BigShinyThing

In case you’re not in the know:

iDesign: Design for Life, is a one day event which provides the main digital focus for the London Design Festival. The conference and accompanying exhibition examines the impact of digital interactive media on all of our lives, and showcases some of the capital’s most innnovative and exciting digital work. Bringing together some of the foremost practitioners and thinkers from online, mobile, film, games music and TV, the delegation will discuss how our collective digital future will pan out, and the importance of good design principles and practices for both social and economic benefit. iDesign: Design for Life is presented by Dynamo London in association with NMK, AIG and cybersalon, with support from the LDA.

iDesign will take place at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, on Tuesday 18th September 2007, 09.00-18.00. Tickets are £55 each. More detail on the iDesign website.

Mouth-watering.

The competition is now CLOSED. Our lucky winners are: James Bridle and Fran Hazeldine. We’ll be in touch shortly, guys!

Big thanks to Lisa for sorting out this giveaway for BigShinyThing.

Under Construction by designers Us and Us, invites viewers to:

…have your say about what kind of buildings and amenties would improve city life, as well as sharing your thoughts on favourite buildings, haunts, spaces and places – and your least favourite. The designers will be on hand to help you make your mark with a kit of cardboard, pipe cleaners, plasticine, stickers and wire – in the best Blue Peter tradition – as well as brewing you the requisite cup of tea. Be as ambitious or a simple as you like, just so long as you get your point across. Will the public’s view of architecture in our city be the same as the people who are mapping out the future of our city? Will an alternative secret London appear? The final map of London will be photographed and sent to all who participate.

BST visited this week and took the photo above as well as installing our own Big Shiny Thing roughly in the location of Stratford — see our Flickr photostream. This Friday, the entire map will be destroyed as vistors are invited to jump up and down on it.

Under Construction is at The Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery, 49 Old Street, London EC1 until 30th September 2005. Tonite’s event starts at 7pm.