With the London Design Festival kicking off this weekend, my plan was to pop along to the Kemistry gallery to look at the Typographica exhibition they have on for the festival. I won't go in to detail about the show (though there were some great spreads from the magazine being displayed), kind of just wanted to sing the praises of Shoreditch really and how many cool galleries and shops there were along the route I took from Kemistry to Brick Lane.

So, there was Kemistry with the Typographica exhibition, then we popped in to SCP, who were working in conjunction with Kiosk, a New York store who collect "rare but humble items" that make peoples life a little bit easier. My favourite piece was the pie cutter. From there we stumbled across YCN where (Full Beard favourite) Alexander Hulme's modified pencil caught my eye. On the way to Brick Lane we discovered Concrete Hermit and East Gallery, both displaying cool prints and collages.

I think my point is that without even seeking these places out, we happened across four or five interesting galleries/shops that were all taking part in the Design Festival (plus more that weren't) which really highlighted how richly the area is blessed with a creative passion and industry. You can really soak up that feeling just spending the afternoon there.

As if I hadn't had first-rate day already, it was concluded with a mighty fine salt beef bagel from the best emporium in London and a couple of pints of Leffe in the Ten Bells. Nice.

Links: Kemistry Gallery, SCP, Kiosk, YCN, Concret Hermit, East Gallery