CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK
to become a festival favourite
with live content and temporary
spaces designed to connect,
relax and recharge.
The park space at St James’s
Church Garden will become
a key destination as part of
Clerkenwell Design Week’s
new look with the new
exhibition Project hosting
leading international brands
presenting furniture, lighting
and product design, alongside
the hugely successful interior
products show Additions. A
new show, British Collection,
will showcase some of the UK’s
most exciting home- grown
talent within the barrel-roofed
Crypt of St James’s Church.
Each will enhance the wellestablished CDW exhibitions;
Detail at the Order of St John
and pavilion on St John’s
Square and Platform at the
unique underground space
House of Detention. Long-time
collaborators Icon Magazine
will again stage Icon’s House of
Culture exhibition at another
iconic Clerkenwell destination;
Fabric.
Underpinning Clerkenwell
Design Week, the area’s
multitude of design-led
showrooms is a vital part of this
unique event. For the first time
Brewhouse Yard off St John
Street will act as a gateway
to the showrooms, many of
which are clustered close by.
In addition, the Goldsmith’s
Centre on Britton Street will
also join the festival as a key
destination for live content with
fresh programming and activity
throughout CDW.
FRESH VISUAL IDENTITY
For 2016 London designers
Studio Parallel have created
a new visual identity for this
year’s festival. The campaign,
‘Covered’, plays to the strength
and variety within Clerkenwell
Design Week, through five
thematic images from furniture
and lighting, design talent, to
materials and architecture,
all unified with the festival’s
signature colour, magenta.
Paul Fox, Creative Director of
Studio Parallel, said; ‘We feel
that it’s the right time for a
change in design direction.
We worked to achieve the
right balance to add a new
visual narrative, and still make
it instantly recognisable as
Clerkenwell Design Week to
the audience.’ Set designer
Kei Yoshino and photographer
Lydia Whitmore collaborated to
bring the themes to life.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016
will celebrate the extraordinary
creativity of the area with
hundreds of events, from sitespecific installations and new
launches, to workshops and
thought-provoking debates
across a huge range of venues.
William Knight, Show Director,
Clerkenwell Design Week, said;
‘The expansion of Clerkenwell
Design Week‘s exhibition
programme to eight major
locations is a sign of how
dynamic the creative industries
are in this area, and a testament
to the successes of previous
years’ shows. We have new
exhibitions, a new masterplan
and a new visual identity. But
it is the energy and sense of
community among architects
and designers here that inspires
us, and helps make the festival
so unique in London.’ Festival
events take place across
Clerkenwell, and registration
is free.
CLERKENWELL DESIGN
WEEK
Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 May
2015 Free to register via www.
clerkenwelldesignweek.com
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FEATURE
DESIGNED BY
STUDIO PARALLEL
PHOTO
LYDIA WHITMORE
SET DESIGNER
KEI YOSHINO