LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2024

Every year in the middle of September, London becomes alive with the design community during the London design festival; a week long celebration of colour, pattern, function and form. The event, that seems to grow and grow each year, is a key place to spot emerging trends. Here are our favourite finds from this years festival, as seen on social media.

Raw and Natural Materials

Whether it's concrete, grass grown fibers, paper or natural dyes; the abundance of natural and raw materials was felt during this years design festival.

Image sources L-R: colour of saying, dezeen, dezeen, instagram, pearson lloyd, zena holloway, dezeen, wllw

Paper thin material

A smaller trend but spotted nonetheless, paper thin material, used specifically in lighting or sculpture. The lights were paired with warm or cool bulbs, creating floating, cloudlike lamps and features. The installation art mimicked movement through layers of thin materials.

Image sources L-R: dezeen, instagram, homes and interiors scotland, wallpaper

Coral

Coral was seen all over this LDF, sometimes more pink, sometimes more orange but a dominating colour throughout. From pop up pavillions through to product.

Image sources L-R: aesthetica, art plugged, dezeen, instagram, instagram, instagram

Yellow

The key colour seen this year was yellow, whether used alone or together with almost anything (blue, aqua, pink, red, rust...), yellow was the hue holding it all together.

Image sources L-R: world of interiors, twentytwentyone, linked in, instagram, instagram, instagram, scp

Blue

Blue in all it's forms popped up this year at the design festival. Stable, secure and calm; bold, soft and denim.

Image sources L-R: faye toogood, instagram, faye toogood, instagram, dezeen, liquid light