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London Design Festival 2025

Design for a World in Flux

London Design Festival 2025 report explores how creativity is responding to an era of fragility, uncertainty and rapid change. This year’s festival revealed how design is reshaping culture, commerce and community through activism, empathy, sustainability and technology.

Designers are using craft, textiles and storytelling as acts of resistance, amplifying voices of identity and resilience.Slowness and tactility emerge as counterpoints to digital acceleration, with makers embracing imperfection, ecological connection and analogue processes. Inclusive spaces celebrate queerness, difference and collaboration, while sustainability is reframed through circular value, transparent supply chains and regenerative practices. At the same time, design’s relationship with technology is being reimagined, as AI becomes a creative co-author that expand design's possibilities.

The overarching message is clear: design today is a tool for activism, empathy, sustainability and meaningful connection.

Download the full report below to explore case studies, and opportunities for brands to connect with audiences through conscious, future-focused design.

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