On Saturday 13 September, London Design Festival (LDF) will return to the capital for a week of innovative design across art, interiors, fashion and technology. But with so much going on, it can be tricky to choose which of the hundreds of installations across the city to see. Lucky for you, Luxury London has put in the legwork to find the must-see exhibitions of London Design Festival 2025. Here are our favourites. 

Park Royal Design District Festival

As part of this year’s London Design Festival, Park Royal Design District (PRDD) will host a free two-day festival-within-a-festival boasting an exciting programme of exhibitions, workshops, open studios, activities, tours, art markets, and more. Designated a Creative Enterprise Zone, PRDD is home to a cluster of new and established designers and makers, who are thriving within repurposed buildings across diverse disciplines including millinery, art, furniture design, glasswork and sustainable fashion. 

Festival highlights include 11 Million Dots by Rafael El Baz at Vantage Data Centers’ LHR21 facility, which is set to become one of Europe’s largest artworks and was created via recorded ambient noise, machinery sounds, and more than 120 audio interviews transformed into a striking visual mural that spans the six-storey facade. Elsewhere, visitors can join clay plastering and timber cladding workshops and help develop the North Acton Village Hut – a centrepiece in the new artists’ village at North Acton Square by ReCollective and Social Designs. 

From 13-14 September 2025, visit parkroyaldesigndistrict.com

Whispers at Fleet Street Quarter

As an official design district partner, Fleet Street Quarter will celebrate its legacy of storytelling and print craftsmanship as the former centre of British journalism throughout the festival. From hidden courtyards to cutting-edge installations, the district’s programme offers a fresh perspective on a neighbourhood in transformation, one rooted in creativity and a rich design history. The main feature is Whispers: a volumetric metal installation by acclaimed Polish designer Oskar Zieta created to highlight the power of material, collaboration, and art.

Also don’t miss walking tours with David Harry, who goes by The London Spy, to discover the design stories woven throughout Fleet Street, from iconic typography to public sculpture, and join City of London guide Sarah Williams-Robbins, aka Mrs Londoner, to explore Fleet Street’s history, from secret alleys and Wren churches to the bold public art shaping its future. Those who would rather learn artistic skills can join artist Gemma O’Brien as she discusses her creative journey with calligraphy, drawing and painting, while Bella Gomez will host a fun and accessible stencil workshop for guests to create unique postcards inspired by the city’s architecture. 

From 13-21 September 2025, visit fleetstreetquarter.co.uk

Stage Left, Letter Pressed at Hart Shoreditch

Coinciding with the creative buzz of LDF 2025, Rosie Reed Gold will be unveiling her latest project, Stage Left, Letter Pressed, in partnership with Hart Shoreditch. This exhibition is a love letter to East London’s literary past, drawing on the area’s rich writing history and celebrating the tools, tales, and talent behind the written word. 

Alongside the exhibition, a dynamic events programme invites guests to experience the power of creativity first hand – think panel talks on the power of self-expression and a sound healing session inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. All events are free, with any donations going to the Ministry of Stories, an East London writing charity for young people. Plus, enjoy vibrant small plates and cocktails from Uba, Hart Shoreditch’s pan-Asian restaurant, throughout the festival.

From 13-21 September 2025, visit londondesignfestival.com

Next Generation at Park Royal Design District

As part of this year’s London Design Festival, Bill Amberg Studio will host Next Generation: a dynamic showcase celebrating emerging design talent and the future of leather. From 13-19 September, and hosted in partnership with Kingston University’s Product and Furniture Design MA course, the exhibition presents a curated selection of experimental leather projects exploring circular design, material ethics and innovative making.

Set within Bill Amberg’s working studio in the Park Royal Design District, the exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to experience this body of student work in situ, surrounded by the tools, materials and craft processes that have supported its development. Over the past year, MA students at Kingston have participated in the Leathersellers’ Surplus Leather Project, an initiative that diverts high-quality offcuts and surplus hides from landfill and redistributes them to universities. The result? A number of projects including Ting Wan Hsu’s Rolling Chair, formed using metalworking techniques to create sculptural curves from rigid folded leather, and Aleks Cwikla’s Knit Leather, which subverts gendered craft associations by knitting strips of leather into domestic vessels shaped by water and heat.

From 13-19 September 2025, visit eventbrite.co.uk

The Brain Gym by Moleskine at Design London Shoreditch

Moleskine is set to make a bold statement at this year’s London Design Festival with its immersive Brain Gym installation. An experimental space inviting visitors to rediscover handwriting and drawing as workouts for the brain, Moleskine will host hands-on workshops, a live design competition and even a playful collaboration with furniture brand Sons of Beasley from 16-18 September. A collective Wall of Shared Creativity will evolve throughout the festival, built from visitor-contributed sketches and notes to create a stand-alone exhibition in and of itself. 

From 16-18 September 2025, visit designlondon.co.uk

Morrama x From the Ground Up

B-Corp design consultancy Morrama will host an immersive exhibition, From the Ground Up, at Hackney Depot to explore how industrial design can focus on regeneration by rethinking our relationship with materials. The exhibition's core message is simple but urgent: 80 per cent of a product's environmental impact is determined at the design stage. From the Ground Up challenges the industry to embrace a more responsible, regenerative form of making, proving that circular design is possible.

Throughout the five-day event, visitors will explore five live examples of material innovation from the Morrama Lab and its partners. This includes a collaboration with Carbon Cell, which reimagines everyday products using a carbon-negative, compostable expanded foam made from biochar, and a project with Earthmade exploring what happens when we deliberately design products not to last. The exhibition's opening on 16 September will also celebrate the launch of Morrama's first book, From People to Planet: Lessons from a Design Agency, by founder Jo Barnard, and the exhibition will run until 20 September. 

From 16-20 September 2025, visit morrama.com

The Objects We Live By at Seventy-Six

The Objects We Live By is an immersive free exhibition curated by ceramicist Emma Louise Payne, which explores how design shapes, inhabits, and becomes part of our everyday lives. Located within Payne's five-storey London atelier, Seventy-Six, expect to spot works from the likes of Sebastian Cox, Studio B.C. Joshua, David Irwin and Gather Glass. With no plinths, no spotlights, and no traditional display mechanisms, the objects are placed as they might be found in a lived-in space: a textile draped over a chair, a vessel on a kitchen shelf, a light catching the morning sun.

From 13-21 September 2025, visit londondesignfestival.com

The Loop x Oliver Spencer

Now in its second year, Oliver Spencer will join the Shoreditch Design Triangle during London Design Festival, hosting the award-winning installation: The Loop by Studio Rhythmics. On display from 13-21 September at Oliver Spencer’s Shoreditch store, The Loop is a circular, orbiting light installation that draws inspiration from the sun’s natural trajectory. By using light and shadow to chart the passage of time, the piece transforms the concept of timekeeping into a calm, sensory experience and ultimately reflects Oliver Spencer’s commitment to supporting innovative design and craftsmanship. 

From 13-21 September 2025, visit loopdesignawards.com

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