{"id":2381,"date":"2025-09-26T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:56:06","slug":"twelve-emerging-designers-who-stole-the-show-at-london-design-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/twelve-emerging-designers-who-stole-the-show-at-london-design-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve emerging designers who stole the show at London Design Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While big brands largely steered clear of major launches at this year’s London Design Festival<\/a>, the next generation was out in force. Below, we meet some of the most promising young furniture<\/a> and lighting<\/a> designers coming out of the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether banding together to host group shows, occupying shops and hotels, or showcasing their work from the back of a van<\/a>, emerging designers dominated this year’s London Design Festival<\/a> (LDF) programme.<\/p>\n

“I was just blown away,” said Duncan Riches, event director of the Shoreditch Design Triangle. “I can’t remember a time, certainly for the last decade, when we’ve had that many emerging designers approach us and say: ‘we’re ready to go’.”<\/p>\n

In Shoreditch, London’s Max Radford Gallery<\/a> and Scottish export Slancha<\/a> curated group shows of early-career designers, while former Royal College of Art (RCA) students joined forces to host a mini graduate show at the House of Icon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“They’re all getting together and saying: collectively, we can do more powerful things,” Riches told Dezeen.<\/p>\n