Talk

The talk will shine a light on the Hong Kong pavilion, revealing how spatial experiences are used to create immersive volumes and verticality that evoke a sense of rescue and exploration, and exploring how the LDB audience have engaged with this interactive pavilion throughout the exhibition.

This discussion brings together experts of different fields to explore the ways in which crafts, aesthetic considerations, and data visualisation intersect within the exhibition's themes.

Emerging Pathways will spotlight the future of design through the lens of education, access and representation. This event explores traditional and non-traditional routes into the design and cultural industries, with a focus on supporting the next generation of Black creatives.

Join us for an exclusive screening of this documentary, followed by a Q&A with the director, Romina Osterling and Kiara Kulisic, founder of CHIQA.

This panel discussion embarks on a journey with members of the Coastal Connections global network and explains how coastal heritage sites are facing common challenges together.

Join this panel discussion.

Join artists Cooking Sections, Ilona Sagar and Leila Dear for a discussion on how to imagine new radical ways of living, practicing and existing in the world, by exploring ideas around resistance, the power of collaboration and rethinking systems and infrastructure. The conversation will be chaired by curator and educator, Anna Colin.

Join artist John Costi for an afternoon of honesty, humour, and solidarity, drawing from Instagram story rants that call out the contradictions and injustices of the art world — from class exclusion to the daily grind of being an under-supported artist.

Artist and filmmaker Onyeka Igwe will reflect on the layered histories of Somerset House — now home to the annual Artists’ Fair and over 70 studio resident artists.

Join artists Laura Grace Ford, Jamila Johnson-Small and Harun Morrison for a discussion on the shifting economic landscape in the UK by examining how housing precarity and domestic life shape the ways artists work.

Join the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity for a panel exploring how inclusive, community-led innovation can transform urban futures.

VCUarts Qatar invites you to Refractions of Practice, an alumni panel discussion presented as part of the school’s participation in the 2025 London Design Biennale.