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London Design Festival 2012: 100% Norway

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Norway

100% Norway turned nine this year, making it only a year younger than the London Design Festival itself. To celebrate, it moved to a shiny new venue, Dray Walk Gallery, just around the corner from Tent. The light-filled space was a perfect backdrop for the cool understated Scandinavian design. It was designed by Amy Hunting and Oscar Narud; described by curator Henrietta Thompson as "two of the most innovative and capable young Norwegian designers in London."

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Emerging Brands

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Emerging Brands

A small section of 100% Design was dedicated to Emerging Brands. Here are my top five...

London Design Festival 2012: David Irwin

London Design Festival 2012: David Irwin

If there was a "man of the match" for the London Design Festival, I think David Irwin would be it - his name just seemed to pop up everywhere. He had his own stand within 100% Design's Emerging Designers section and his products also featured on Deadgood's stand and on the Designers In Residence stand at designjunction. Everywhere I turned - there he was, and with good reason. His products are gorgeous!

London Design Festival 2012: The Joy of Living

London Design Festival 2012: The Joy of Living

Official charity partner for designjunction, Maggie's provides emotional, practical and social support for people with cancer and their families and friends, from striking buildings designed by top architects in the grounds of specialist cancer hospitals. They believe in the power of design and architecture to positively affect people's well-being.

London Design Festival 2012: Dementia Music Box by Chloe Meineck

London Design Festival 2012: Dementia Music Box by Chloe Meineck

Chloe Meineck spent two years conducting research into the positive effect familiar music can have for those with dementia - listening to music from certain periods of their lives can help trigger even their most inaccessible memories. She was driven to act on her findings and so created this gorgeous music box.

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Interiors

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Interiors

All eyes were on 100% Design at this year's London Design Festival. Under new ownership and with a new director, the hype had begun months previously and continued right up to the moment we entered the rather spectacular entrance, designed by London agency Shaw + Skirm. In its 18th year, this predominantly trade show seems to have found its feet again. Here are our top picks from the Interiors Section.

London Design Festival 2012: designjunction

London Design Festival 2012: designjunction

designjunction was one of the most exciting shows of London Design Festival. The venue alone was enough to look forward to. Built in the 1960s by the Ministry of Works as a Royal Mail Sorting Office, it became largest in the UK in the 90s before closing down. Since then it has been used for everything from an illegal rave in October 2010, to an Alexander McQueen fashion show earlier this year. The design had a lot to live up to. Luckily it didn't disappoint.

London Design Festival 2012: designersblock Highlights

London Design Festival 2012: designersblock Highlights

With queues around the block for the opening night party, designersblock was set to be hit from the beginning. And, it didn't disappoint. Known for their use of interesting spaces (they were in the Familoe Building last year), this year's venue was the Southbank Centre's Festival Village - a space that's never been open to the public before; it's usually used as a green room for performing artists.

London Design Festival 2012: Installations at the V&A

London Design Festival 2012: Installations at the V&A

The V&A was bursting at the seams with installations for London Design Festival 2012. Here are three of the best - nendo's Mimicry Chairs, Bench Years from Established & Sons and Ice Angel by Dominic Harris.

Fritz Hansen Big Chair Project with Jamie Oliver

Fritz Hansen Big Chair Project with Jamie Oliver

100% Design is Bigger and Better This Year

100% Design is Bigger and Better This Year

designjunction 2012

designjunction 2012

LDF 2011: Designersblock Part 2

LDF 2011: Designersblock Part 2

LDF 2011: Designersblock Part 1

LDF 2011: Designersblock Part 1

LDF 2011: 100% Design

LDF 2011: 100% Design