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London Design Special 2018

What can you glean about gaming’s virtual architects, a biodesign guru’s innovations, home tech’s softer edge, or life after plastic? These are just some of the discoveries awaiting you in our special magazine celebrating this year’s London Design Festival

London design special: what to see and where to see it
From pottery to poetry, dazzle camouflage to digitally printed leather
London reinvents the ‘design district’
New design areas reveal plenty about how the city sees itself
How Neri Oxman reimagined design
An interview with the biodesign guru whose stunning innovations fuse science and art
Home smart home
Designers are finding subtler solutions when it comes to domestic technology
Gaming’s virtual architects
How video games became a subject for design museums. And why they can also provide real-life solutions
Time to get emotional about design
Greek rebellion, Australian positivity — London’s Design Biennale wants to make us feel as well as think
Designers face up to life after plastic
From sketch pad to showroom, designers and brands are embracing sustainability. But are they considering ‘the whole story’?
Is ‘vintage’ the new antiques?
The desirability of mid-century modern design is reshaping the way we collect