The time for the London Design Festival has swung back around again. There are hundreds of events this year with numerous exhibitions, talks and shows being held at the V&A Museum and a littering of high class shops and boutiques partaking in the Design Festival including The Conran Shop, The Royal College of Art, Ligne Roset and the Designers Guild.
More details about events can be found on the official London Design Week Festival website, the festival runs from the 19th to the 25th of September 2011.
18th Century Modern
Designers …

Recently I attended a studio lighting for portraits class at Photography Course London which was held in a studio in deepest Hackney Wick and run by Cleveland Aaron who is a highly regarded photographer who has worked in the music, fashion and portraiture industry.
I was a little apprehensive about the class at first, but quickly felt put at ease by Cleveland and his apprentice as they make all the class members feel welcome and relaxed through informal chit chat before the class begins. Cleveland is an excellent teacher (better than …

London Design Week began with the yellow markers appearing on the pavement
overnight. Over the course of the week, this temporary design trail took in the
increasing number of designer shops and galleries along Redchurch Street
in Shoreditch and wound its way down Brick Lane towards Tent London,
the four-day-long design gallery and emporium held every autumn at the
Truman Brewery. But somewhere along the way the trail must have run cold.
Alas, the show that promised to display the latest in contemporary design across
all disciplines could only produce three designs to interrupt my disenchanted
trudge around …

Musical theatre gives me the shivers and I have no interest in watching Andrew Lloyd Webber find his Nancy. That being said, the only thing cold and perverse about the production of ‘Into the Woods’ at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park was the mid-August wind and fine drizzle that briefly threatened to interrupt the performance. That the show went on – and that I wanted it to continue – is testament to the successful retelling of the Broadway hit, which is based on the book by James Lapine …

It’s that time of year again, when Mr Cloud Man doesn’t know if it’s summer or winter, rain or shine. This can be pretty depressing when you’re cooped up in work, battling traffic during the daily commute, or sitting indoors at night as the wind howls against your window.
However, never fear, as we haven’t given up yet! There are plenty of things to keep us cheery round about this time of year. The city is your oyster, and London in particular is hardy and resilient against all the weather the …

As a hobby photographer, I did a little research recently into photography courses in London. There are loads of courses available out there, from lots of different institutions and colleges. Choosing a photography course to take in London is a little bit like saying ‘how long is a piece of string’!
With literally hundreds of courses on offer and lots of places to take courses, I think choosing the right course boils down to your requirements and aims in terms of what you want to get out of it. Also, this …

There’s something really appropriate about visiting art galleries when it’s raining. As I
walked into a Mayfair gallery I wished I wore glasses so that I could pensively chew on
their tip with the rain pouring outside. Partly because it would be a great Kodak moment
but also because the art galleries in West London lend themselves well to pretentiousness.
Tucked behind the Royal Academy of Art is a network of side streets filled with luxury
shops, car dealers and art galleries that blur the line between gallery and art merchant. You need to be …

I know the norm is to check out the larger, more obvious galleries in London such as the Tate Modern, National Gallery etc, but the reality of it is that London is buzzing with a lesser known on the tourist track art scene. This is what makes London so exciting, and such a great place to live. There’s always something happening, always something popping up, exhibition openings here there and everywhere. It’s hard to describe the sheer extent of the art world within the capital, but let’s be honest, people …