Virtual Design Destination
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 12-20 SEPTEMBER 2020
What you are viewing is just a small part of the virtual environment created for the Swedish collection as part of the Virtual Design Destination for the London Design festival 2020. Visitors will be able to virtually navigate through these immersive environments and discover the pieces of the collections during the Festival. There will be 14 country collections in total including new works by more than 100 independent designers.
WALDEN
Schloss Hollenegg for Design
Curated by Alice Stori Liechtenstein
AUSTRIA
Here & There
A Palestinian Collection
Curated by Dima Srouji
Crafts Dialogue
by Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council
Curated by Samer Yamani & Farah Nasri
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Featured Designer Showrooms
Adorno Editorial
Klemens Schillinger: An Investigation of Self-Evident Design & Off-Grid Solutions
“As Henry David Thoreau chooses to live off the grid in the book Walden, for me it was interesting to create something that follows that spirit, but in a way [in which] it intersects with life in the castle.” – Klemens Schillinger View all of Klemens Schillinger’s work, including the “Off-Grid Lamp” from the WALDEN…
Re-Encountering Wilderness: Introducing WALDEN from Schloss Hollenegg for Design
“It is the time to bring nature back in our everyday life; not the romanticised, sanitised, domesticated version of it, but the gritty, wild stuff. We need to stop seeing nature as a garden landscape to tame or protect. We need to embrace the undomesticated, feral side of nature and allow pockets of wilderness to…
Faissal El-Malak: Intersections of Textile & Clay
“Conceptually, these pieces represent the notion of colourful, traditional craft acting as the very pillar that shapes the space and buttresses it to be a functional vessel. Together, these elements form a symbiotic balance between aesthetics and functionality.” – Faissal El-Malak View Faissal El-Malak’s works, including the “Spool“ Vase. The Palestinian design scene can be…
Here and There: A Palestinian Collection Introducing Palestinian Design on Adorno
“There is something about the work as a collection that I find really exciting. There is this invisible thread that connects the work together whether through similar influences, through the bold colors and sensual forms, or through a similar research-based methodology.” – Dima Srouji, founder of design project Hollow Forms and curator of “Here and…
Ragna Ragnarsdóttir: An Exploration of Material, Technique, & Tradition
“Through many errors, failures and a messy library of material testing, I sometimes find something new and exciting in-between my mess. I have to trust a lot in my embodied and subconscious knowledge and let activity and acquaintance drive me.” – Ragna Ragnarsdóttir View Ragna Ragnarsdóttir’s works, including “Coral Vase“. With connections to the country’s…
Veera Kulju: A Study of Craftsmanship & Human Curiosity
“Material is ancient as well as the techniques it requires. I’m ignorant or foolish enough to play with that serious, respectful history. I feel guilty about it sometimes, but I just can’t help it, I’m too curious.” – Veera Kulju View Veera Kulju’s work, including “‘Queen of the Dessert’ Sculpture“ “What happens when you use…
T SAKHI: Encouraging Human Interaction through Design
“Our role is to somehow create awareness of the importance of urban activities in our daily life and to offer solutions using architecture and design as mediums of expression.” – Tessa & Tara Sakhi of T SAKHI View all of T Sakhi’s work, including the new “Tasting Threads” collection The Lebanese design scene is characterised…
The Lél Collection: Cultural Preservation & Personal Healing through Craft
“[We] see our work both as an act of the preservation of an ancient cultural tradition as well as a healing mechanism, a way to sustain belief in that which is older than (and transcends) the devastation wreaked by the region’s sustained conflict, war, and migration.” – Meherunnisa Asad, Creative Director of Lél Collection View…
Ghaya Bin Mesmar X Mermelada Estudio: Dialogues of Safeefah
“…[Ghaya] likes to work on every little detail, while we love to research a good story that we can tell through our objects. Together we found the perfect typology to work on – an Emirati seating system that few designers have worked on before.” – Mermelada Estudio View Ghaya Bin Mesmar & Mermelada Estudio’s works,…
IRTHI x Adorno: Announcing Crafts Dialogue & Design Labs
“These two initiatives have brought together people from across the world that are masters at what they do and has, in a sense, decontextualised them, giving them a platform to converse, design, collaborate, and be challenged.” – Farah Nasri, Assistant Manager – Curation & Design for Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council Adorno is pleased to announce…
Two Become Three: Announcement of New Partner and Director of Adorno
It is with great excitement that we announce that Jimmy MacDonald, founder of the London Design Fair, has become the third joint owner and director of Adorno.design, alongside directors and founders Kristian Snorre Andersen and Martin Clausen, following his resignation from the London Design Fair in January 2020. “We first met Jimmy in 2018 when…
Piedrafuego: Maintaining Authenticity through Continuity
“It is our duty, both for designers and artisans, to push craftsmanship to new horizons in order to keep it a tradition and not a mise-en-scène of archaic manufacturing processes…” – Aldo Alvarez-Tostado of Piedrafuego View Piedrafuego’s works, including the “‘Tzom’ Planters” As mentioned in our interview with Ayres MX, Mexico’s design scene has fostered…
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