Experience an unforgettable dining experience in your own luxurious dining dome set against the spectacular Queen’s House.

Enjoy a specially-curated tour of the five-star exhibition from the comfort of your home featuring exclusive interviews from legendary musicians and designers.

From rucksacks to despatch boxes, Birkin bags to Louis Vuitton luggage, Bags: Inside Out will explore the style, function, design and craftsmanship of the ultimate accessory.

This display marks the launch of Network Rail’s new customised typeface, Rail Alphabet 2, designed by her in close collaboration with Henrik Kubel in response to a new wayfinding system at Network Rail stations designed by Spaceagency.

Out of the Blue showcases the story of fifty years, in settings that capture the changing tastes in interiors over the past five decades

"There is no other country in the world, besides my own, whose way of life I like so much. I love English traditions, English politeness, English architecture. I even love English cooking." Christian Dior

Embark on a multi-sensory experience where perception-shifting light design intersects with innovative low-calorie cocktails produced by some of the world’s most influential bartenders.

A MUST SEE exhibition! 40 countries, cities and territories at Somerset House from 4-23 September 2018 reveal how design influences our emotions.

Artist Christo will create a temporary sculpture in Hyde Park, London, titled The Mastaba (Project for London, Hyde Park, Serpentine Lake). Construction on the sculpture begins 3 April, and it will float on the Serpentine Lake from 18 June (weather permitting) to 23 September 2018.

Magical Lantern Festival London is back and it's bigger, better and so much more impressive than last year! The stunning landscaped grounds of Chiswick House & Gardens plays host again to the festival.

London Design Festival celebrates and promotes London as the design capital of the world. Now in its fifteenth year, the Festival will be returning to venues and institutions across the city between the 16-24 September 2017.

http://www.londondesignfestival.com/

Thousands of costumes were created during the ten years of filming, from Hogwarts school robes and Hermione’s beautiful Yule Ball gown to ghost costumes that could appear transparent via visual effects. 

The House & Garden Festival brings together three leading lifestyle events: Spirit of Summer, HOUSE and GROW London, to create the ultimate celebration of summer and stylish living. It offers a wondrous and eclectic treasure trove of 550 beautiful garden, interior and lifestyle brands to explore and shop, all hand- selected by our expert team and approved by House & Garden.

Urban LivePicture is an exciting and innovative new product, which is designed to bring the garden into your home and hang on your wall all year round as a form of living art.

On 5 January 2017, the Saatchi Gallery will open 50 x 50 II in the Prints & Originals Gallery. 50 x 50 II is an exhibition that presents 50 new works of art by 50 emerging artists. 

Regent Street, London’s premiere shopping and lifestyle destination, will this year see the launch of a brand new Christmas Lights scheme that is most ambitious and exciting to date.

Named ‘The Spirit of Christmas’, the scheme unites Regent Street’s world-class retailers and restaurants under a grand, sweeping canopy of light that stretches from Langham Place all the way to Waterloo Place at the southern end of Regent Street St James’s. With complementary schemes across Jermyn Street and at the newly-completed St James’s Market, this will be the largest Christmas lights scheme in Central London this Christmas, and is the largest scheme ever embarked on by Regent Street.

A sculptural masterpiece, the scheme takes its inspiration from the very first central London Christmas lights scheme, which was introduced on Regent Street in 1954 and which featured traditional angels. This year’s scheme is a dramatic and modern reimagining of those very first Christmas lights, featuring a fleet of impressively large-scale Spirits that soar along the length of the street and reference contemporary art, culture and British design.

The installation of the lights began on Sunday 16th October and the switch-on event will take place on Thursday 17th November, which will include live entertainment and unique on-street experiences for all visitors.

Potent, provocative and sometimes shocking, the word vulgar conjures up strong images, ideas and feelings in us all. The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined is the first exhibition to consider this inherently challenging but utterly compelling territory of taste. It both questions notions of vulgarity in fashion while revelling in its excesses, inviting the visitor to think again about exactly what makes something vulgar and why it is such a sensitive and contested term.

Drawn from major public and private collections worldwide, with contributions from leading modern and contemporary designers such as Walter van Beirendonck, Manolo Blahnik, Chloé, André Courrèges, Christian Dior, Erdem, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rudi Gernreich, Nicolas Ghesquiére, Madame Grès, Pam Hogg, Marc Jacobs, Charles James, Stephen Jones, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Malcolm McLaren, Maison Margiela, Miu Miu, Moschino, Paul Poiret, Miuccia Prada, Zandra Rhodes, Jeremy Scott, Elsa Schiaparelli, Raf Simmons, Jun Takahashi, Philip Treacy, UNDERCOVER, Viktor & Rolf, Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood and Marco Zanini. The Vulgar opens at Barbican Art Gallery on 13 October 2016.

Conceived by exhibition-maker Judith Clark and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, the exhibition takes fascinating literary definitions of ‘the vulgar’ as a starting point and includes a wealth of over 120 stunning exhibits from the Renaissance through to the 21st century. Weaving together historic dress, couture and ready-to-wear fashion, textile ornamentation, manuscripts, photography and film, this carefully crafted installation illustrates how taste is a mobile concept: what was once associated with vulgarity is reconjured by designers to become the height of fashion.  Encompassing a 500 year timeframe, The Vulgar showcases historic works alongside a roll call of contemporary fashion. The exhibition demonstrates how fashion through the ages actively breaks with and revises taste to create new expressions of style, often celebrating, courting or exploiting so-called vulgarity and its possible pleasures.

As part of the commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of Pick’s death, London Transport Museum is hosting a series of talks on the evenings of Wednesday 21 September, Tuesday 18 October and Thursday 10 November.  From 7 November 2016 thousands of passengers will also be able to see a new permanent art installation by artists Langlands & Bell at Piccadilly Circus Tube station to celebrate the achievements of the man behind the transport designs that are recognised the world over. As Managing Director of London Underground in the 1920s and the first Chief Executive of London Transport, Frank Pick (1878-1941) had more influence on the look of twentieth-century London than any other individual.

Pick commissioned some of the most recognisable icons of London Underground’s identity; the sans serif Johnston typeface, Charles Holden’s art deco stations and the Tube logo or ‘roundel’ as it has been known since the 1970s. Pick chose famous artists such as surrealist Man Ray to

create striking posters for London Transport. Through his vision and determination the Underground witnessed the birth of commercial art and advertising as well as the emergence of graphic design, way finding systems, corporate identities and integrated brand design. 

Take your Pick! Talks and events at London Transport Museum

Guests can attend a series of talks and events to celebrate the creator of one of the world’s most powerful visual identities.

Tickets for the Pick series of talks cost £10 for adults and £8 for concessions. Visitors can buy two tickets for the Pick series, and get the second one half price.  

A Legacy for London: Frank Pick’s Design Vision

Wednesday 21 September 2016 - 19.00 to 20.30

From advertising to branding, architecture to integrated design – Pick changed the face of the Underground, and with it the growth and identity of London itself. Join Oliver Green, author, transport historian and Research Fellow at London Transport Museum, who will uncover the extraordinary impact Frank Pick had on the look of modern London.

Oliver will also be signing copies of his book ‘Frank Pick's London: Art, Design and the Modern City’, available to buy in the London Transport Museum shop before the talk. 

Bright Lights and Tourist Delights: 100 years of Piccadilly Circus

Tuesday 18 October 2016 - 19.00 to 20.30

Join Jonathan Glancey, architectural critic and writer, as he journeys through the last 100 years of Piccadilly Circus. From the station redevelopment under the vision of Frank Pick in the 1920’s, to the iconic neon advertising and its place in the heart of the bustle and excitement of London’s Theatreland, he will explore the ever changing and developing place that for many epitomises London. 

Beauty < Immortality – a Memorial at Piccadilly Circus Station: artists Langlands & Bell in conversation with Robert Elms  

Thursday 10 November 2016 - 19.00 to 20.15

Join the BAFTA winning and Turner Prize nominated artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, in conversation with author and broadcaster Robert Elms. They will be discussing Frank Pick, his legacy and the inspiration and thinking behind their memorial artwork. Commissioned by London Transport Museum and Art on the Underground in recognition of Frank Pick’s work for London Underground, the memorial entitled ‘BEAUTY < IMMORTALITY’ will be permanently installed at Piccadilly Circus Station from 7 November 2016.

All talks take place in the Museum’s Cubic Theatre and start at 19.00.

A Logo for London – Museum Depot Open Weekend in West London

24 and 25 September 2016

The Museum Depot in Acton, West London, will throw open its doors for an Open Weekend celebrating the world-famous London Underground logo: the roundel. Visitors will enjoy workshops, arts and crafts, talks, tours and family fun exploring the design and history behind the iconic symbol of London. This year there will be special guided tours of the poster store which will focus on some of the many posters commissioned by Frank Pick.

Tickets cost £10 for adults and £8 for concessions. London Transport Museum friends, children and young people aged 17 and under go free (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult).

Examples of Pick’s legacy are on display in the Museum’s London by Design gallery which celebrates key moments and important milestones in London’s transport design heritage.  As well as showcasing Pick, the gallery explores how British art and design have become deeply and inextricably linked with London’s transport network.

The Frank Pick programme is part of London Transport Museum and Transport for London’s Transported by Design season of events and exhibitions that explore good design on the London transport network and its role in the lives of the millions of customers who use it each day. Transported by Design is supported by Exterion Media.

Many pieces commissioned by Frank Pick were voted ‘Transport Design Icons’ in a public vote held at the beginning of the Transported by Design programme.

Download London Transport Museum’s new app for further information about Frank Pick and other design

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events-calendar

Launching for summer 2016, Leggings Studio is the latest collection pioneered by PlayerLayer. Using the brand’s expertise in customisation, the platform has been developed to enable individuals to design and personalise their own leggings. With years of experience in sportswear design, PlayerLayer’s custom leggings are a perfect marriage of fashion and function, suitable for every woman and every lifestyle. 

The pop-up will run until mid-September, prices from £90 for limited edition print and £100 to design your own pair in store or online. Please find the press release for further info on the pop-up and brand. http://playerlayer.com/collaborations/selfridges/

Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. To celebrate this rich and diverse community, Clerkenwell Design Week has created a showcase of leading UK and international brands and companies presented in a series of showroom events,  exhibitions and special installations that take place across the area.

Celebrating its 7th year in May 2016 (24-26) the award-winning* CDW has firmly established itself as the UK’s leading independent design festival and annually attracts the international design community to this small area of London for three days of exciting events. In 2015, the design community flocked to Clerkenwell with 35,414 attendees and over 300 exhibiting brands.