New ideas – what’s on at KI House during CDW2019

March 1, 2019

KI House, Popup Showroom, 8-9 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DE
Clerkenwell Design Week 2019, 21-23 May 2019

KI, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of workplace and education furniture, will host a variety of events at its debut Clerkenwell Design Week popup showroom, in May 2019. The calendar of talks and workshops on each day will provide architects, designers and furniture specialists with new ideas to improve their projects.

Achievable, affordable co-design I – contract furniture Alex Gifford, design director, KI Europe Co-designed furniture solutions can transform large office projects. Learn how to do it rapidly and cost-effectively with this exciting alternative to traditional furniture specifications.
Achievable, affordable co-design II – contract fabrics Bute Fabrics & Natasha Marshall, designer Make a statement on your projects with co-designed fabrics and prints. Smaller minimum order quantities now make this more achievable than ever before.
Making more with PET felt Workshop with Freyja Sewell RCA, designer Harness felt’s fantastic properties by learning how to move from an idea to fabrication, transforming a felt sheet into a simple bowl to take home.
A house with no windows, filled with light Josh Goldstein, owner, Paxton Locher House Standing in this house’s glorious atrium, you’d forget that it has no windows. See how innovative architecture helped to overcome the challenges of this location.

Food, drinks & fun:
Weather permitting, the atrium’s retractable roof will be opened up. Throughout each day, light refreshments and drinks will be available. The flagship event will be a ‘House Party’ co-hosted with Bute Fabrics, on the evening of Wednesday, 22 May. Guests can look forward to games, competitions, and giveaways in a relaxed, homely and fun atmosphere.