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Welcome to The Incidental- a community-generated discussion, website and news pamphlet providing opinion, reviews and recommendations at international design events by tapping into what everyone is talking about. The Incidental is not active at the moment but so far has taken place during the Milan Furniture Fair in April 2009 and London Design Festival in September 2009.

Please have a look around the site to explore the archive of the most recent stories, tweets, photos and comments from the London Design Festival; to find out a little more about the project or to downloadable the printed issues.

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  • Designs of The Year

    Here at The incidental we’re delighted to be one of the nominations in the Design Museum Brit Insurance Designs of the Year.
    See part of the ‘making of’ issue three of The Incidental at London Design Festival…

  • It’s all over now.

    It’s been a great ten days of london design festival. For us it has been full of ideas and discussions, opinions and debates. Now it’s time to pack up and go home. until next time.

  • The Everyday Life Collector

    My  favourite exhibition from this year’s festival is The Everyday Life Collector, organised by Apartamento and Max Lamb. It’s a collection of pottery by Richard Lamb, Max’s father.
    At first sight I didn’t really appreciated the collection as a whole but got into it once I had the chance to discuss a bit more with Max, [...]

  • The Ten Collective at 100% Design
    Author: Brit Leissler

    100% Design has opened yesterday and I had a good look around (still counting the blisters on my feet). A very nice little show within this big one is, as every year, the work of the TEN collective. This year they present TEN XYZ – an exploration of their varied perspectives on the complex issues [...]

  • London Design Festival 09: Vorboten at the Dock
    Author: Brit Leissler

    The young design studio Studio Hausen curated the group show Vorboten: 7 Studios from Berlin for The Dock venue of the London Design Festival and invited some of the most interesting design studios from the emerging German metropole.
    The bent tubular steel has been heralded as the symbol of modernity in furniture design ever since… (more)

  • Elements by Dick van Hoff at Gallery Libby Sellers
    Author: Jaime, MoCo Loco

    As a pop-up showroom, Gallery Libby Sellers has organized the exhibition Elements highlighting the work of industrial tailor Dick van Hoff. Set-up in a renovated parking garage in the Brompton Design District, the show includes a stunning series of glasswork… (more)

  • The Dock: Curated by Tom Dixon
    Author: Jean Aw, NOTCOT

    Freshly back from the party at The DOCK, described as ‘An emporium of creative talent instigated by Tom Dixon and sponsored by Derwent London.’ And before I even show you what’s inside, coming back to the hotel and browsing the pics, the way the space photographs as the sun set was just so fun… (view photos)

  • London Design Festival 2009: the hit list
    Author: Barbara Chandler

    London is crammed with design events – some 200 in all – during the London Design Festival which runs from 19 to 27 September. Browse Barbara Chandler’s hit list.
    V&A – The festival’s central ‘hub’ this year, with shows/happenings all over the museum; dramatic “chair arch” (in the garden) made from Ercol chairs by designer Martino [...]

  • Pedigree designers see the beauty of mongrel furniture
    Author: Dominic Lutyens

    Table lamps made from parquet. Cabinets wrapped in carpets. An anglepoise lamp attached to a skateboard. Hybrid furniture is the hottest trend right now and the capital’s hip hotels are getting in on the act.
    In Rough Luxe, the achingly cool King’s Cross hotel owned by London-based interior designer and gallery owner Rabih Hage, you’ll find [...]

  • The Incidental – issue 2 hits the streets

    Our second edition has now been printed and is ready for you collect at any of the main festival locations: 5 Cromwell Place, V&A, RCA, Richard Lamb, London Design Guide Living Room, The Dock, Trafalgar Square, Aram Gallery, Design Museum, FUMI Gallery, Idea Generation Gallery, Rocket Gallery, 20 Hoxton Square, Okay at Mother, TentLondon, SCP, [...]

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