Clerkenwell Design Week

The UK's leading design festival has a new look.🎨 Save the date for Clerkenwell Design Week, 20-22 May 2025. We look forward to seeing you all next year!

A newly renovated three-storey building represents a dynamic blend of history, modernity and Perron's distinctive approach to colour and design. Visitors are first welcomed into a reception area bedecked in HAY lighting, but on the other side is the boutique where colleagues like to collaborate when they’re not working in the downstairs meeting rooms. Arranged like a welcoming salon, it brings together furniture, accessories and folding doors from the European brands Dooor, Gropius Lamps, Hübsch, Sancal and Sowden. #WorkplaceWednesday https://zurl.co/cLzQx

Conceived by local architect Cobe, Copenhagen’s recently opened Opera Park is a magical display of trees, shrubs and plants from all over the world, taking visitors on an unexpected journey of discovery. However, its complicated conception and intricate planning lies hidden behind the scenes, much like the work that goes into the acclaimed performances that grace the stage of the neighbouring Opera House, to which it connects. #IconInspo https://zurl.co/iesQ1

A low-cost project that derives elements from the region’s popular architecture, the Municipal Toy Library in Dólar is designed to promote movement in children. Located in the Granada province, with a population of only 640 people, this pink project designed by Carlos Quevedo Rojas is positioned so that it forms an arch that is open to the rural landscape at the skirt of Sierra Nevada. #PinkFriday

Snøhetta has designed a new state-of-the-art industrial facility for family fishery Holmøy Maritime in northern Norway. Characterised by transparency, light and vibrant colours, the facility is an example of how to invest in the wellbeing of a local community. The influence of architecture and design firm Snøhetta on Norway’s contemporary image runs remarkably deep. #WorkplaceWednesday https://zurl.co/5hXKN

In the world of theatre, a set piece is a physical structure: walls, platforms, furniture. Each element exists to define the spatial environment of the performance. Craft is used as a positive political tool, bringing designers from South America, Africa and India to the table, with their own ideas, typologies and processes. You need only look at this year’s Venice Biennale (itself a stage for discourse and discontent), where Indonesian collective ruangrupa’s controversial piece for Documenta 15 laid out the work of over 1,500 artists, curated organically to demonstrate by sheer scale the brevity of creatives that lie beyond the traditional geographical boundaries of art. #IconInspo https://zurl.co/Gb5w

In this week's #PinkFriday spotlight, we are looking at design studio Crafting Plastics who have partnered with Lexus to create Liminal Cycles, a kinetic car-shaped structure made from 3D-printed bioplastics. This innovative installation, crafted from Nuatan bioplastic, showcases the all-electric model and incorporates AI-driven software that merges multi-sensory elements into the driving experience.

Organic design meets high-quality workmanship – the se:café wooden chair & lounge chair is a real eyecatcher and stands out with its timeless design. Whether in a work café, in quiet zones or hubs, the solid wood chair creates a natural atmosphere in any environment. Available in two seat heights and in a Viennese wicker version, it also comes with several customisation options. Visit the Sedus showroom during #CDW25. Find out more here: https://zurl.co/UupV

Retro interiors, computer games and sci-fi film sets inspired Josie de Guzman and Jess Murphy of Studio Jey to create ultra-cool headquarters for London-based web developer Midnight Agency. The office is located in Netil House, a landmark building in East London that dates back to the 1960s. The open-plan space for the new office features a number of original features – including Crittall windows and a painted concrete floor – and had been recently renovated, offering Studio Jey a blank canvas. #WorkplaceWednesday https://zurl.co/g0Ab

For its new hub in Udaipur, Studio Saar has used a complex and technologically advanced programme that expands on established Indian architectural typologies to create a learning and cultural space that is like no other. The Haveli of Creativity, Curiosity and Community is a building conceptualised as a learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, India, for Dharohar, a not-for-profit organisation working with schools and volunteers to provide extracurricular activities in the area. #IconInspo https://zurl.co/S3y3