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@BanksideDesign @VisitBankside #LDF18 #BanksideDesign visitbankside.com londondesignfestival.com/bankside-design-district FLAGS TO CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF BANKSIDE ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS COMBINE TO CELEBRATE BANKSIDE, ONE OF THE OLDEST NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THE COUNTRY Bankside Design District fills south London with public art and events inspired by a long association with outsider artists New work and events reflect Bankside’s history and represent the wealth of creativity in the area today 28/8/18 -- One of the oldest districts in the country is challenging artists and designers to create a series of Bankside flags inspired by centuries of its own creative history. Bankside Design District is drawing on the area’s enduring spirit of independence for a string of new events and artistic activities, running from its eastern edge at Borough Market to its western edge at Oxo Tower Wharf. The events are part of London Design Festival (LDF), which celebrates London as the design capital of the world. LDF runs from 15-23 September 2018. Today, Bankside Design District is home to London’s oldest theatres and the world’s most popular art gallery. For centuries, it has given a welcome to those with a rebellious and independent spirit, outsider entertainers pursuing ‘indecent’ activities and artists shunned by the mainstream. When known as ‘Banksyde’ in the 16th century, the area’s location outside the walls of the City made it a natural landing place for outsiders, dissenters and free thinkers. It became London’s lively pleasure quarter, home to theatres, brothels, gambling dens and taverns. The area’s richness in art, entertainment and culture 500 years on (Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe and Borough Market being three obvious examples), is a reflection of Bankside’s anarchic, artistic roots; its network of mediaeval streets continues to encourage curiosity and it retains an ‘otherness’ that inspires creative thinking. Highlights of the Bankside Design District programme for LDF (all events free of charge unless stated): Bankside flags An intensely colourful celebration of Bankside’s creativity, Better Bankside, in collaboration with NB Studio, has challenged over 40 leading artists and designers in Bankside and London to design flags that celebrate the area’s independent spirit. The full complement of flags will hang at Borough Market’s Jubilee Place throughout LDF, before being flown throughout the area. Following the festival, the flags will be auctioned to raise money for Better Bankside’s three local community partners. Bankside Design District will select a winning flag that will become an official flag of Bankside. Contributors include vibrant artist/designer Morag Myerscough, leading typographer and printmaker Alan Kitching, illustrator Alice Bowsher, as well as Bankside based Borough Market and a host of local design studios. Dates: 15-23 September ‘Designing a Destination’ debate The UK’s creative clusters are booming, becoming both economically and socially important destinations. Culture and creativity is in the DNA of Bankside and in recent years it has evolved to become one of London’s leading creative clusters. This will be a lively panel debate exploring the characteristics of creative clusters, if they are born or made, and the importance of authenticity in place making and place marketing. The panel features leaders from Bankside’s and London’s entrepreneurial, creative and cultural community who will raise the key questions facing business leaders, designers and place-makers who benefit from and invest in creative clusters. The panel includes Donald Hyslop, Head of Regeneration and Community Partnerships at Tate Modern and chair of Better Bankside, Katrina Larkin, Co-founder and Head of Experience at flexible workspace provider Fora, and Nick Finney, Creative Director at award winning Bankside based creative agency NB Studio. Register to attend http://bit.ly/DesigningADestination. The event will be held at flexible workspace provider Fora, newly opened in Borough with an on-site restaurant, Borealis. Date: 19 September, 6-7.30pm, drinks reception until 9pm. Venue: Fora – Borough, 180 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB Morag Myerscough Pattern Workshops Boldly colourful artist and designer, Morag Myerscough, will lead a walk and workshop; finding shapes, colours and patterns in the streets of Bankside before recreating patterns that connect back o the surrounding area in an interactive workshop. The workshop links to Morag Myerscough’s work on two pedestrian ‘Colourful Crossings’ on Borough High Street with intricate geometric patterns imbued with details from the surrounding Bankside architecture. A lifelong Londoner, Myerscough has long been fascinated by how words, colour, pattern and structures can change urban environments. Dates: 15 September, 10am – 12pm https://www.londondesignfestival.com/event/colourful-crossings Better Letters: Signwriting Workshops & Screenings – Jerwood Space Lettering agency Better Letters presents a free triple bill of films revealing the lives and work of retired sign writers. When Better Letters met Cliff Headford (2017), When Better Letters met Stan Wilkinson (2018) and When Better Letters met Josef Samuel profile three gentlemen, whose careers offer a deeper understanding of a craft in resurgence today. Date: Wednesday 19 September, 7pm – 9pm Venue: Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN Sign Painting School – Borough Market Right at the centre of London’s oldest food market, Mike Meyer of Better Letters will give beginners their first taste of creating commercial lettering with a brush. Participants can book for one or two days and will be given a crash course in a selection of alphabets. Day One will focus on the Gothic (Block) and Thick ‘n’ Thin alphabets, while Day Two will introduce Casual and Script letter forms. It all starts with a pencil, drawing and developing an understanding of the basic letter forms. These then form the basis for building your brush skills. Dates: Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 September, 10am – 5pm Venue: Market Hall, Borough Market, SE1 9AL One day workshop £200 or £360 for both sessions - equipment and lunch provided for all participants. Book tickets at betterletters.co/LDF Wine, Gin & Type Tastings – Flat Iron Square It may, or may not, surprise you to learn that the stories of gin and fonts are inextricably entwined; these new Type Tasting events, presented by author Sarah Hyndman, will explore the historic links and the ways in which your enjoyment of a fine beverage is affected by the designs and letters on its label. The Wine, Type & Culture tasting will take you through dramatic moments in history that put typography on the front line of revolutions and social change. Expect plenty of games and activities, along with a delicious selection of superb wines and gins. Dates: Wine, Type & Culture, Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 September, 7 – 9.30pm Venue: Laithwaite’s The Arch, 219 – 221 Stoney Street, SE1 9AA Gin & Type Tasting, Saturday 22 September, 7 – 9.30pm Venue: Flat Iron Square, 64 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU Prices: £40 from typetasting.com Oxo Tower Wharf Celebrate the very best in design, craft and innovation with special events taking place across Oxo Tower Wharf, a creative hub at the heart of the Bankside Design District. Discover the community of talented designer-makers and take part in special events in participating studios. Dates: 15-23 September. Most shops and studios are open from 11am – 6pm, Tuesday – Sunday (times may vary). Venue: Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, SE1 9PH designjunction – Oxo Tower Wharf Gallery and exhibition creator, designjunction will take over Oxo Tower Wharf and surrounding areas with a programme of exhibitions, installations, talks and workshops. Doon Street, the largest super- structure yet built by designjunction, will house 200 international design brands and temporary pop- up shops; the Riverside Walkway will showcase a series of outdoor installations; and Oxo Tower Wharf and Bargehouse will host events, talks and exhibitions. Dates: 20 – 23 September Venue: Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, SE1 9PH Price: £16 Six London Makers - Tate Edit The Tate Edit shop at Tate Modern has invited six London-based makers to showcase their work for a special display and programme of events. The ceramicists Ben Davies, Pip Hartle and Mizuyo Yamashita, the designer Tomoko Azumi, the jeweller SKD London, and the ceramicist and jeweller Sarah Perry, create beautiful work that is thought-provoking, functional and unique. Dates: Saturday 15 September - Sunday 23 September Times: Sunday - Thursday, 10am-6pm; Friday - Saturday, 10am – 10pm Venue: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG Revolution! Why Bother? – Southwark Cathedral Multidisciplinary artist and print designer, Sara Abdalla, works with type, relief printing and collage. For LDF, Abdalla has created a Graffiti Wall installation at Southwark Cathedral, inviting people to leave messages and illustrate their ideas for a better world. These contributions will be compiled to document thoughts, ideas and questions about the world in 2018. Date: Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 September, 10am – 5pm Venue: Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, London SE1 9DA Now & Then: Decor Inspired by Nepal – SAMA Bankside A new exhibition by CHACCRA, a carefully curated decor collections inspired by and sourced from one of Asia's oldest and most exquisite handicraft cultures: Nepal. The exhibition will feature luxurious, hand knotted Tibetan rugs alongside