This article was published 10 yearsThroughout September, London’s Somerset House played host to 37 countries all responding to the theme of Utopia by Design. Contributions varied wildly from the conceptual (Albania’s Bliss – “a concentric arrangement of stainless steel columns and benches designed to encourage self-reflection and solidarity”) to the…
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37 countries interpret utopia at Somerset House
This article was published 10 yearsThe exhibits, which include installations, artworks, prototypes and designs, are each a response to the Biennale’s 2016 theme Utopia by Design, chosen as part of Somerset House’s Utopia 2016: A Year of Imagination and Possibility, to mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas…
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Pick Me Up showcases new graphic artists
This article was published 10 years Pick Me Up, the annual festival for the graphic arts, is back at Somerset House for its seventh year. Showcasing illustration, animation, 3-D installations, stationery, and for the first time this year – ceramics, the show is in town until 02 May 2016. confessions…
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The best of the London Design Festival 2015
This article was published 11 years The London Design Festival has been and gone for another year. If you want all the gory details, you’ll have to subscribe to our sister publication Fiera Magazine, but you’re in the right place for the edited highlights. Here are just a few of…
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out and about :: pick me up, 2014
This article was published 12 years Contemporary graphic arts festival, Pick Me Up, is back at Somerset House for the fifth year running. I popped in to have to look and found all this lovely stuff… Pick Me Up is a fun, informal way to explore graphic art and an…
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out and about :: pick me up 2013
This article was published 13 years Pick Me Up returned to Somerset House from 18th – 28th April 2013 and for the fourth year showcased a stunning selection of contemporary graphic art, design and illustration. I went along to check it out and here are some of my best bits……
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we heart :: pick me up
This article was published 14 yearsI was delighted to discover that Pick Me Up London was on for longer than I had thought, which meant that I could squeeze in a quick visit. “Design Geekery; Pick Me Up After a crazy day running around London on Thursday, I finally managed…
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out and about :: pick me up
Somerset House is the place to be at the moment, with Joy of Living, John Makepeace and Pick Me Up all happening at the same time. On Friday evening, I went down to have a look at Pick Me Up.
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interview :: max fraser, the joy of living
Max Fraser, editor of the London Design Guide (a book which rarely leaves my handbag), has been working on a rather special project. Joy of Living finally sees the light of day on March 15th at Somerset House.
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interview :: john makepeace
I was recently very privileged to meet, and spend almost an hour talking to, ‘the father of british furniture design,’ John Makepeace, ahead of his first solo exhibition, which opens at Somerset House on 16th March 2010
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out and about :: pick me up at somerset house
Pick Me Up at Somerset House smelt of paper and ink and making things, which is always a good start!