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London Design Festival - there is still time (and a lot to see!)

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Endless stairs - Image by Cityscape Cheval Knightsbridge has an incredible design deco in their apartments The London Design Festival 2013 is halfway through but don't worry, you still have a lot to profit from it!  Explore the fascinating world of design at the 11th +London Design Festival , which is bigger and better than ever, with more than 300 exciting events and exhibitions. The packed programme has something for everyone, with site-specific installations, newly commissioned projects and trade fairs – plus events, talks and workshops – taking place right across London. Just a few of the highlights to look out for include: - The Endless Stair : an Escher-like structure of 20 interlocking staircases installed outside Tate Modern - God Is In The Details ... at the V&A: Discover detail you hadn't noticed as 20 designers pick an object from the V&A and magnify its design highlights or quirks with Swarovski lenses - Digital Design Weekend ...

A Tube Station Themed Bar for the London Design Festival

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Cheval Calico House is a few metro stops from New Oxford Street. You may even have already seen or gone into some pop-up bar (we love pop up things in London) but this is certainly different. For the London Design Festival , a pop-up bar in New Oxford Street, themed as a metro station will serve London's Camden Town Brewery beer, but there will be some other foods and drinks as well, all in designjuction . Obviously, the nerd within us is excited about the prospect of drinking in a bar as a tiled subway station. Camden Town Brewery already has its own bar in Kentish Town and will soon have a microbrewery on site, so if you like the beer brand, you know you will be in good hands. But the pleasure is not just in beer. An Italian coffee directed by the ice cream vendor Gelupo, which recently named as probably the best gelateria in London, will also be on site. Enjoy a gelato with a prosecco or coffee La Marzocco in your corner on designjunction, which will be furnished...