing a sensitive metaphor: layers representing past, present and future will create a kaleidoscopic oculus, inviting visitors to take a moment to direct their eyes up and become more aware of key natural elements around them.
Every year, Scale Rule’s Next Generation Design Pavilion aims to inspire a younger generation to work in construction-related professions. The pavilion is a result of a series of educational workshops led by volunteer industry professionals, bringing GCSE students together from across London.
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