We hosted the late night opening of Slow Tech, a show where we partnered up with Wallpaper* magazine’s Editor-at-Large, Henrietta Thompson, to exhibit ‘designs for digital downtime’ as part of Shoreditch Triangle for this year’s London Design Festival (LDF).

As a response to today’s hyper-connectivity and constant communication via digital technology and social networks, Slow Tech explores the importance of stepping away from our shiny monitor screens and taking time off the communication channels.

On display until the end of LDF are exclusive prototype designs by Hugo Eccles, Héctor Serrano, Samuel Wilkinson, Nic Roope and more. Kiwi&Pom, who designed the space for the exhibition, also contributed innovative concepts for the show. The show also featured our own design, the In-Flight Chromo, which is a patent-pending colour clock that helps your body understand what time it is, and presents a possible cure for jetlag.

Yesterday’s late night opening saw a full house at our 18 Hewett Street space, with designers, students, journalists and anyone curious about what’s next in the world of design, technology and innovation in attendance, all enjoying the free beer on offer.

If you missed last night, fear not. We're hosting a special Forum event at our 18 Hewett Street gallery space on the evening of Thursday 22nd September at 7.30pm. We'll be talking about the need for digital downtime and a 'de-teched' society. Speakers will include design legend Jack Mama from Philips Design, Pluman low-energy lightbulb designer Samuel Wilkinson and Goldsmith's BA Design course leader Matt Ward. If you'd like to attend the event, please as soon as you can.

Finally, we'd like to say a massive thank you to Beck’s and to the guys from Homeslice Pizza who set up their wood-burning oven on a trailer outside where they served hand-rolled fresh gourmet pizza to the masses.

Check out some photos from the event (courtesy of Teddy Fitzhugh) here: