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Gilda Bruno

What Our Favorite 7 Projects From London Design Festival Reveal About Makers' "Next Big Thing"

Yara Abu Aataya's 1-hour collection and Sophie Lou Jacobsen for de Gournay .

The 22nd edition of the London Design Festival has just left the British capital after nine days punctuating the city with striking installations, monumental public projects, and avant-garde showroom launches. While enthusiasm around the event is bound to fizzle, there's no time like the present to look back at some of the projects we loved most from its expansive programming and explore the significance they hold beyond their showcase run.

From casting new light on temporarily forgotten architectural styles and reinventing craftsmanship through a tech-led, contemporary lens, to stressing the influence that everyday objects play in our lives, each of the seven design exhibitions below demonstrate how today's designers and makers are embracing their practice to connect the dots between the past, present, and future of design and humanity as a whole. How? Scroll to learn more.

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