Alex Booker

Based at the Limehouse Arts Foundation, the Booker Print House is run by the widely exhibited artist and printmaker Alex Booker, who specialises in woodcut relief printing, letterpress and painting.

Altrock

Made from marble offcuts usually discarded as waste, Altrock is new type of terrazzo dreamt up by London-based furniture designer and maker Robin Grasby.

Alusid

A university research project turned sustainable surface company, ALUSID makes beautiful, versatile architectural materials from recycled waste diverted from landfill.

BERTHOLD

Designer Raimund Berthold creates non-gendered, art-influenced garments that celebrate materiality and defy expectation. Beyond trend, BERTHOLD is the clothing brand for design lovers.

Brompton Design District

The oldest of London Design Festival’s dedicated districts, Brompton has earned a reputation for championing exemplary forward-thinking and eco-conscious design.

Camille Walala

Bold, colourful and irresistibly positive, Camille Walala’s ‘tribal pop’ designs inject joy into objects, interiors and the cityscape at large.

Company, Place

Founded by placemaker Vickie Hayward, Company, Place devises cultural programming to help brands and spaces break into fresh and unexpected territories

De Beauvoir Block

A forward-thinking workplace complex opened in 2017, this heart-of-Hackney creative hub is home to a host of innovative people and businesses – including Zetteler.

Design Can

Launched by Zetteler, Design Can is a campaign and online tool calling for the design industry to be representative of the world it serves.

End Youth Homelessness

103,000. That’s how many young people find themselves homeless every year. Confronting this astonishing figure is End Youth Homelessness, a national network of local charities that have joined forces to tackle youth homelessness together.

Fikra Graphic Design Biennial 01

The only graphic design-focused event of its size and scope in the Middle East, Fikra’s inaugural biennial sets out to celebrate design innovation in the UAE, and explore the impact and implications of the discipline in the 21st century.

Glimpse

They’re the brains behind Choose Love, the world’s first store that sells real products for refugees, and the guerrilla ad gang who filled Clapham Common station with cats – meet the creative collective out to improve our world.

Hackney Winter Night Shelter

Every year, between November and March, the volunteer-led charity Hackney Winter Night Shelter offers a bed and a meal to anyone who needs it.

HØLTE

At the vanguard of an exciting new market in kitchen design, Tom and Fi Ginnett develop beautiful and high-quality fronts and worktops for IKEA cabinetry, making great design more accessible.

Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council

Set up to empower women through craft, Irthi is a UAE-based initiative with a mission to protect the region’s cultural heritage, celebrate traditional and modern crafts, and elevate female artisans, socially and economically.

London Design Festival

London Design Festival is one of the most important events on the international design calendar, and with each year comes the London Design Medals. Considered one of the most highly coveted accolades in the design world, each medal highlights a practitioner who has made an exceptional difference to our lives through design.

Matthew Raw

Paris-based ceramic artist, former V&A maker in residence and co-founder of the Manifold collective, Matthew Raw uses clay to explore the connections between people and place.

Monotype

A global titan of typography, Monotype is the leading authority on type and the guardian and innovator behind the world’s favorite fonts.

MWAI

A London-based architecture practice specialising in making human spaces with craft

Natsai Audrey Chieza

Having developed a way of using bacteria to dye textiles, Natsai Audrey Chieza has become a pioneer in the field of biodesign, working towards a future in which living systems are harnessed to overcome ecological challenges.

Norwegian Presence

Norway’s 2019 Milan exhibition brings the best of the nation’s design, craft and manufacture to Zona Tortona, with sustainability at its heart.

Not Flat 3

London design collective Not Flat 3 was founded by four friends with diverse skills, approaches and expertise, who come together to push projects to new heights.

Note Design Studio

Turning its hand to almost every conceivable creative challenge – and bagging a host of awards in the process, the interdisciplinary Stockholm studio is on a roll…

PearsonLloyd

Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd’s award-winning industrial design studio has spent over two decades at the front line of innovation. Whether designing products, systems or services, their approach is rational and user-led, solving real problems rather than stamping products with their own style.

Please Sit

Designer and curator Gitta Gschwendtner joins forces with the National Trust for a design conversation across the centuries, in which six designers unveil striking new seating for historic Fenton House…

Restoration Station

A creative social enterprise devoted to helping addicts with their recovering and rehabilitation, Restoration Station restores and sells antique 20th-century furniture in the heart of Shoreditch.

ROKBOX

Transporting artworks can be a delicate – and wasteful – business. Launching in 2019, the ingeniously designed ROKBOX is the award-winning, environmentally conscious solution.

Sella Concept

A partnership between design visionaries Tatjana von Stein and Gayle Noonan, Sella Concept creates immersive commercial spaces and experiences for clients worldwide.

Standing Voice

Founded to overcome the social exclusion faced by people with albinism in Tanzania, Standing Voice provides medical, educational and community support to marginalised groups across East Africa.

The Conran Shop

For almost five decades, Sir Terence Conran’s iconic outlet has been one of the most influential curators of design excellence and lifestyle innovation.

Uncommon Projects

What happens when an architect and a product designer come together? In this case, award-winning kitchen designs and beautifully functional furniture celebrating the possibilities of plywood.