LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2013

The editor-in-chief of our interiors magazine for the design store Le Cercle, Anastasia Nysten (above), spends a lot of time in London. Working as a designer herself, both under her own name and for Michael Anastassiades studio, she gets an insider view of the most exciting new design work emerging from the British capital.

These were her top installations at this year's recent London Design Festival:

The Wind Portal by Najla El Zein at the V&A

The Dinner Party by Scholten & Baijings at the V&A

Endless Staircase by Alex de Rijke at Tate Modern

 The Conductor by Faye Toogood at Established & Sons

Anastasia's favourite events included the Sleep by Design presentation by B&B Italia and Meet the Designers with Ligne Roset. For more details pick up a copy of the next issue of Le Cercle, out next month.

OUR FIRST ART PAPER

Alongside the Autumn issue of Selections magazine we published the inaugural issue of our Art Paper to accompany the Beirut Art Fair. We interviewed artists, gallerists and designers for the paper and chatted to key contributors at the fair - these vox pop interviews will be appearing soon on our Selections App. 

One of our favourites was Manuella Guiragossian - always a pleasure to talk to, her illustrations are witty and uplifting, merging her artistic upbringing and her experience in California creating drawings for Disney. Her pictures cheer us up with their charm.