It’s that time of year when London's design district opens its doors to the public for Clerkenwell Design Week and shows the rest of London and the design industry what it has to offer. An impressive showcase of distinct and accomplished talent the three-day event spans; furniture and product design, interior design as well as architecture. This year’s event includes over 120 spaces and directly engages 100 local businesses.

For its seventh year the team have employed the help of local architects OMMX to create a new masterplan that navigates visitors and links eight temporary exhibitions as well as commissioned installations. 

With so much creativity on show we thought we would make a few suggestions. Here are Archinect's top recommendations: 

Open Showrooms - open throughout the festival

Domus 
50 Great Sutton Street
EC1V 0DF

Frövi 
Broad Yard
Turnmill Street
EC1M 5RR

Herman Miller 
102-108 Clerkenwell Road
EC1M 5SA

Knoll 
91 Goswell Road
EC1V 7EX

Morgan 
1 Dallington Street
EC1V 0BH


 

Exhibitions

British Collection

New for 2016, British Collection will be located in the barrel roofed Crypt on Clerkenwell Green, of St James’s Church. Some of the UK’s most exciting homegrown talent will showcase their latest furniture, lighting and product designs within this unique space.

Crypt on the Green, Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0EA
10:00 - 21:00 every day during CDW

Fringe Sponsored by Greene & Co

Lipton Plant Architects
Talk 4.30pm-6pm, Private View 6pm–8pm
Seatem House,
39 Moreland Street,
EC1V 8BB

Ben Adams Architects
Thursday 26th May at 3pm – 4pm
Starts at Orangebox, 38 Northampton Road, EC1R 0HU
Ends at SEA, 54 Old Street, EC1V 9AJ

Purple Patch at Studio Egret West
Open every day during CDW
3 Brewhouse Yard,
EC1V 4JQ

NBBJ - Design Dynamics - Is there greater creative freedom with the advancement of technology?
Tuesday 24th May at 6pm – 8pm
230 City Road, 3rd Floor
EC1V 2TT

Conversations at Clerkenwell

Location vs Architecture: a look at London’s shifting clusters
Date: 25th May
Time: 12.30 - 13.30
The Goldsmiths' Centre - 42 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5AD 


Reimagining a design icon: The transformation of the Commonwealth Institute into the new Design Museum
Date: 26th May
Time: 15.30 - 16.30
The Goldsmiths' Centre - 42 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5AD


CDW presents

Museum of Making
Open every day during CDW
49-50 St John's Square
EC1V 4JJ

The festival will be on from the 24th until the 26th of May 2016. You can find a map for all the events here.