Is interior design the new rock and roll? Er, probably not. But if Established & Sons have anything to do with it, we could be looking at something of revolution in an industry which has been dominated by the likes of Ikea and Jasper Conran for far too long. |
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Art-music duo Mera-Yasuda opens Kyoku Sen@Space 17 with free Tiger Beers as bait 8pm. 17 Kingsland Road, E2. |
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Norway vs Italy at AKA: It's no Euro Cup, it's an Ultimo Disko Special. 9pm-3am. 18 West Central St, WC1. £5. |
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Forum hosts Brazilian super star Milton Nascimento. 7pm 9-17 Highgate Rd, NW5. £17 0870 264 3333 or online. | ||||
Established & Sons is the brainchild of the nauseatingly successful and ludicrously monikered Alasdhair Willis (ex-Publishing Director of Wallpaper* and Stella McCartney's other half) and it looks like he's on to another winner. The idea behind the company is to unite some of the brightest minds in British design and then throw enough financial backing their way until they produce some of the most stylish and downright drool-inducing furniture you'll ever see. |
Scala hosts Bellowhead, the new Boden & Spiers bigband 7:30pm. Pentonville Rd, N1. £7. 08700 600 100 or online. |
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Husky singer-songwriter Ray Lamontagne is at Shepherds Bush Empire, W12. 7:30pm. £13. 0870 264 3333 or here. | ||||
The über team of design talent (a mix of the established and the up-and-coming including Barber Osgerb, Zaha Hadid and Michael Young) have just taken the prestigious Milan Design Week by storm with their range of practical-yet-beautiful items, which include a convex wall mirror and a folded alimunium table lamp. So look out Sweden and stand back Jasper, because the new wave is here and they make a mean sofa! Established & Sons - In store from September |
A cut above Pop Idol: Opera Rara Bel Canto Prize final at the Royal Academy of Music, 7pm, Marylebone Rd, NW1, Free. & at Wigmore Hall, the Kathleen Ferrier Award final at 6pm, 36 Wigmore St, W1, £12, 020 7935 2141 or here. |
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Upbeat
Latin beats from Ska
Cubano @Islington Academy 7pm. 16 Parkfield Street, N1
£10. 08700 600 100 or here. |
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