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German designers Kai Linke and Peter Eckart are presenting their vast collection of plastic utensils at this month’s London Design Biennale by way of examining their design traits, and impact on the planet.
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Es Devlin breaks a founding rule at Somerset House this summer, as the stage designer builds a forest of over 400 trees at the central London venue. Forest for Change – which is the centrepiece of this year’s London Design Biennale (LDB) – counters the founders’ ban on trees in the building’s courtyard. Devlin believes the trees subvert the rules set by Somerset House’s Enlightenment-era designers and show how we can “counter this attitude of human dominance over nature”.
Devlin is artistic director of LDB’s third edition which, like many events, was supposed to take place last year. The delayed exhibition is now open throughout June. International designers and studios – from Argentina to Indonesia – have been invited to respond to this year’s theme of resonance. “We live in an age of hyper resonance, the consequences of which are both exhilarating and devastating,” says Devlin about the theme. “Everything we design and everyth