Team visit to Clerkenwell Design Week

Last night, RDA made an appearance at Clerkenwell Design Week to celebrate its fifteenth year as an international festival for applied art and design. We have been attending since its inception and were honoured to have the opportunity to connect with past, present, and future colleagues making invaluable contributions to the creative industries.

This year’s event highlighted several noteworthy developments in concept design and manufacture, demonstrating the incredible pace at which our industry is evolving in response to technological innovation, consumer research, and the wider climate emergency. It also illustrated the continued relevance of nearby Clerkenwell as an artistic centre, home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else in Europe.

Fresh back from the festival, the team are developing their plans for six upcoming window installations and another key milestone in the capital’s creative calendar: the London Design Festival. We are working closely with our neighbours at the London Review of Books to develop a transdisciplinary installation for the events which communicates the relationship between literary, physical, and transcendental manifestations of architecture.