Doshi Levien

Today we focus our attention on Doshi Levien, unusal name for some unusual furniture pieces.  Casually flicking through the Design Junction broschure we spotted 'Beautiful Backside' as its so casually named. It comprises of a mixture of different shaped cusions with a mixture of material. Beautiful handstiched and crafted. The seating collection was designed for Moroso and launched during Salone 08 in Milan. The collection was inspired by the minature painting of Maharini sitting amongst an assortement of cushions.

Discovery: Design Junction

Brand concept: Celebrates the hybrid and explores the coming together of cultures, technology, story telling, industrial design and fine craftsmanship.   


Materials: Mixed materials

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Highlights of London Design Festival

As London Design Festival is in full swing we bring you highlights from our travels, so grab a coffee  snuggle up and fall in love with what makes Design so special.

Design Junction

Tent London Superbrands

Southbank Designers Block

Heals

100% Design

Focus/13

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September: The London Design Festival

As we cross over into Autumn/ Winter still with the beautiful sunshine by our sides we take a look at the best places to visit during September in The London Design festival.

1.TENT LONDON (19th-22nd Sept)
Highly recommended coming in at number 1 is Tent London held annually at The Old Truman Brewery in the creative sector of Brick lane. Bringing you fresh contemporary design from across the world. www.tentlondon.co.uk

2. DESIGN JUNCTION (18th -22nd Sept)
Design Junction features 100 world class international brands with cultural workshops alongside pop shops to keep the creative juices flowing. www.thedesignjunction.co.uk

3. SOUTHBANK CENTRE (14th- 22nd Sept)
Ever the cultural hub, this year Southbank Centre partners up with The london Design Festival bringing cutting edge workshops alongside an eclectic mix of exhibitions, one not to miss.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk

4. DECOREX INTERNATIONAL (22nd -25th Sept)
Decorex International moves to the sumptuous area of Kensington Palace, specialising in luxury interiors, with the finest quality in rugs, fabrics & materials. www.decorex.com

5. FOCUS/13 (22nd -25th Sept)
Focus/13 makes an appearance at its home in Chelsea Harbour a ticked  interior design event  dedicated to the latest trends of this A/W season, ant the must haves to carry us into next year. www.dcch.co.uk

6. TOP DRAWER LONDON (15th- 17th Sept)
Top drawer London is the UK's leading event for design led gifts, lifestyle & fashion accessories held in Olympia London, so if this tickles your fancy take the chance to check whats new.
www.topdrawer.co.uk 

7. 100% DESIGN (18th -21st Sept)
Last by no means least 100% Design taking place in its resident home of Earls Court designed for industry professionals 100% focusses on the office environment, retail as well as Kitchen and Bathrooms. www.100percentdesign.co.uk

If you can not visit all, please visit the Top 3!