Designposts is a series of 10 large wooden sculptures introduced to the streets of the city during this year's London Design Festival.

Designposts is a series of ten wooden sculptures introduced to the streets of the city during this year’s London Design Festival. A collaborative project between LDF, the American Hardwood Export Council

(AHEC) and three British furniture makers ? Benchmark Furniture, Sebastian Cox and Jan Hendzel Studio ? it paid tribute to the creative diversity of London’s neighborhoods. Giving emerging UK designers a platform, festival attendees a free open-air exhibition, and showing the potential of an underused, highly sustainable material, American red oak, were the overall goals of the project.
Each of the ten Designposts were designed by a student or recent graduate of either London Metropolitan University or the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. Designers were assigned an LDF Design District and asked to create a large-scale sculptural structure with guidance from AHEC and the furniture makers. Here’s a closer look at each structure and the individual behind it. Designed by Carrie Coningsby
Carrie Coningsby

Islington, Islington Design District

Made by Benchmark Furniture

Islington was a block-printing hub in the 18th and 19th centuries, so to acknowledge the heritage plaques that adorn many of the district?s buildings, Coningsby created a ?local landmark library?. The piece invites visitors to discover and reco...