Brompton Design District Reveals Programme For London Design Festival 2023
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Brompton Design District has revealed its programme for London Design Festival 2023. Running from 16 - 24 September, London’s first design district will host a range of exhibitions, talks and events showcasing the work of established and emerging designers as well as celebrating leading designers and brands including Cassina, Molteni&C and others from the UK and Europe.
For London Design Festival 2023, the theme for Brompton Design District is Conviviality - The Art of Living Together, celebrating design’s ability to connect us with the people and places around us, exploring how designers can create conviviality and help us to live collaboratively.
Curated programme exhibitions include; Farm Shop by Fels Gallery in collaboration with Grymsdyke Farm where more than 15 designers will develop a new homewares collection following residencies at Grymsdyke Farm.
Rio Kobayashi uses the opportunity of his first solo exhibition to invite his friends to collaborate on designing a convivial space to host parties, meals, screenings and to introduce a range of new products and furniture.
Peter PiIlotto and Christopher De Vos return to Brompton Design District as PPCDV, whose exhibition Phase 2 showcases a new collection marrying the worlds of fashion and interiors.
The New Craftsmen will present new pieces from designers Matthew Raw, Bibbings & Hensby and Studio AMOS among others in Join, Assemble, Hold. For the first time Brompton Design District will close a street for the festival as Eva Feldkamp and the team All in Awe collaborate with the local community on an outdoor design installation All Together at Egerton Gardens.
Internationally renowned design brands based in the District will share their latest collections including; Cassina, Molteni&C, Meridiani, Poltrona Frau, Giorgetti and OKA.
New additions to the District this year include German luxury lighting brand Occhio, and the opening of a renovated showroom for luxury kitchen retailer Sub Zero & Wolf.
Design graduates and students from Royal College of Art will also respond to the theme with a new exhibition called The Other Side of Product and Brompton Design District has again partnered with Disegno to host a programme of talks with leading designers.
Stretching from the V&A to Brompton Road, Brompton is a destination for design; a cluster of global design brands sit within an ecosystem of fashion shops, local cafes, established restaurants and one of the world's most important cultural quarters.
This year the District’s hub returns to Cromwell Place.
The arts venue will host four exhibitions from the curated programme as well as a number of other London Design Festival events.
About Brompton Design District
The BROMPTON DESIGN DISTRICT is a partnership between leading international brands, independent retailers, local restaurants and cultural institutions.
Initiated by South Kensington Estates, a company with a history woven into the fabric of the district for over 200 years, the Brompton Design District was established in 2007 becoming London’s first Design District.
Together with a cluster of design retailers and local cultural institutions, the District is a space where new design can flourish. Brompton Design District has revitalised the area as a place where people come together to share, enjoy and learn about design in its broadest sense; including through culture, fashion and food.
It is the leading District during the annual London Design Festival with a dedicated programme of temporary exhibitions.
In 2023, these will showcase new design under the theme ‘Conviviality - The Art of Living Together’’.
Brompton’s programme, curated by Jane Withers Studio, has played host to pioneering and innovative contemporary exhibitions.
The combination of temporary exhibitions, set in an area of London known for its iconic, international design brands, adds energy and dynamism and has earned Brompton the reputation as a leading international design destination.
About London Design Festival
Established in 2003 by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE, London Design Festival celebrates and promotes London as the design capital of the world.
London Design Festival has since earned the reputation as a key calendar moment of London’s autumn creative season, alongside London Fashion Week, Frieze Art Fair and the London Film Festival, attracting the greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to the capital, in a citywide celebration.
About Cromwell Place
Set within five Grade II listed Victorian townhouses in South Kensington, Cromwell Place is one of London’s most exciting arts destinations, offering a year-round programme of diverse exhibitions open to the public across 14 gallery spaces.
As a membership organisation and innovative arts hub, it also provides an environment in which galleries, collectors, dealers, curators, and arts professionals can collaborate and flourish together.
