Four Days in London: A Designer’s Story
DDF: London Design Festival BONUS: Loos of London
London Design Festival
BONUS: Loos of London
No design exploration would be complete without acknowledging the city’s most underrated interiors – the restrooms. London’s loos proved themselves to be a microcosm of design culture: intimate, unexpected, and occasionally avant-garde.
At Bob Bob Ricard, the black marble restroom gleamed like a speakeasy for soap dispensers.
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And then there’s Sketch, where the bathrooms are practically a pilgrimage. The famous, white egg-shaped pods under a rainbow ceiling create an atmosphere that is like a candy shop.
Meanwhile, the Counter 71 washroom is minimal, quietly elegant with pale neutral tones and a touch of warmth from the potted plants.
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The restrooms at art’otel London Hoxton lean bold and contemporary where smooth gray walls meet sculptural lighting.
Even Heathrow’s airport restrooms, often the unsung heroes of travel design, had their quiet, efficient charm.
In the end, the London Design Festival wasn’t about what we saw, but about what we noticed. How a beam of light, a note of sound, or a curved wall could make us pause. From grand cathedrals to perfectly tiled restrooms, design wasn’t just framing our experience — it was the experience.
