I think Posh Spice has spent far too much time heading up my blog, time to fill her shoes…. and as I’ve tucked up my sleeve plenty of stylish, gorgeous, quirky and desirable bits and bobs to fill those amazingly high creations, it’s time to boot her off the front page. It’s taken me almost a full day to work through the notes, photos and cards amassed at the London Design Festival, which for me meant visits to 100% Design – http://www.100percentdesign.co.uk/, Tent London – http://www.tentlondon.co.uk/ and Tom Dixon’s The Dock – http://www.tomdixon.net/.
Before I start a-blogging proper, I though I’d give those of you who couldn’t or didn’t make it there this year a little overview of the nuts and bolts of the show. A fancy way of saying – here’s what the different venues and locations looked like 🙂
I’ve been going to 100% for over ten years, and it’s been running for 15. It’s got bigger every year…. except this one. The credit crunch has resulted in a smaller show, and the consensus of opinion was, actually, a better one. It had to some extent been taken over by the corporates, with 100% Detail taking up a hall all of it’s own last year; there were bathroom and kitchen manufacturers, flooring companies, hinges, switches and everything else you could imagine. Big change this year – the show was largely confined to one hall, with the exception of the fabulous Designersblock in a separate hall, plus a rather dinky all-things-cycling area. So much easier to check it all out, I didn’t feel like I’d to tear round in order to see everything, and it gave me enough time to tube it out to Tent at the Truman Brewery in East London (the venue where 100% started) and also to The Dock.
For the last two, or is it three?, years I’ve filmed there with Channel M. This year I went solo for the blog, and there were suddenly loads of other crews and cameras everywhere! I hadn’t been able to make it out to the satellite events which have sprung up in recent years due to filming, it’s harder when you are part of a team and are short on time, but this year, I ran my own diary and thoroughly enjoyed them.
Plus of course this year there is tweeting and blogging on the fabulous MyDeco site.
Armed with my trusty Canon 400D and an iPhone for notes (though the blasted battery kept running out leaving me dashing into the press bit for a re-charge), off I went…..
Below are three shots from 100%:
This is Tent London on Brick Lane:
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