Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have partnered to host a series of talks exploring water, wellbeing and design during Clerkenwell Design Week, where Shaping Water Competition installation will be unveiled.
Clerkenwell Design Week kicks off in London, UK, next week. Visitors will have the chance to experience Arthur Mamou-Mani’s Harmonic Tides installation, which we revealed as the winner of the Shaping Water Competition earlier this week.
As well as the final installation, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard will host an exhibition of the 15 shortlisted designs in their Clerkenwell showroom throughout the festival.
Dezeen has also teamed up with the brands to host a series of talks as part of Conversations at Clerkenwell curated by brand consultant Katie Richardson, which will explore wellness design via the work of designers and studios such as Office S&M and Conran and Partners (pictured top).
We will host a talk at 1:00pm UK time each day, including a conversation with Mamou-Mani on Tuesday, a discussion about bold bathroom design on Wednesday and a talk about how to embed wellness into interiors on Thursday. The talks programme is a ticketed event, but Clerkenwell Design Week is otherwise free for everyone to attend.
Click here to register for your freeClerkenwell Design Week pass and read on to find out more about all our activities.
Harmonic Tides installation
Opening times: 24 hours, 20 to 22 May
Address: St John’s Gate, 26 St John’s Lane, London EC1M 4B
Harmonic Tides, the winning design in the Shaping Water Competition, will be installed under the arch of St John’s Gate.
The installation comprises two undulating 3D-printed walls reminiscent of waves. LED lights and gentle music enhance the sense of an underwater world to create a relaxing space for visitors to spend time in.
Mamou-Mani’s design was selected from over 200 entries to the Shaping Water Competition, which Dezeen organised in partnership with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard. The contents invited ideas for a large-scale installation celebrating the essence of water.
Shaping Water exhibition
Opening times: 9am – 5pm, 20 to 22 May
Address: London Design and Specification Centre, 76 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5QA
In addition to the final installation, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard will host an exhibition of the 15 shortlisted Shaping Water designs at their Clerkenwell showroom.
Visitors to the showroom will also be able to see the latest Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard collections of contemporary bathroom designs.
Talk: Shaping Water – Max Fraser in conversation with Arthur Mamou-Mani
Time: 1:00pm, Tuesday 20 May
Address: The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN
In the first of a series of talks as part of Conversations at Clerkenwell, Dezeen’s editorial director Max Fraser will host a conversation with Mamou-Mani about his winning installation design.
Mamou-Mani will speak about how he approached the Shaping Water Competition brief and how the final installation fits in with his wider work using 3D printing and circular design principles to create more sustainable architecture.
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Talk: Bold Bathrooms – Creating Expressive Wellness Spaces
Time: 1:00pm, Wednesday 21 May
Address: The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN
The second talk in the series is titled Bold Bathrooms: Creating Expressive Wellness Spaces.
Hosted by Dezeen’s deputy editor Cajsa Carlson, the talk will showcase the work of designers who are creating bold, expressive bathroom designs, exploring how imaginative approaches to colour, texture and form can create practical spaces that also delight.
The talk will feature contributions from designers Gesa Hansen, Catrina Stewart of Office S&M and Ben Allen.
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Talk: Embedding Wellness into Homes, the Workplace, Hospitality and Beyond
Time: 1:00pm, Thursday 22 May
Address: The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN
The third talk takes place on the final day of Clerkenwell Design Week and is titled Embedding Wellness into Homes, the Workplace, Hospitality and Beyond.
In this talk, hosted by Fraser, we will hear from three designers who are leading the wellness charge in both private and public domains, using design as the tool with which to drive calm, healing and uplifting spaces.
Featured speakers include Kinda Studios founder Robyn Landau, Noura Wellbeing founder Sunny Velikova and Conran and Partners partner Simon Kincaid.
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Partnership content
The Shaping Water Competition is organised by Dezeen in partnership with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.
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