From 04 - 23 September the design world is coming to Somerset House. Whether it's two hours or a whole day, immerse yourself in a unique exhibition showcasing the best design in the world from established and emerging designers, architects, scientists, writers and artists. Book before 31 July using the code SEEIT and save 20% on your tickets.
Choose a morning or afternoon slot and sign up to a programme which includes photography classes with Lomography, drawing classes with Drawing At Work’s Trevor Flynn and Beep Studios' Peter Ayre, dine in style with Bryn Williams at Somerset House, or join us for guided tours and talks from leaders of the design world.
Read on below to discover just a few of the many highlights.
04 - 23 SEP 2018
SITE-WIDE, SOMERSET HOUSE
SITE-WIDE, SOMERSET HOUSE
Greece’s interactive outdoor installation in the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court will be over 18 metres long and encourages visitors to walk an undulating plank surrounded in a cocoon. The enveloping skin swells and transforms around you as you propel yourself within the seemingly solid yet flexible structure.
This installation is produced and designed by Studio INI who are based at Makerversity, a resident of Somerset House Studios.
India will immerse visitors in one of the troughs used in indigo production, a dye used to colour jeans and other textiles. The methods have gone largely unchanged for millennia. You’ll be surrounded by films of the workers, who stand in a line thrashing the water with their outstretched legs, their limbs stained bright blue. Hours of hard labour produce only a small bar of concentrated dye, known as ‘blue gold’.
Puerto Rico will work with visitors to generate a national identity no matter where you are from. You can choose the images that you feel best represent you, resulting in the creation of a graphically designed printed momento. This will reflect your truly unique identity.
What can video games do to help young people start talking about their mental health? Working with youth organisations and health services in Dundee, Biome Collective has responded to this year’s theme with an immersive interactive installation that invites visitors to share their emotional state without words. Using gaming techniques and 360-degree sound and animation, visitors can create an ‘emotional avatar’ which they can share with others to start a conversation about how they feel.
Latvia will present a condensation wall where you can leave secret messages about playfulness, intimacy and transience.
The Hong Kong Pavilion focuses on the sensorial experience of smell and how it heightens the nostalgia of memory within the state of our everyday lives. The installation explores the various smells that represent the city including Peking duck, temples and sweet delicacies. Visit the interactive installation and explore both visual and smell related influences, through a variety of scratch-and-sniff wallpapers.
With only 50 days to the beginning of the second edition of London Design Biennale it’s now time to book your tickets. Don’t miss out and be first to see this year’s London Design Biennale.
