Shoreditch Design Triangle 2025: THE FLUXX TOP PICKS
East London’s creative heart comes alive once again as the Shoreditch Design Triangle returns for London Design Festival 2025. Since its launch in 2008, the event has evolved into one of the capital’s most dynamic celebrations of design, bringing together an inspiring mix of product launches, immersive installations, exhibitions, workshops, and culinary experiences.
Spanning some of Shoreditch’s most innovative studios, galleries, and showrooms, the Design Triangle offers visitors the chance to explore over 100 design-led events from emerging talents and established names alike. Expect a rich tapestry of creativity, from contemporary furniture and lighting to textiles, ceramics, jewellery, and even chocolate – a true reflection of East London’s eclectic spirit.
This year, The Fluxx will be on the ground, curating our top picks from across the Shoreditch Design Triangle – highlighting the unmissable launches, standout exhibitions, and installations you need to see during the festival. Whether you’re an industry insider, a design enthusiast, or simply curious about London’s thriving creative scene, this is where you’ll find the ideas shaping the future of design.
Exhibitions
Ruup & Form - In Company of the Unexpected
Inspired by Judith Kerr’s beloved children’s book A Tiger Who Came to Tea, this exhibition at Ruup & Form explores the magic of domestic disruption and the intersection of the everyday with the fantastical. Through contemporary artworks, it examines how moments of unexpected intrusion—whether real, imagined, or metaphorical—reshape our understanding of kindness, imagination, and joy. Visitors are invited to reconsider encounters that are delightful, disruptive, or surprising, experiencing a space where reality and imagination intertwine. In doing so, the exhibition reflects on storytelling’s power to provoke wonder, humour, and reflection on how we navigate the unknown, offering a celebration of what it truly means to coexist with the unexpected.
12 September - 18 October / 7 Tilney Court, London, EC1V 9BQ
Nikki Edwards - Brush Strokes
Nikki Edwards transforms delicate tesserae into intricate standalone mosaic sculptures, exploring the interplay of form, texture, and imagination. Each work in this exhibition drifts like a nomadic entity through a dystopian cosmos, buoyant and full of colour and contradiction. With a background in graphic design, Edwards brings a contemporary sensibility to an ancient medium, honouring traditional mosaics—from Byzantine ornamentation to the geometric splendour of the Blue Mosque—while reinterpreting them with a modern, organic, and graphically led vision. Brush Strokes invites visitors to experience mosaic not as mere embellishment, but as sculpture: precise, present, and alive with movement.
1-30 September / 34-36 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DA
Point Two Five - Step By Step
Step by Step unfolds vertically through the stairwell of the Wax Building, guiding visitors through a curated journey where artworks are revealed piece by piece. The exhibition begins with 0.25’s core collection, showcasing jewellery by Theodora Alfredsdottir, Sebastian Bergne, Daniel Eatock, Jamie Wolfond, and Studio 0.25. Playfully leading the ascent are sculptural characters by London-based design duo Studiomama, whose whimsical forms march through the space, encouraging visitors step by step toward the top flight, where a new jewellery series created specially for the exhibition awaits. Each piece is displayed within a resource-light modular system designed by Shoreditch studio Brown Office, fabricated entirely within one kilometre of the Wax Building, reflecting Point Two Five’s ethos of hyper-local making in an East London context.
13-21 September / The Wax Building, 4 Garden Walk, London EC2A 3EQ
The Flower Factory - IKEBANA – JAPANESE FLORAL ART
Slow down, observe, and connect with the season in a deeply meditative way at this seasonal ikebana exhibition celebrating the fleeting beauty of fall. The display showcases the art of Japanese flower arrangement through warm, earthy tones—crimson maple leaves, golden grasses, curling vines, and late-blooming chrysanthemums. Each arrangement, crafted by master and emerging ikebana artists, tells a story of impermanence and harmony, inviting reflection on life’s cycles, the poetry of decay, and nature’s quiet strength as it prepares for rest. Rooted in tradition yet expressive in form, the exhibition offers a serene encounter for both enthusiasts and newcomers alike, with the added pleasure of sipping green tea while appreciating the season’s natural grace.
13-21 September / The Flower Factory, 12-18 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6NG
Studio Haygarth - Turn The Dark Off
Internationally acclaimed artist and designer Stuart Haygarth presents a studio exhibition of limited edition lights, tables, and mirrors crafted entirely from found and repurposed objects. Continuing his exploration of transformation and reuse, Haygarth elevates everyday detritus—from salvaged vanity mirrors to spent nitrous oxide capsules—into collectable sculptural designs that blur the line between art, function, and narrative. Each piece is meticulously categorised, composed, and reconstructed, imbuing the discarded with fresh identity, emotional resonance, and layered stories. At the heart of the exhibition lies a meditation on time, loss, modernity, and human presence, expressed through symmetry, repetition, and the haunting beauty of the overlooked. Each work is offered as a numbered, limited-edition piece that is both functional and contemplative.
13-21 September / 33 Dunloe Street, E2 8JR, London
Matter Forms – Oyster[Crete]® Façade for UJNG
London-based interdisciplinary design studio Matter Forms presents the Oyster[Crete]® façade, a permanent architectural installation for high-end retail store UJNG on Redchurch Street. Crafted from discarded oyster shells, the hand-cast tiles transform the store’s façade and garden wall, demonstrating Oyster[Crete]® as an innovative architectural material. Building on last year’s Shoreditch Design Triangle showcase, the project reflects Matter Forms’ ethos of hyper-local fabrication, turning urban waste into high-quality, sustainable materials. The process collects oyster shells from London restaurants, processed in a Hackney Wick studio to create a material comprising over 80% waste, embodying a circular approach. The design features two interlocking shapes forming ‘U’ and ‘J’ configurations across four distinct textures, creating a bespoke architectural language unique to the UJNG store.
Events
Circadian Light - Tala X Heatherwick Studio
16th September from 4:00pm
On 16 September, Tala invites guests to an exclusive evening celebrating the launch of Wake, a light designed to transform the way we rise, rest, and reconnect with our circadian rhythm, created in collaboration with Thomas Heatherwick Studio. The event features drinks, music, and a project introduction by Thomas Heatherwick himself, offering insights into the creative vision behind this landmark collaboration. Guests will be among the first to experience Wake in the immersive Sunset Room, where sound, space, and the light’s unique sequence come together in a sensory installation, accompanied by a short film screening. The evening includes botanical aperitifs, a guided installation tour with Tala’s design team, seasonal canapés, natural wines, moon-inspired cocktails, live music, and a sunset DJ set, creating a celebration that fuses design, innovation, and atmosphere from day into night.
40 Rivington Street,EC2A 3LX
MA_ST-AR - Maja Stamenkovic ONLY WHAT WE LOVE CAN BLOOM
14 September from 5:00pm
Architect and designer Maja Stamenkovic presents Love Letters 2.0 – Bloom, the latest collectable piece from her Love Letters series, as part of the Slovene Arts & Culture Residency supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture. Opening a temporary Shoreditch studio, Stamenkovic explores the emotional and sculptural potential of contemporary design, inviting visitors to experience her work in an intimate, immersive setting that blends storytelling, craft, and architectural sensibility.
130-132 Curtain Road,London, EC2A 3AR
By Triangle Special Events - Walk & Talk Programme
19 September from 11:00am
Explore the Shoreditch Design Triangle on a curated perambulation, visiting a variety of events and stopping for refreshments along the way. Each walk culminates at a special host event, featuring a short Q&A with Duncan Riches, focusing on the host’s design practice and creative journey. Every route is unique, with different event stops, offering participants a two-hour immersive experience through the heart of Shoreditch’s design scene. Start and end points will be announced ahead of the walks.
4-17 Frederick Terrace, London, E8 4EW
