Designersblock London

2006 21 - 24 September The Nicholls and Clarke buildings 3 - 10 Shoreditch High Street London E1 Venue donated free of charge by The City of London.

Blanka, Bomb Design, Charlie Davidson, Claystation, Craig Seman, David Restorick, Dejana Kabiljo, Designers Are Wankers, Deus ex Machina, DIY Kyoto, D.I.V.A., DMA Production, Emerald Faerie, Felix Hardmood Beck, Freshwest Design,Future Shorts, Gae Yeon Chang, Georg Baldele, Glass Box, Guinea Pig Design, Henny Van Nistelrooy, Hoon Kim, Hulger, I.Wells, Jim Rokos, John Wischussen, Jon Male, Kawamura Hideo Activity, Leon Lai, Link, Loftpodzzz, Loominellie, Makom, Marina Lariviere, Mixko, Peter Ibruegger, Pit Green, Preksha Baid, Product of your Environment, Primal Refuge, Razorlab, S.O.M.C., Sang Jin Lee, Scott Garcia, Setareh Arefi, Sindiso Kumalo, Soner Ozenc, The Soundbeam Project, Spacewood, Steak Zombies, Stuart Haygarth, Tim Parsons, Umbrella, Vlieger & Vandam,Wentworth Pewter, Unal&Boler Studio, Zimzum Studio.

For website links to all the above exhibitors see the DB Database.

The show was extremely well received and again Icon Magazine credited us with having the best work in London.

Thanks to everybody who participated, performed, worked with us and visited the 9th Designersblock in London. Again the show was as much about communication as it was about things. This was the most diverse show so far and topped last years in terms of positive response from visitors. We had amazing ideas and work from a fantastic bunch of people and again it was a real live talking show.

We've never been big on Design awards but we were very happy to host the first Designers Are Wankers awards night, it's the first book that's really made a stab at being relevant to designers and it's been selling accordingly in a good bookshops all over the world. The awards ceremony was like no other mercifully, it was short, punchy and very funny, and held the room, there wasn't a cynical face in the house. Later there were fine serenades from Maggie (Scarlet Fantastic & Swansway) accompanied by her lovely husband Lief.

Now after the success of our nightclub in Milan we thought it would be smart to design somewhere for people to go and meet each other after the openings had closed so we put on four late licensed nights of fine bands, acts and djs, for a delighted and very surprised audience, line ups are below and you can check them all out on Myspace if you are inclined,

Acts were

Cantankerous
Kristian Doghouse
Paris Motel
Matinee Club (Formerly The Modern)
Mechanical Cabaret
Casa Electro Novo
David Sugar
HK119
Ulterior
Imperial Leather

Djs were

Yr Mum Ya Dad
Cormac
Duncan Riches
DJ Princess Julia with Hanna Hanra
Dj Stranger
Dj Ro
DJ James Fiddling The Tills
DJ Keisuke

Cinema was Future Shorts

Food was from Nordic Bakery

If anybody has any, and I mean any photos of those evenings, bands and djs please send them to me, I was a pool of happy fluids in the corner shaking with joy and unable to do much more than clap and grin let alone operate a camera, so make my day and provide some evidence that it wasn't all a beautiful dream.

Thanks to Jeremy Gardner at The City of London for a second year of fantastic support,

Thanks to our refreshment sponsors Baltika Beer & Reyka Vodka which are both very very nice drinks indeed and we have learnt a thing or two about drinks over the years.

Thanks to Miki and everybody at Makom for beautiful and huge banners and signage.

Thanks to Jem White and all his team, Lee, Chris and the dogs, Tess, Clifford, Bodil, Candice, Tanya, Sarah, Petra, Priscilla, Dave, Annika, Gunter, Rob, Kassim, Zane, Leon, Andrea, Zoe,Violet, Rula, Laslo, Steph, Ro, Duncan, Sidney Levinson, and Lisa Lee.

and Last, First and always Simon Waterfall and everybody at POKE.


For website links to all the above exhibitors see the DB Database.

Exhibitors

For website links to all the above exhibitors see the DB Database.