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Making it – the London Design Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 14 September 2012 at 09:56

The London Design Festival features many Hackney-based studios and designer-makers

Designed in Hackney Day – 1 August

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 30 July 2012 at 20:24

The beginning of next month starts with a day dedicated to Hackney’s best designers in special pop-up Shoreditch venue, Hackney House

The White Building/Lea River Park – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 15 July 2012 at 12:26

Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force

Hattie Stewart – drawn to fashion

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 June 2012 at 18:04

The 23 year old illustrator’s quirky style finds favour in the fashion world

Clerkenwell Design Week 2012 – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 June 2012 at 20:59

Hackney designers offered a lot to see and do at this spectacular three-day event

The Olympic Park – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 20 May 2012 at 08:47

The Velodrome, the Copper Box, the Energy Centre: some fine buildings will grace London 2012. But tawdry compromise is never far away…

Festive art and design: Chocolate Factory N16 Winter Open Studios 2011

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 29 November 2011 at 10:45

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December 2011, 11am – 6pm

Olympics Aquatic Centre – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 1 August 2011 at 09:46

Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space

London 2012: Olympic gold medals glitter in public for the first time

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 July 2011 at 23:21

Design by British artist David Watkins in line with London 2012 logo but fails to impress branding experts

Hackney Wick welcomes plans for new arts centre

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 January 2011 at 14:43

Artist's impression of Hackney Wick arts centre (east facade). Image: David Kohn

Local residents and artists are optimistic about what the new development means for the neighbourhood

Mouth Off this Christmas for Kids Company

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 1 December 2010 at 17:45

A Stoke Newington school and a Shoreditch design company have teamed up to make an iPhone application to help fundraise for a children’s charity

Out of an urban backwater, the 2012 Olympic dream takes shape

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 14 November 2010 at 12:41

The debate about the cost and ‘legacy’ of construction will outlast the 2012 Olympic Games, but no one can deny the new venues are a bold addition to London’s landscape