Step from the rush of London's business district and into Wouldn't it Be Nice at Somerset House's Embankment Galleries, and you'd be forgiven for thinking you've accidentally wandered into some eccentric multimillionaire's bachelor pad. Complete with remote-controlled cars, oversized couches, and slick furniture from the likes of Martino Gamper, the exhibition exudes a kind of aspirational cool with a touch of Alice in Wonderland about it. Cars dominate the first floor, including the contribution......

Tents and blankets in St James's Park might seem more the province of picnics than Nobel Prize-winning science. But the folks behind Nobel Textiles aren't afraid to be unconventional. The outdoor exhibition showcases the work of 5 designers paired with Nobel scientists under the guidance of the Medical Research Council. As might be expected from such an unusual pairing, the results of their interactions range from the sophisticated and the beautiful to the downright......

Away from the glitzy London Fashion Week, the British Library held its own alternative fashion show this week as part of the London Design Festival. The focus was eco-friendly high-street fashion showcasing the best of sustainable style by pioneering eco-fashionistas People Tree and REVAMP.......

We may have missed the start of London Design Festival but we are certainly going to catch up with this 10 day city-wide celebration of all things cool, cutting edge and well-made. Because we like architecture, because we like furniture, because we like things that make our lives easier, because we like things that look nice. And if you do too, come along. London is a brilliant place to showcase the best of design......

It may not be the strangest sight that Nelson has descried from his perch this year, but the Lomography London Lomowall in Trafalgar Square would no doubt raise an inquisitive eyebrow from the good Admiral. Part of this year's London Design Festival, the Lomowall consists of hundreds of thousands of photos, taken with the cult Lomo camera, stuck onto plasterboard and arranged in a 350 metre long maze across the Square. The snaps have......

If Londonist were really rich we'd be out every night doing LOADS of fun stuff. We'd be going to see all of the cool things at London Design Festival. We'd be drinking beer out of plastic cups and dancing at the Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly gig. But we're not. Instead all our money goes on rubbish stupid bills and... actually not much else. So here's what we're going to do instead. Here's a......

We talk about festivals all the time here on Londonist: food festivals, theatre festivals, religious festivals, dance festivals... we can't help it. London is a festive place. The latest festival that we bring to you today is the London Design Festival, starting this Saturday and lasting for ten full days of talks, exhibitions, parties, books, magazines, tours, walks and... stuff. This is the fifth year for the festival and it just keeps getting bigger......

Event of the Week: London Design Festival highlights Eh? London Design Festival? In a science column? Well, good design is important in everything, including labs and medical wards. The Royal Institution, in association with the Design Festival, bring the point home at 'Imagine: Healthier by Design' at the RCA tomorrow. A panel of designers and medical practitioners will assemble to debate, for example, how the patient's life can be made less stressful through good......

With the London Design Festival well underway we wanted to mention one new design company that caught our eye: Vujj. New Scandinavian manufacturer VUJJ are proud to present their inaugural range of furniture in the heart of London’s Soho at the event 110%VUJJ. On show at 110%VUJJ will be designs from Artur Moustafa, Jonas Nordgren, Johannes Herbertsson Karl-Henrik Rennstam and Penny Forlano. A comprehensive collection of furniture is exhibiting, including dining chairs, easy chairs,......

The Londonist Culture Crawl. Basically - don't sleep. Friday 15 September Starting today and continuing until 30 September, the London Design Festival takes over the Truman Breweries in Hoxton and infiltrates other parts of design-friendly London. London Design Festival, 15 - 30 September, details available here. Some books are so full of wackiness, the eccentric characters, surreal situations and mind-bending twists and turns of the tale overflow from the page and onto the silver......

As part of next month's London Design Festival the lovely people at Spreadshirt.net will be running a tee shirt design competition. Called The Draw, the idea is very simple: you submit your designs; they go up online for everyone to see; and the jury then votes on the best. If you come in the top three you get £1000, £500 or £350 plus your designs will be printed in a limited batch of 500.......

The London Design Festival is back next month, running 15 -30 September and if you're that way inclined, take out your Philip Starcke pen and put it in your Moleskine diary now. Established in 2003 to celebrate and promote London and the UK’s design creativity, the festival has grown as the capital's reputation for across all disciplines (architecture, product, graphic, fashion design) has grown. This year's festival aims to encourage collaborations between the biggest......