London Design Biennale invites countries, territories and cities together for a global gathering of design kicking off on 1st June 2021.

Watch the world’s most ambitious and imaginative designers and curators respond to our Artistic Director Es Devlin’s theme of Resonance with pavilions set across the historic location of Somerset House.

"We live in an age of hyper resonance, the consequences of which are both exhilarating and devastating. Everything we design and everything we produce resonates." 

Es Devlin, Artistic Director

Take home and keep a piece of the exhibition. Designed to continue the conversation, this memento aims to spark new ideas and inspiration, which hopefully grow beyond the Biennale. 

All boxes are numbered out of 1,000 and are available from the Box Office at Somerset House

500 projects, over 50 countries, 6 continents. We called, and you answered. The Design in An Age of Crisis Gallery sees the response to the global OPEN CALL issued in 2020 by Chatham House and London Design Biennale that invited radical design thinking from the world’s design community, the public and young people.

The exhibition is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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