Slancha's Hanging Baskets Exhibition at London Design Festival Reimagines the Planter
From 14 to 20 September, the London Design Festival will feature the exhibition Hanging Baskets at Awaykin in Hackney, organized by Slancha, a design gallery established by Harvey Everson and Findlay MacDonald. This showcase highlights ten contemporary designers who transform hanging planters into collectible art pieces. Among the standout creations are Nicolas Zanoni's Pyrofoam Planter, Coline Le Quenven's Tri-diatreta, Romain Basile Petrot's engraved aluminum plates, Marc Sweeney's repurposed champagne bucket, and Martha McGuinn's intricate laser-cut designs. Additional works include Hanna Fastrich's Red Hot, pieces from Six Dots Design and ThisIsByron, Sheyang Li's delicate creation, and All Ears' striped wooden block, all complemented by floral arrangements from Studio Kumari. Dezeen recognized Slancha as a leading gallery in London design.
Key facts
- Hanging Baskets is on show at Awaykin in Hackney from 14 to 20 September as part of London Design Festival.
- The exhibition features 10 contemporary designers reinterpreting the hanging basket as a collectable design object.
- Slancha founders Harvey Everson and Findlay MacDonald set the brief of bracket, suspension, and vessel.
- Nicolas Zanoni created Pyrofoam Planter by melting industrial polystyrene waste.
- Coline Le Quenven's Tri-diatreta combines Roman cage cups and neo-Greek bronze furniture references.
- Romain Basile Petrot engraved David Bowie's Space Oddity lyrics on stacked aluminium plates.
- Hanna Fastrich's Red Hot is a brutalism-inspired cantilevered ceramic piece with deep red glaze.
- Slancha was recently named by Dezeen as one of five galleries injecting renewed energy into the London design scene.
Entities
Artists
- Harvey Everson
- Findlay MacDonald
- Nicolas Zanoni
- Coline Le Quenven
- Romain Basile Petrot
- Marc Sweeney
- Martha McGuinn
- Hanna Fastrich
- Sheyang Li
- David Bowie
Institutions
- Slancha
- Awaykin
- London Design Festival
- Jamps Studio
- Six Dots Design
- ThisIsByron
- All Ears
- Studio Kumari
- The Hoxton
- Dezeen
- Villa Kérylos
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Hackney
- Glasgow
- France
Sources
- Dezeen —