Shoreditch Design Triangle brings together brands and galleries at LDF2021

For 2021, a year of renewal and new perspectives, the Shoreditch Design Triangle is back with a wide spectrum of different design-led happenings, reflecting the flourishing creative sector that has taken root in the area, which is international in spirit and permissive in attitude. Visitors can expect a blend of both experimental and formal ideas, in the guise of product launches, exhibitions, installations, workshops, talks, tours and a few culinary delights. Shoreditch is a modern mixed-use inner-city environment, where residents, creative industries, the arts, retailers, restaurateurs, party-goers and international visitors all join in. This event is the perfect platform to navigate the area, whether on foot or on a bicycle. With both international and national travel being difficult to plan, we are also scheduling an array of different digital experiences to support the event, from online exclusives to event live streams.

International in spirit, permissive in attitude The Shoreditch Design Triangle was first created in 2008 when SCP and a few other local companies and designers got together to co-promote their activities during the London Design Festival . Since then, the creative industry in the area has thrived and the SDT has grown into a much larger district - in some years hosting up to 60 different events . Although it has grown, the core ideas behind the SDT remain - local collaboration, community spirit and embracing new ideas. Among the exhibitors onboard are HAY and Jasper Morrison shop:

HAY

Danish design brand HAY present an exhibition of designs by Doshi Levien , featuring the Uchiwa Armchair and the Dapper Lounge Chair, as well as a brand new collaboration piece between the designer and brand. Alongside the exhibition, HAY will also be previewing their range of Spring 2022 accessories

Jasper Morrison Shop

In September, the Jasper Morrison Shop will present an exhibition of wooden spoons carved by Gabriel Bouroullec, father of French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec . Since retiring as a social worker a decade ago, he has devoted himself to crafting spoons in his workshop in Brittany, carving them in various sizes and shapes from bits of wood he can find, some with holes and a couple that are forks. The spoons themselves are very beautiful and share a charm that is closely related to the aesthetic language of the Bouroullecs’ own designs. The spoons will be displayed on the Shop’s walls, alternating against a black background and the shop’s characteristic white pegboard. The contrasting backgrounds will manifest the imperfect beauty of these objects, each similar but different, and prompt reflection on this fundamental utensil.

Peer Gallery

The gallery will be presenting an installation by Chowdhary, an artist based in London who creates sculpture as well as site-specific installations for architectural and other public contexts. The installation will focus on Chowdhary’s latest sculptural work, which continues many of her long-standing interests in form, ornament, and achieving a kind of aesthetic hybridity through the intersection of Indian and European cultures. Born in Tanzania to South Asian parents, her family moved to the UK in 1970 and settled in the North of England. The relationship between South Asia and the west is a major influence on her practice. This experience of multiple cultures manifests itself aesthetically, conceptually, and physically in her work, bringing together disparate visual languages and exploring the dialogue between them.

Tactile Baltics

Tactile Baltics is a new exhibition that will offer an insight into the design scenes of the three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The show will invite people to discover the Baltics and the region’s deep-rooted connection to nature. With a focus on tactility, visitors can feel the environment around them as they trace a path through the exhibition. Tactile Baltics are organised and curated by NID, the Latvian Design Centre, and the Lithuanian Design Forum. The Shoreditch-based exhibition will showcase work by established and up-and-coming designers. Eighteen contemporary design projects, six from each country, will comprise examples of tableware, furniture, lighting, textiles, and jewellery