The Art of Design Issue 34 2018 | Page 19

19 LDF DISTRICTS & DESTINATIONS 15-23 SEPTEMBER 2018 Bankside Bankside Design District runs East to West, along the Thames from Borough Market to Oxo Tower Wharf. Now in its fourth year, typography is a strong theme for the district, with an ambitious programme of interactive workshops and events throughout Bankside. Brompton Brompton Design District returns for 2018, with the theme of ‘Material Consequences’, staged in vacant shops and offices close to Brompton’s international design brands and iconic institutions. The District will showcase design projects that question and rethink attitudes to materials and waste, and the shift to a circular economy. Clerkenwell clerkenwelldesignquarter.com Clerkenwell Design Quarter is where technology meets nature, art meets craftsmanship and originality meets authenticity. In the quarter, you will uncover good design at its most creative, and sometimes in unexpected places. Fitzrovia 2018 will see Fitzrovia feature as a new Design District. Fitzrovia Design District has a fantastic range of events, open studios, workshops, guided walks and tours that highlight the area’s vast and diverse heritage, from a line-up of nationally and internationally established design brands.