Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

From Bethnal Green to Hackney Central

The lights on the trees outside the Hackney Town Hall seem to stay on until about May,
and then get turned back on again around October… Nice.

Urban christmas tree

Jeppe Hein

Ad and Lou in the Jeppe Hein sculptures at the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park at the weekend.
Its well worth taking a look at the rest of his wonderful work here.

George the Dog, John the Artist

Familiar with the homeless guy and the dog who sits drawing on Shoreditch High Street? Well his name's John Dolan, and the dog's called George and an exhibition of his sketches is taking place at the Howard Griffin Gallery.

http://howardgriffingallery.com/

Ally Capellino

Ally has been observing the streets of Hackney.

http://www.allycapellino.co.uk/blog

Conrad Shawcross - Timepiece

Some of us went to the Round House last night for the Conrad Shawcross 'Timepiece' exhibition. Very intelligent design, and a beautiful spacial experience.

Factory; Basement

1st phase construction work on the Netherhall site in Hampstead. See more Architectural Design here
 

Leandro Erlich in Dalston House

Argentine artist Leandro Erlich has been commissioned by the Barbican to create a new installation in Dalston.

The project is also part of the 2013 London Festival of Architecture and can be experienced free from the 26th of June until 4 August 2013.

The Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes

The Old Vinyl Factory is a complex of buildings formerly owned by the British music company EMI in Hayes, within the London Borough of Hillingdon. Since 2011 the site has been undergoing a complete redevelopment.

The site was originally purchased by the Gramophone and Typewriter Company and the buildings were designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in the early 20th century.

London Fields Cafe

Kevin

Someone's been playing with the signage samples...

Diesel Village pops down

The last house standing at the end of a pop up.

Thanks Bennedict for the private session last night

A beautifully built skate bowl on the 1st floor of a warehouse just off Brick Lane.

Diesel Village before opening

A recent pop-up collaboration with the Wilson Brothers for Diesel on Regent Street in London.

See more here 

On site!

Pumpkins 2012

This years first batch of pumpkins.