Lord Richard Rogers is renowned for buildings including the Pompidou Centre in Paris and Barajas Airport in Madrid. He is the founder of Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, a Labour peer and a major proponent of the regeneration of cities.

Ab Rogers is the son of Richard Rogers. Also a designer, who originally trained as a cabinet-maker, he now runs Ab Rogers Design which he founded in 2004. It is now an established studio that plays with colour, materials and function to inject a sense of poetry, magic and wonder into the everyday world.  Ab Rogers is head of interior design at the Royal College of Art.

Xenia Mosley is a graduate of Design and Craft at Brighton University. Her projects are rooted in social engagement and self-development, with outcomes ranging from a prize-winning card game to a ‘Journeywoman’s’ boat. She is continuing with her project as a wandering Journeywoman, travelling around England learning new skills from masters of different crafts, whilst also participating in a social innovation programme, The Curiosity Club, in London.

For over 25 years the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has been at the forefront of international wood promotion, successfully building a distinctive and creative brand for U.S. hardwoods. AHEC’s global programme of activities secure a future for American hardwoods by demonstrating the performance and aesthetic potential of these sustainable materials, while providing valuable creative inspiration and technical advice.

Benchmark is a leading company of craftspeople and designers, founded 30 years ago by Sir Terence Conran and Sean Sutcliffe. Based in West Berkshire on a converted farm, the team is now 50 strong in over 40,000 sq ft of workshops for timber milling, carpentry, veneering, spraying, specialist metalworking and upholstery, as well as design studio and furniture showroom. Benchmark works extensively on design solutions for hotels, restaurants, public buildings, offices and private residences.

The London Design Festival was conceived by Sir John Sorrell and Ben Evans. Building on London's existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city's creativity, drawing in the country's greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design. First staged in 2003, the London Design Festival is now one of the world's most important annual design events. The estival programme is made up of over 300 events and exhibitions staged by hundreds of partner organisations across the design spectrum and from around the world.

The London Design Festival works closely with, and receives financial support directly from, the Mayor’s Office – having transferred support from the London Development Agency. The Festival also receives support from Arts Council England, as a National Portfolio Organisation 2012-15.

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

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