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From an actual forest of trees planted in the courtyard to interactive installations where visitors can create music, here are just 12 of the highlights, in an exhibition that ably shows how design can play a vital role in changing the world for the better.
June 1, 2021 5:55 pm Es Devlin breaks a founding rule at Somerset House this summer, as the stage designer builds a forest of over 400 trees at the central London venue. Forest for Change – which is the centrepiece of this year’s London Design Biennale (LDB) – counters the founders’ ban on trees in the building’s courtyard. Devlin believes the trees subvert the rules set by Somerset House’s Enlightenment-era designers and show how we can “counter this attitude of human dominance over nature”. Devlin is artistic director of LDB’s third edition which, like many events, was s...
Metronome is an audio-olfactory installation and meditation tool that revives forgotten memories to instil inner calm, showing at London Design Biennale
May 14, 2021 4:13 pm From 1 June, designers from around the world will descend on the capital for the London Design Biennale, hosted at Somerset House. Festivities come a year later than planned, with the event postponed in 2020 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, the biennale’s offering is now set to open from next month, with those involved responding to artistic director Es Devlin’s theme of “resonance”. Here are the pavilions, exhibitions and installations we think are not to be missed. © Ben Cullen Williams Pavilion: Antarctica Highlighting the “peril of ou...