"Would you like a slice of London Design Festival with that drink, sir?"

As London Design Festival draws to a close, for those of you that missed the shows, here’s a quick run through of sights that caught our eye this week. Apologies in advance for some shaky camera work; this is due to erm, ‘fluid movements’ on the most part or being hurried by three hundred others walking through the shot.

Firstly, a visit to our friends at Places & Spaces on Monday evening where this natty magazine rack from Droog caught our eye:

Along with these playful Upholstered pebbles:

Next up was a trip to Oxo Tower, with my walk there diverted up Marigold Alley. No, this is not a euphemism for a Stop & Search, the Thames Path is closed by Blackfriars Bridge and there actually is, believe it or not, a place called:

Eventually we made it into Designers Block to see the bright young things that could light up our design futures. Loved the space and how it was presented:

Our friends, the omni-present Show & Tell have to be mentioned here for their quirky 2D lamps (if we didn’t, life at the Studio would be a bit tenser!).

And we also liked My City by Jenny Walsh Design; always on the hunt for a good coffee table:

But our special mention goes to these sexy handlebars that really could be all the rage in china shops the world over:

Wednesday morning saw one of us on camera for Welsh TV at 100% Design. After filming, a quick run around the show unearthed this letter writing table from Pinch:

Also this great piece formed from concrete no less:

We loved this side table in Milan earlier this year, and were pleased to see it re-surface in London. With its magnetic lamp that allows for different lighting positions and walnut removable tray, this is both quirky and practical:

Now this next item we blogged earlier this month, and was here at 100% Design and again later at Skitsch on Brompton Road. We love this machine- the Ciclotte; form, function and just plain sexy:

Later on we hooked up with some of the guys from Co-Existence and Walter Knoll, for drinks and to see the launch of the ‘111 plastic bottle’ chair at Conran. Demonstrated here by Sir Terence himself:

Followed closely by Skitsch, more drinks and that bike again:

Then a small shuffle over to B&B Italia, to see the new Urquiola sofa, more drinks, Wallpaper collaboration and risqué film http://bit.ly/cWR358:

Had fun here as always; the showroom is breath-taking, nice to see some old friends and have a giggle:

Then ‘black cabbed’ it over to Established & Sons to see them take over the local boozer:

And a few more dinrks, tehn a qciuk spnaosht of the show. Vrrey durnk by now:

Finally, all sobered up, we managed to run into Tent before the chickens fled the coup:

And we managed to stay one step up from a splitting headache noticing this great chair/steps combo:

Although there wasn’t that much to write home about, this was an exception:

And to wrap things up, this neat DIY table unassembled:

And none too shabby when put together:

It’s always difficult to convey the feeling of being there in 2D photos and a bit of text, but all we can say is that London Design Festival was a joy to be at. Yes there is room for improvement, yes it could do with more British names at the forefront and yes there never enough time to get around everything. But yes it will improve, yes the British are there and yes it is definitely worth the effort to get around it.