London Design Festival: where to go and what to see from NASA solar recordings to futuristic light installations

London Design Festival returns for another week-long celebration of innovation and creativity, with a roster of thrilling exhibitions, open studios, talks, tours and workshops.

Launched in 2003 by British designers John Sorrell and Ben Evans, the festival has grown exponentially over the past two decades: last year more tahn 600,000 people from 75 countries attended. Now one of the world’s leading design festivals, LDF is a celebration both of innovative artists and designers, and of pioneering technology and ideas.