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Brionvega Cubo Radio TS522D + Bluetooth

Accessories/ Design/ Electronics/ Objects

The Cubo TS522 is based on the original 1969 design by Mario Bellini. The Cubo features Bluetooth, a clock radio, DAB and DAB+, LCD display, and is available in orange, yellow, white, red, blue, pink, purple and black. Brionvega

The London Design Festival

Events/ Exhibition

17-25 September 2016.

The London Design Festival was conceived by Sir John Sorrell and Ben Evans. Building on London’s existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design. First staged in 2003, the London Design Festivals is currently made up of over 400 events and exhibitions staged by hundreds of Partner organisations across the design spectrum and from around the world. The London Design Festival

Angelo Mangiarotti Aida Lamp

Design/ Interiors/ Lighting

Italian architect Angelo Mangiarotti designed the Aida Lamp in 1988. The interplay of the two large volumes connected by a slim stem references Angelo Mangiarotti’s architecture, which is know for slim column supporting large ceilings. Karakter Copenhagen

Serpentine Pavilion 2016 at Kensington Garden

Events/ Exhibition

10 June – 9 October 2016.

The Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an ‘unzipped wall’ that is transformed from straight line to three-dimensional space, creating a dramatic structure that by day houses a café and free family activities and by night becomes a space for the Serpentine’s acclaimed Park Nights programme of performative works by artists, writers and musicians. Serpentine Galleries.