Living Etc 2015-10

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SQUEEZE
YOUR
OWN
In its Timeless Design exhibition, Harrods pays homage to
Alessi (this year celebrating the 25th annivesary of Philippe
Starck’s Juicy Salif lemon squeezer) with a Juicy selfie booth
plus an in-store juicing station!
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HABITAT
HERITAGE
Need a nostalgia fix?
Head over to Habitat, 203
King’s Road, SW3, which is
hosting an exhibition of
furniture from the 1970s,
courtesy of the Crafts Council
and its incredible archive.
If the 1980s are more
your thing, don’t miss
the company’s new
Memphis Group-inspired
collection, which is also
going on show.
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Font freaks, LDF has
typographic treats
just for you. Signwriting
legend Mike
Meyer is holding
weekend workshops
for aspiring men and
women of letters in
Market Hall, Borough
Market, SE1.
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On Saturday 19
September, the Roxy
128-132 Borough
High Street will screen
Sign Painters, about
the American scene,
with a short about a
fairground artist.
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And on Monday 21, a
two-hour walk takes
in the ‘ghost signs’ of
Bankside. Meet 2pm,
Shipwrights Arms,
Tooley Street, SE1.
BRAVE
NEW WORLD
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Could Taipei be the new Helsinki? You heard it
here first… Alongside the usual nations showing
what they’re made of at Tent London (Finland, Norway,
Sweden et al) are some slightly more eyebrow-raising
new entries. Taiwan will be pitching camp, with a pavilion
showcasing its food (yum) and design (ditto), as too will
Poland, with an exhibition dedicated to graphic designers.
The Czech Republic is also worth, er, checking out.
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Ireland is also having a moment. Try to get your
tongue round its Ogham alphabet, celebrated in
an incredible three-metre-high installation, The Ogham
Wall, at the V&A. Across town, at the Rochelle School in
the Shoreditch Design Triangle, The Souvenir Project puts
the focus on work by the country’s designers and makers.
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WEBBY NEWS
Livingetc confesses a square-shaped crush on Carlo
Ballabio’s Webby range of upholstered stools,
benches and pouffes, which make their UK debut at
Porada’s Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour showroom
during Focus. Jazz up the sturdy Canaletto walnut
frame with fabric or leather before – here’s the thing
– choosing contrasting buttons. So chic! From £900.
o n e
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to watch
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WHAT’S HIS THING? Curvaceous furniture and lighting,
fashioned from steam-bent wood (harder than it sounds).
WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? His sinuous, graceful work blurs the
lines between sculpture and furniture – check out the benches
he made for the Royal Bank of Canada show garden at Chelsea.
WHERE CAN I SEE THEM? Look out for his lighting installation
at 100% Design, alongside a new upholstered chair.
CLAIM TO FAME Co-founded the award-winning design
collective Sixixis and is one of Kevin McCloud’s Green Heroes.
INSIDER INFO He is building his house from steam-bent wood.
To download a FREE digital version of Livingetc Agenda for your handheld device, go to housetohome.co.uk/agenda
New design world:
rugs from Ireland,
above, lighting
from Finland,
below, and
ceramics from
Korea, below left
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DEEP
BREATHING
SPACE
Feeling
overwhelmed
by it all? Drop by
19 Greek Street in
W1, where the top
floor is being
converted into a
pop-up wellness
room. Just the place
to process all that
design information.
Or simply put
your feet up...
Butterfly pendant
in steam-bent
walnut, £365,
available from
tomraffield.com