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 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.

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, about his father – in a more personal way than the introduction text let me grasp. I really enjoyed the story behind the first piece Richard had collected and this projected a whole new light on the collection presented.

I really enjoyed being told about why somehow someone would start to buy and then put purposeful objects in a trunk for a couple of years. As I listened to Max telling me about the Troika pieces, I began to understand why they had meant so much to his father and how they had changed his own perception of everyday things.

I also realised that more and more I was enjoying the objects as much as their context and the story behind them: the anecdotes from the designers and the people behind it. Maybe I even like those stories a bit more…

Jerome Rigaud, co-founder of DesignMarketo – amongst other things
http://designmarketo.com

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 of sustainability within design using digital manufacturing technologies… (more)

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)

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)

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 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 Gamper…(read more)

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 designer Karen Ryan’s curious two-for-the-price-of-one conjoined antique chairs… (read more)

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, Rabih Hage Gallery, 100% Design.

In this issue we consider the question “Is looking anew at local resources the solution to global economic and environmental problems?”. We’ve also highlighted a handful of the events we’ve been to so far and published a selection of your best tweets.

Please pick up a copy and let us know what you think. It’s your newsletter, so keep those comments and pics coming in. And enjoy the rest of the week.

If you missed our first edition, don’t worry – you can download a PDF from our website. We’ll be posting the second issue shortly.