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Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

Royal Festival Hall Net & Ball Carpet

design geekery :: the royal festival hall

Katie, February 12, 2012June 16, 2020
This article was published 15 years

James, editor of We Heart, was recently ribbing me for my ‘obsession with the Southbank Centre’ as he put it, so I thought I would attempt to convert him and his readers, by starting with a column about one of my favourite buildings, the Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall.

Royal Festival Hall Net & Ball Carpet

“Design Geekery; The Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall has always been one of my favourite spaces in London. When I first moved to London and hardly knew a soul, I would often wander along the Southbank and find myself there.

But it was only much later, when I learnt…”

To read the rest of the column, head over to We Heart.

Further reading for the especially geeky:

  • thinking about :: festival style
  • out and about :: ernesto neto
  • out and about :: the new decor
  • out and about :: london’s libraries
This article was published 15 years
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  1. Pretty Dandy homewares says:
    February 17, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    LOVE festival style, huge fan. This is a really interesting and informative post – I’m now slightly jealous of your geeky night out watching that film!!

    Becky
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