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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alice Fisher

September design news: Francis Bacon and fry-up chic

Francis Bacon, Rug 'Composition' (1929) Photograph: Sothebys

This month London Design Festival marked its 20th anniversary and, at the Medals Dinner held in St Bart’s Great Hall last week, Sir John Sorrell recalled how in the early years he was always asked if LDF would be held again next year. As if design were a passing fad. Attitudes have changed over the decades and design’s impact on sustainability, on communities and inclusion are fully recognised. Politics and ethics are as important as creativity.

This month’s design news stories reflect these changes Sign up to the monthly Design Review newsletter if you’d like to receive more stories that report on the way we live now.

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