2024-12-22T07:57:10-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149967132/archinect-s-top-picks-for-the-london-design-festival Jessica Bonehill 2016-09-10T01:07:00-04:00 >2016-09-12T10:38:47-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/945y178p54cc2qsd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>London Design Festival is always a highlight of the city's cultural landscape, and this year is no exception, with a number of new events added as well as many returning exhibitions.</p><p>Here are Archinect's top picks for <a href="http://www.londondesignbiennale.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London Design Festival 2016</a>:&nbsp;</p><p><strong>London Design Biennale at Somerset House: </strong>&nbsp;</p><p>7-27 September. Open daily from 11AM. Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tickets on sale via <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/venue/254655." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ticketmaster</a></p><p>The heavily anticipated London Design Biennale is launching this year for its inaugural exhibition. During its three-week takeover, the Biennale will showcase installations, artworks, prototypes, and designs from over 37 different countries and territories, all exploring the Biennale's 2016 theme: "Utopia by Design".&nbsp;</p><p>Highlights from the Biennale include:</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/94/945y178p54cc2qsd.jpg"></p><p>Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby's 14-metre, kinetic sculpture that highlights wind energy usage in the UK.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ru/rumn2rrmkm7upnp6.jpg"></p><p>Lebanon's Annabel Karim Kassar's Beirut street scene. The work explores social interactions and use of space, through a s...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149963971/the-wish-machine-by-autoban-part-of-the-london-design-biennale-invites-visitors-to-walk-through-a-tunnel-made-of-transparent-hexagonal-tubes Ellen Hancock 2016-08-18T11:38:00-04:00 >2016-08-22T00:07:14-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fo/fo0m185kys1xjg1v.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This September the first ever London Design Biennale will take place at Somerset House with featured projects from over thirty countries. The inaugural show is themed 'Utopia by Design' and celebrates the 500th anniversary of the publication of Sir Thomas More's classic,&nbsp;<em>Utopia&nbsp;</em>(1516).</p><p>Turkey's contribution to the biennale is 'The Wish Machine' designed by Istanbul-based multidisciplinary design studio, Autoban. The installation is inspired by the cultural tradition of threading a note or memento&nbsp;to the&nbsp;branch of a tree as an act of hope born out of hopelessness.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/fq/fqko8yxc9fy5mz7e.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/qg/qg29otwsz8ovve7t.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/dy/dymktt5wcjpij7wa.jpg"></p><p><em>' The installation located in West Wing G1A at Somerset House appears as an interactive pneumatic system operating in a mirrored space. Visitors will be invited to walk through a tunnel that is made of transparent hexagonal tubes. They will share their hopes and wishes,&nbsp;</em><em>vision</em><em>&nbsp;of utopias, and aspiration for the future, by writing them on paper, and feeding them to the Wish Machine through a lid at the dead end. Notes will the...</em></p>