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NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES
AND INSPIRING DESIGNS AT
CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK
There will be a strong offer of new products from
leading UK and international brands launching during
Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) this year. Set across
seven main exhibition spaces, venues include the House
of Detention, Fabric, Spa Fields and St James Church.
Each venue offers a distinct display, showing a breadth
of creativity that makes CDW such an important part of
the London design calendar.
Running North to South, CDW2018 exhibitions are:
Design Fields (international contemporary design),
Platform (up-and-coming designers), Project (contract
design), British Collection (UK designers), Elements
(architectural accessories), Detail (luxury interiors) and
Light (international lighting). Both Elements and Light
are new exhibitions for 2018.
Design Fields - Spa Fields
A festival favourite and situated next to one of
Clerkenwell’s gems, Exmouth Market, Design Fields will
present leading furniture, lighting and product design
from around the world as well as exciting home-grown
designer-makers.
Spanish family business Ondarreta will be displaying
its new DRY modular shelving system, its double and
triple tables along with the new SILU table. Loll Designs
will be showcasing its most popular pieces – from the
classic Adirondack lounge chairs to the new outdoor
furniture Fresh Air collection. All of Loll’s products
use 100% recycled and recyclable material – mostly
from discarded plastic milk bottles. To date, Loll has
helped upcycle over 70 million milk bottles. British craft
furniture brand Another Country will be showcasing a
new, round meeting desk, individual work desk and a
bespoke walnut finish for a more luxurious work space
environment.
As a pioneer in the field of acoustics, Abstracta has
embraced the growing interest in sound absorption,
developing soundscape products. Other exhibiting
companies include Edsbyn, from Sweden; Calligaris,
from Italy and Gerberit from Switzerland, all displaying
innovation and clever use of technology in their design