Event categories: Third-party event
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Margaret Calvert: Roadworks
Start date: 6 October 2025End date: 23 October 2025More info We’re thrilled to share that our first exhibition at Osh Gallery features the work of renowned designer, typographer and fellow Islington resident Margaret Calvert. Best known for the iconic British road signage system she co-designed with Jock Kinneir, Margaret has shaped the way we navigate…
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Retrofit 25: What’s Stopping Us?
Start date: 11 September 2025End date: 19 September 2025More info This exhibition explores the solutions that are helping us navigate the barriers and uncovering opportunities involved in retrofitting our built environment. As we face the pressing challenges of climate breakdown, economic instability and social inequity, this exhibition will inspire you to consider moving past what’s stopping us from retrofitting. The…
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Tristan Gooley: ‘The Hidden Seasons’ talk
Date: 15 September 2025More info Explore the seasons through the prism of nature’s clues and signs with the help of natural navigator and ‘Sherlock Holmes of Nature’, Tristan Gooley. The bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Walker’s Guide will reveal the little-known gems to look for each month in this richly illustrated talk. The Hidden Seasons shows…
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Stories in the City: A Futurecity art trail
Date: 20 September 2025More info Discover how public art writes the story of place, connecting London Bridge to the City through five landmark Futurecity projects. Futurecity, a cultural placemaking agency, launches a new series of London Art Trails with a guided walk from London Bridge into the City of London. This pilot edition of the trail introduces audiences…
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Exhibition: Kitching’s Kennington
Start date: 25 September 2025End date: 30 September 2025More info An exhibition of Alan Kitching’s letterpress prints in his own neighbourhood (Kennington), including typographic maps celebrating the local area. Open during library hours (which vary by day of the week): MON: 1:00pm—6:00pmTUES: 10:00am—6:00pmWED: 10:00am—8:00pmTHUR: CLOSEDFRI: 10:00am—6:00pmSAT: 9:00am—5:00pmSUN: CLOSED [Tickets are free, and there’s no need…
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The Urbanism Hour: The social impacts of large scale regenerations across London
Date: 26 September 2025More info A look at best practice and lessons about embedding social sustainability in theinvestment, design, planning, delivery and management of place. For September’s Urbanism Hour we’ll be joined by Mena Ali and Simeon Shtebunaev from Social Life. The talk will present best practice and decade-long learning about embedding social sustainability in the…
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The Bartlett (UCL) Autumn Show 2025
Start date: 24 September 2025End date: 5 October 2025More info The show showcases work by 400 students across seven of the school’s postgraduate programmes. The exhibition will run in the Bartlett School’s signature dual format, with a physical show at The Bartlett’s Bloomsbury home, and a full online show on our award-winning, interactive virtual platform, bartlettarchucl.com, where…
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University of Reading Department of Typography and Graphic Communication: 50th anniversary celebration
Date: 11 September 2025More info We’d like to invite our graduates, students, friends and University staff past and present to join us, during the University’s centenary year, to celebrate 50 years of the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at Reading. Everyone is welcome to come along and share their stories of what the Department…
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Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs (@LDF25)
Start date: 3 November 2025End date: 9 November 2025More info Japan House London’s latest exhibition, Pictograms, explores how humble symbols have become an indispensable global communication tool — with Japan playing an integral role in their design and development. From ancient Egyptian carvings to contemporary wayfinding, pictograms have shaped how we communicate across cultures. The…
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Glass-House Chats: Designing In Stories
Date: 12 February 2026More info Every place is full of stories. When bringing a heritage building back to life, or when shaping any building, public space or whole neighbourhood, there is an opportunity to bring those stories to life. Whether through a collaborative design journey or through the physical changes made, there is something powerful…