Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
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Located on the banks of the Thames, the Design Museum has two floors and showcases contemporary design in all forms, including fashion, graphic and architectural. There are two main galleries, and the collections trace the history of design developments, from the origins of mass production to contemporary works. More about Design Museum
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London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 92% off from £75
Guoman Tower, E1W1LD | 4 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
It’s the views over the River Thames that give this hotel next to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge a wow factor. It’s also very ...More
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5 More London Tooley Street London, SE1 | 7 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
This plush, modern hotel south of the historic Tower Bridge is very convenient for exploring London. Just five minutes from the Tube station, it’s 10 to ...More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 85% off from £56
1 Seething Lane, EC3N | 11 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
With Tower of London, London Bridge and St. Paul's just a step away, this hotel has a great location for both business and leisure travellers. It's ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 14th Feb to 18th Feb 2012 - Various Times
Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, SE1 | 9 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Conor McPherson writes on life in contemporary Dublin, weaving together tales of lost loves and found loves. Directed by Tom Attenborough....More
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 15th Feb, 16th Feb, 17th Feb and 18th Feb 2012 - 11am-6pm
Poussin Gallery, 175K Bermondsey Street, SE1 | 10 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Abstract contemporary paintings....More
London > Events > Film Events Dates: Wednesday 15th February and Thursday 16th February 2012 - 8pm
Shortwave Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square, SE1 | 13 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Hollywood screenwriter Gil is contemplating giving up his life behind the film cameras to pen his first novel. His beautiful fiancee, Inez, supports him but her ...More
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London > Entertainment > Theatres
Shipwright Yard, Bankside, London SE1 | 9 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
This theatre was founded in 1993 and is housed under the vaults of London Bridge in a soaring and dramatic setting. Each season, the Southwark Playhouse ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
20 Stainer Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 11 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
The madcap Shunt Theatre company has created London's most unpredictable nightspot in the railway arches beneath London Bridge. Each week's entertainment at Shunt Vaults is curated ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
10 Bermondsey Square, Southwark, London SE1 | 13 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Shortwave films, a company whose primary objective was to promote emerging film and video artists, have set up this independent cinema in Bermondsey Square. As you'd ...More
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London > Attractions > Museums
28 Shad Thames, Bankside, London SE1 | At Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Located on the banks of the Thames, the Design Museum has two floors and showcases contemporary design in all forms, including fashion, graphic and architectural. There ...More
London > Attractions > Museums
Tower Bridge, Bankside, London SE1 | 2 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Competing with the London Eye for the capital's most vertiginous experience, Tower Bridge offers one of the best vantage points in the city from its ...More
London > Attractions > Boats and Bridges
Tower Bridge Road, Bankside, London SE1 | 2 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Competing with the London Eye for the capitals most vertiginous experience, Tower Bridge offers one of the best vantage points in the city from its spectacular ...More
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London > Shopping > Markets
Maltby Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London SE1 | 7 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
With Borough Market getting more and more popular, some vendors have opened up shop underneath the railway arches at nearby Maltby Street. More of an informal ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
98 Druid Street, Southwark, London SE1 | 7 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
The Kernel Brewery is one of the most successful micro brewers in London and its rise has been meteoric with its beer winning awards and ...More
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London > Restaurants > Modern European restaurants
Design Museum, Butlers Wharf, Bankside, London SE1 | At Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Take in the views of the river after a trip to the Design Museum while enjoying Jeremy Lee's short but perfectly formed menu. The choices change ...More
London > Restaurants > Modern European restaurants
The Butlers Wharf Building, 36d Shad Thames, Southwark, London SE1 | 1 minute from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
A particularly elegant slice of Conran design covers for some excessive pricing in this, the smartest restaurant in the Butler's wharf complex. Now run by D ...More
London > Restaurants > Mediterranean restaurants
The Butlers Wharf Building, 36c Shad Thames, Southwark, London SE1 | 1 minute from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Mediterranean cuisine. Booking advised. Tables on patio. ...More
London > Education > Professional Training
Elephant & Castle, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 | 31 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
From a clutch of excellent courses in London, this is the best and among the premier specialist media courses in the world. Formerly London College of ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
4 Luke Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 33 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
National charity for adult learning which also runs an excellent selection of theatre, literature, history and politics evening classes....More
London > Education > Evening Classes
10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 37 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book hollowing ...More
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London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
City Hall, 110 The Queens Walk, Bankside, London SE1 | 4 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Potters Fields Park occupies a prime spot between City Hall (from where the Mayor runs London) and Tower Bridge. The pedestrianised, grassy area on the south ...More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
41 Snowsfields, SE1 | 11 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
It's a relief to step into Snowsfields Wellness, with its shelves of carefully selected healthy and organic products. Unlike plenty of other places, each of the ...More
London > Leisure > Activities
95 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 | 28 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
The third of these increasingly popular 1950s retro-America style bowling alleys opened in late 2008 to much critical acclaim. Located in the Old Truman Brewery on ...More
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London > Nightlife > Pubs
23 Horsleydown Road, Bermondsey, Bankside, London SE1 | 2 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Situated on the south side of the Thames in the Tower Bridge Conservation Area, this historic Southwark pub offers a truly traditional English experience. From the ...More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
99 - 101 Bermondsey Street, SE1 | 9 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Oh how we wish we lived in Bermondsey, then we could call this gem of a pub our local. We'd stop in for a regular drink ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
108 Wapping High Street, Tower Hamlets, London E1W | 15 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
The real magic of Wapping's riverside Captain Kidd pub is outside on the L-shaped patio. The Thames is rather narrow here and so the action seems ...More
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London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
1 Mark Lane, City, London EC3R | 14 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Just as you used to be in a 1920s speakeasy, at Proud Cabaret you're entertained while you dine. A lively mix of cabaret, jazz and burlesque ...More
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London > Business > Venue Hire
City Hall, The Queen's Walk, Bankside, London SE1 | 4 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
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Waterloo Block, City, London EC3N | 8 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
With close to 1,000 years of royal history lurking within its highly fortified walls, a trip to the Tower of London is like traveling back to ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
Weston Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 10 minutes from Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
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Design Museum events
PRICING £10, NUS £6, concs £9, under 12s Free
A major exhibition which marks the designer's 80th birthday, featuring key pieces from the 1940s and 1950s, his work on Habitat, and a recreation of his home study. Curated by Stafford Cliff and Deyan Sudjic.... More about this event
PechaKucha X: British Design
event Tuesday 28th February 2012TIMES 7.30pm PRICING £15, mems £7.50
Short presentations about the design world.
Runabouts: Workshop (Ages 5-11)
event Sunday 4th March 2012TIMES 2pm-4.30pm PRICING child £4.50, accompanying adult with donation £11
Design futuristic transport models.
Christian LouboutinChristian LouboutinFor anyone who follows fashion, French shoe designer Christian Louboutin is the height of sophistication. His famous red soled shoes, on display at the Design Museum, are so beautifully crafted they could be said to stretch the boundary between fashion and artistry, engineering and sculpture. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin's career to date - 28th March 2012Sunday 1st July 2012
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PRICING £10 (Adults), £9 (Concessions), £6 (Students), Free (Under 12s)
For anyone who follows fashion, French shoe designer Christian Louboutin is the height of sophistication. His famous red soled shoes, on display at the Design Museum, are so beautifully crafted they could be said to stretch the boundary between fashion and artistry, engineering and sculpture. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin's career to date - ... More about this event
Runabouts: Workshop (Ages 5-11)
event Sunday 15th April 2012TIMES 2pm-4.30pm PRICING child £4.50, accompanying adult with donation £11
Design futuristic transport models.
Sport vs DesignSport vs DesignIt's no longer the case that an athlete can simply pull on a pair of trainers and see who runs the fastest or jump on a bike and pedal across the line first; these days it's as much about the equipment and technology as it is about the sports itself. Sports vs Design will be exploring how science, technology and athletes working together in harmony18th July 2012Sunday 18th November 2012
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PRICING £6-£10
It's no longer the case that an athlete can simply pull on a pair of trainers and see who runs the fastest or jump on a bike and pedal across the line first; these days it's as much about the equipment and technology as it is about the sports itself. Sports vs Design will be exploring how science, technology and athletes working together in harmony... More about this event
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