London Design Festival 2015: Highlights

From neon lights to luxury dressers and pouffes, our picks from this year's impressive event

This year’s London Design Festival felt bigger and more comprehensive than ever—with galleries, museums and showrooms all over the city opening their doors to an enthusiastic, design-savvy crowd. Two of the threads that ran through the festival were playfulness and interactivity, with Memphis-inspired designs something of a favorite and many designers creating colorful, captivating pieces. Established names and newcomers alike played with neon and pastel …

Max Fraser’s London Design Festival 2015 Tips

The event's former Deputy Director helps visitors wade through the annual creative bonanza

As the creative bonanza that is the annual London Design Festival (LDF) grows with each edition, choosing which exhibitions, stores, workshops and events to visit in the British capital becomes increasingly difficult. That’s when you turn to experts like Max Fraser, who was the festival’s Deputy Director for three years until leaving in 2014. Fraser is the author of the bi-annual London Design Guide, which …

Studio Visit: Margot Bowman

The new media artist and designer takes a break from tech storytelling to show us her physical space in London

Digital artist and designer Margot Bowman, one of the founders of the ever-fascinating GIF art project 15 Folds, shares a studio in an airy warehouse building in the Dalston neighborhood of east London. Always intrigued by artists and their workspaces, CH visited Bowman at her studio and found that while it seems neat and minimal at first glance, it’s bursting with exciting works in progress, …