London Design Biennale is a global stage for world-leading contemporary design and design-led innovation, creativity and research.

The third edition took place at Somerset House from 1-25 June 2021. London Design Biennale will return in June 2023.

Watch this space for updates and information on how to get involved.

"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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