16-17 SEPT 2023
London Design Festival +
Park Royal Design District
With exhibitions, workshops, open studios, Pop-up shops, Events, FOOD and viiiIbes.
TWO day festival of Art, Design, and Craft in Park Royal.
16
21 WORKSHOPS
14 EXHIBITIONS
40+ OPEN STUDIOS
7 EVENTS & TALKS
3 WALKING TOURS
7 popup SHOPS
8 FOOD STALLS
4 PARTIES
Locations
all over
park royal
SCHEDULE
Expand dates to see the full programme, opening times and scheduled events
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OPEN STUDIOS
10am - 6pm
(except Art West 12pm - 5pm)FOOD — Standard Market
11am - 5pmEXHIBITIONS:
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TIMED EVENTS:
10am
WORKSHOP — Embroidery 🎟️
11am
WORKSHOP — Drawing Performance 🎟️
WALKING TOUR — Joanna Dudzinska - Park Royal & Festival Tour 🎟️
12pm
WORKSHOP — Funky String Family workshop (Drop-in)
1pm
WORKSHOP — Redesigning and Repurposing Your Denim 🎟️
WORKSHOP — Make A Mark (Drop in)
WALKING TOUR — Draw Park Royal 🎟️
2pm
TOUR — Danny Lane Studio Tour 🎟️
DEMO — An Introduction to Knitting
WORKSHOP — Trace The Stitch 🎟️
3pm
TALK — Building Robots 🎟️
WORKSHOP — How to Paint a Portrait 🎟️
4pm
TALK — Mindspray Talks: DREPH x PRIDE (TCA) 🎟️
WORKSHOP — Bill Amberg Leather Workshop 🎟️
WORKSHOP — Bookbinding 🎟️
4:30pm
PERFORMANCE — Soundwaves; A Sonic Performance with Dana Fouras 🎟️
6pm
OPENING — OPEN04 Group Show
PRIVATE VIEW — *pinch* to zoom
8pm
PARTY — LDF23×PRDD Launch Party 🎟️
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🎟️ Booking required
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OPEN STUDIOS
11am - 6pm
(except Art West 12pm - 5pm)FOOD — Standard Market
11am - 5pmEXHIBITIONS:
11am - 6pm— — — — — — — — — — — —
TIMED EVENTS:
12pm
WORKSHOP — Preloved Pimp Up Printing 🎟️
WORKSHOP — Ceramic Coasters & Hand-dyed Handkerchiefs 🎟️
1pm
WALKING TOUR — Draw Park Royal 🎟️
WALKING TOUR — Synaesthesia 🎟️
WORKSHOP — Connection through Movement 🎟️
2pm
WORKSHOP — Family Gel Plate (Drop-in)
WORKSHOP — Trace The Stitch 🎟️
WORKSHOP — Paper Making with ‘Absolute Beginners’ (Drop-in)
3pm
WORKSHOP — Painting and Collage demo 🎟️
PARTY — Windrush Legacy Party with food & music 🎟️
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🎟️ Booking required
Locations
Exhibitions
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Windrush Legacy
Week-long exhibition celebrating the contributions made by the Windrush Generation with an afternoon of traditional food, music, art and storytelling on Sun 17 Sept from 3-5.30pm.
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OPEN04 — Group Show
Excelsior Studios
Get Me There ➔Group Show of over 40 artists and makers of Park Royal. Hosted by PRG Parkroyalgallery.
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OPEN04 — Artboards
15 locations all across Park Royal
Select artworks of the OPEN04 group show will be installed on 15 Artboards on buildings and benches across Park Royal.
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Consume: Enter Through the Gift Shop
Standard Studios
Get Me There ➔‘Consume’ is an immersive art installation and shop, a space taken over by the “brand”, inspired by modern consumerism, where all that's important is the packaging.
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Synergism
Gorst Road Studios
Get Me There ➔Dive into the confluence of diverse artistic modalities at "Synergism", a unique exhibition celebrating the power of collaborative creativity.
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*pinch* to zoom
Generation & Display at Queensrollahouse
Get Me There ➔*pinch* to zoom is the result of an ongoing collaboration between artists Beatrice Vorster and Ellie Antoniou, curated by Amelie Mckee.
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Park Royal Challenge — Imperial College
Imperial College London and the Dyson School of Design Engineering, collaborates with artists, creatives and makers of Park Royal to solve real-world problems through craft, design, technology and innovation.
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Petals & Patchwork: Exploring Denim Through Floristry
Denim designer Wuzzy from BY.WUZZY and floral designer Krystal Mead of Embrace The Space team up for a unique installation, transforming sustainable materials into a denim floral experience.
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Dan Mauz — Whisperers
‘Whisperers’ is a group of sculptural installations from the artist’s wider series ‘Head’, making use of steel wire as a primary medium and playing around with the concept of human-being.
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Meteorite Park Royal — Pati Starzykowski
Woodward Buildings - Imperial College
Get Me There ➔Meteorite Park Royal is a public sculpture project by Pati Starzykowski. Working with rescued soil and London clay from the HS2 dig, a group of participants from local communities took part in two workshops, learning about the history of London clay deposits and shaping it into a collective living sculpture.
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SELF, expression of…
Legacy Point - Flat 3304
Get Me There ➔A group exhibition of painting, embroidery art, photography and collage. Works exploring the notion of self & its elements will be showcased in an open apartment format, also allowing visitors a glimpse into 'life amongst the clouds’ on the 33rd floor of the Legacy Point skyscraper.
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Group Exhibition — Art West Artists
Art West (ACAVA Studios)
Get Me There ➔A curated exhibition of Artwest artists. Take your time browsing the walls of ACAVA's expansive hallway bursting with artwork from participating and guest artists - open all weekend!
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VERSED (as in Diverse)
West London Art Factory
Get Me There ➔VERSED showcases the multi-disciplinary nature of West London Art Factory’s working community of artists, musicians, makers and designers. Divided by discipline, united by craft.
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Samatar Osman — ‘CAN MY SOUNDSCAPES BE AN ‘EAR-WITNESS’ TO OUR BLACK REALITIES’
Excelsior Studios - Studio 37b
Get Me There ➔Samatar Osman’s soudscape invites listeners to witness his Black British reality, culture, temporality, space, and location.
A LOOK INTO Creative Youth Grant - supported by PRDD
Workshops
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Uplift and Upcycle Embroidery
SAT 16 Sept — 10am - 12pm
EX2 - POW CraftspaceCome along with Coco WA and learn the skill of hand embroidery to uplift and upcycle your wardrobe!
SOLD OUT
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Drawing Performance Project
SAT 16 Sept — 11am - 1pm
QueensrollahouseA workshop led by Artist and Educator Lucy Algar, where participants will engage in movement and drawing.
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FAMILY FUN WORKSHOP - FUNKY STRING ART
SAT 16 Sept
Drop in between 12pm - 5pm
Art West (ACAVA Studios)Funky String Art is a fun creative activity for all ages. Learn a new skill and take home something beautiful!
No booking required, just drop in
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Denim flower making
SAT 16 Sept — 1pm - 3:30pm
EX2 - POW CraftspaceJoin designer BY.WUZZY and floral designer Krystal of Embrace The Space for a workshop exploring how to redesign & repurpose your denim into an impressive denim floral bouquet.
SOLD OUT
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MAKE A MARK WITH MIRANDA DONOVAN
SAT 16 Sept
Drop in between 1pm - 5pm
Art West (ACAVA Studios)Collaborate on a canvas together with celebrated painter Miranda Donovan.
No booking required, just drop in
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Cinematography: Building A Scene
SAT 16 Sept — 1pm - 2:30pm
Klatch Studio - Infinity CoveJoin us for an exciting Filmmaker Masterclass where DOP Jacob Sacks Jones will discuss his techniques and process for lighting and shooting a scene.
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An Introduction to Industrial Knitting
SAT 16 Sept — 2pm - 4pm
Artistic Spaces - Studio 5Visit Interlock Studio for an introduction to industrial knitting and the difference between industrial machines knitting and domestic knitting.
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Trace The Stitch
SAT 16 Sept — 2pm - 4pm
SUN 17 Sept — 2pm - 4pm
West London Art FactorySharing the love of textiles and embroidery, artist Megan Segre and Ukrainian guest artist Kristina Gaidamaka
SOLD OUT
🎟️ SAT - Join Waitlist ➔
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HOW TO PAINT A PORTRAIT
SAT 16 Sept — 3pm
Art West (ACAVA Studios)Hear how Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year Finalist 2021 Christos Tsimaris approaches his work with a live portrait demo and chat!
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An introduction to Bookbinding
SAT 16 Sept — 4pm - 6pm
EX2 - POW CraftspaceLearn the basic skills for making beautiful books, with Kate Grimes.
SOLD OUT
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An Introduction to Leather
SAT 16 Sept — 4pm - 5:30pm
Bill Amberg StudioMake your very own personal leather card case with Bill Amberg Studio.
SOLD OUT
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Kit Demo - camera & lighting equipment
SAT 16 Sept - all day
Klatch Studios - Infinity CoveCome along and try out KLATCH KIT’s brand new selection of camera, lighting, grip, and audio equipment.
No booking required, just drop in
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Preloved Pimp Up Printing
SUN 17 Sept — 12pm - 2pm
Standard Studios - Studio 7BSustainable garment printing workshop with Wayne Mcleary of Fashtag Clothing
SOLD OUT
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Ceramic Coasters and Hand-Dyed Handkerchiefs
SUN 17 Sept — 12pm - 2pm
Gorst Road StudiosExplore natural pigments and produce ceramic tile coasters and hand-dyed handkerchiefs.
SOLD OUT
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Connection Through Movement
SUN 17 Sept — 1pm - 4pm
QueensrollahouseA rare opportunity to work with renowned movement coach Sarah Walton to explore how to unlock our physical intelligence.
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Paper Making with ‘Absolute Beginners’
SUN 17 Sept — 2pm - 4pm
EX2 - POW CraftspaceA drop-in workshop to try your hand at making paper - 100% recycled from the streets of Park Royal.
No booking required, just drop in
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FAMILY GEL PLATE
SUN 17 Sept
Drop in between 2pm - 4pm
Art West (ACAVA Studios)Learn a new creative skill - Gel plates! Learn from one of our most colourful and imaginative artists Renata Fernandez. Warning - serious fun alert!
No booking required, just drop in
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PAINTING AND COLLAGE DEMO
SUN 17 Sept — 3pm
Art West (ACAVA Studios)Watch and see how words and colour can come together to build up the most mesmerising landscapes, with Scottish artist Shona Elrick.
SOLD OUT
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Beaded Phone Charms
SAT 16 Sept — 10am - 6pm
SUN 17 Sept — 11am - 5pm
EX2 - central corridorJoin Sante from Sante Bags to create your own beaded phone charm using second-hand beads and biodegradable cord.
A LOOK INTO Creative Youth Grant - supported by PRDD
No booking required, just drop in
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EVENTS & TOURS
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Performance — Soundroof; A sonic journey with Dana Fouras across the rooftops of Park Royal
SAT 16 Sept — 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Queensrollahouse - Rooftop
Get Me There ➔Dana Fouras will host a vibrational performance – showcasing her unique approach to sound and music, drawing on her broad ranging catalogue of sounds to create a vibrational sound experience across the rooftops of Park Royal.
FREE event, but booking required
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Storytelling Studio Tour —Danny Lane - ‘It is not designed, it happens’
SAT 16 Sept — 2pm - 3pm
SUN 17 Sept — 2pm - 3pmDanny Lane Studio
Get Me There ➔Not every day does one get a glimpse into one of West London's most treasured sculpture studios. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to not only get an intimate tour of Lane’s extraordinary workshop and see NEW and historically completed works but also hear the stories from Lane himself about the anarchy of love+material+process as cause and core to his ‘finished’ artwork.
FREE event
SAT 16 2pm - SOLD OUT
SUN 17 2pm - No need to book, but do arrive in plenty of time to secure a spot - numbers are limited.
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TALK — Mindspray Talks: Dreph X Pride (The Chrome Angelz)
SAT 16 Sept — 4pm - 5:30pm
Woodward Space
Get Me There ➔Join us for a memorable afternoon as Mindspray brings together two influential voices within graffiti culture and street art.
Neequaye 'Dreph' Dsane is a leading London-based visual artist known for creating large-scale portraits in the public realm and Errol Donald (aka Pride) is a pioneer within the history of British graffiti art and co-founder of ‘The Chrome Angelz’.FREE event, but booking required
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TALK — Building Robots For Fun and Profit, Mostly Fun...
SAT 16 Sept — 3pm - 4pm
EX2 (front studio)
Get Me There ➔London Hackspace are delighted to present Keegan Neave, Roboticist, hailing all the way from distant Reading. Keegan will tell us his tale of how entering a robotics competition ended with him quitting his job, the robot that inspired it, and what happened next. He will explain how he went about learning to build a robot, what tools and skills he used, and what he wishes he had known in hindsight!
FREE event, but booking required
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WALKING TOUR — Draw Park Royal with Joe Richardson
SAT 16 Sept — 1pm - 3pm
SUN 17 Sept — 1pm - 3pmMeeting Point: North Acton Station
Get Me There ➔A drawing walk through Park Royal, exploring the changing landscape of the area. We will stop to draw areas that explore juxtapositions of history and contemporary developments in Park Royal through drawing and discussion. The walks are open to all and at all levels of drawing.
A LOOK INTO Creative Youth Grant - supported by PRDD
FREE event, but booking required
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WALKING TOUR - Join Joanna Dudzinska for a fascinating tour through Park Royal's Artist Community
SAT 16 Sept — 11am - 1pm
Starting Point: North Acton Square
Get Me There ➔Join local culture and history enthusiast Joanna Dudzinska for a fascinating journey through Park Royal’s artist community.
FREE event, but booking required
SOLD OUT
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WALKING TOUR — Synaesthesia - a sensuous exploration of Park Royal
SUN 17 Sept — 1pm - 3pm
Starting Point: ACAVA Studios
Get Me There ➔Come and discover a part of West London with Sound Artist Ethan Cohen and Scent Artist Jasmine Imren. The emphasis will be on sound and scent, but we will also be reflecting on how our relation to this space is mediated by all five senses.
FREE event, but booking required
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Film Screenings — short film winners from NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL
SAT 16 Sept - All day
Klatch Studios - Infinity Cove
Get Me There ➔Drop in and watch some clips or full films from last year's NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL winners. Novella Film Festival aims to give voice to untold stories by celebrating diversity and helping filmmakers make more films.
FREE event
No booking required, just drop in!
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LIVE MUSIC — Seil Lien
SUN 17 Sept — 4pm
ACAVA Studios
Get Me There ➔Seil Lien will perform a short acoustic set to close the Hythe Rd celebrations at 4pm.
Seil Lien is a painter but also a songwriter. Her songs have been featured on a national Boots ad campaign and heard on TV programs such as Ewan McGregor's Long Way Up and Wynonna Earp… You can check her out here www.seillien.com or IG @Seillien
FREE event
No booking required, just drop in!
ShopS
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OPEN04 — Popup Print Shop
Excelsior Studios
Get Me There ➔Visit the popup print shop for open edition art prints of the works exhibited in OPEN04.
Get a high quality A3 art print of your favourite piece in the exhibition.
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Consume: Enter Through the Gift Shop
Standard Studios
Get Me There ➔‘Consume’ is an immersive art installation and shop, a space taken over by the “brand”, inspired by modern consumerism, where all that's important is the packaging.
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DanDyDSGN — Vintage Furniture & Design
Standard Market
Get Me There ➔Shapes Hunter - Shopping & Retail with a focus on vintage non-conventional lounge chairs.
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BRONEK
7-11 Minerva Road
Get Me There ➔A bricks and mortar concept store situated in Park Royal, West London offering a curated selection of furniture and objects. We source & stock an eclectic mix of vintage pieces from mid century, modernist and antique alongside handmade pieces and artworks.
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SUPERMEGAHYPERDUPERMARKET METROEXPRESS
Standard Market
Get Me There ➔A concept factory store at Standard Market for all products ‘Made in Park Royal’. From a ceramic cup to a bottle of beer. Everything you could ever need in one place!
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Grace Mccarthy - Ceramics Sample Sale
SAT 16 Sept — 10am - 3pm
Excelsior Studios — Studio 22
Get Me There ➔The sample sale will consist of samples, seconds and ready to let go pieces of ceramics made by grace, ranging from wood fired jars to electric fired plates.
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+ Many Artist Studios
All across Park Royal
Visit the open studios and explore products, art, design, furniture, decor, and fashion — made by Park Royal’s artists, designers, and makers.
Food & Drinks
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Standard Market
Standard Road
Get Me There ➔The main food area, with many stalls with delicious food and drinks from Park Royal’s finest kitchens.
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Queensrolla Staff Canteen — Rooftop
Queensrollahouse
Get Me There ➔Open canteen at Queensrollahouse with food, drinks, and rooftop views.
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Brew Collective
Excelsior Studios
Get Me There ➔Proper coffee. From local roasters. Pastries too.
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Levant Book Café
26-28 Standard Road, NW10 6EU
Get Me There ➔Syrian café with sweets, ice cream, library and shop.
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Awakener Coffee Stand
North Acton Station
Get Me There ➔Seriously good Specialty Coffee and pastries in front of North Acton tube station.
Parties
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Official LDF23×PRDD Launch Party
SAT 16 Sept — 8pm till late
Queensrollahouse
Get Me There ➔Music by Kommunsound Sound System
FREE event, but booking recommended
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OPEN04 — Opening Drinks
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Private View — *pinch* to zoom
SAT 16 Sept — 6pm - 9:30pm
Generation & Display at Queensrollahouse
Get Me There ➔FREE event
No booking required
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Windrush Legacy Party — with Food & Live Music
SUN 17 Sept — 3pm - 6pm
EX2 - Parkroyalgallery
Get Me There ➔Celebrating the contributions made by the Windrush Generation with an afternoon of traditional food, music, art and storytelling.
FREE event, but booking recommended
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