Leading design shops, exhibition spaces and institutions on and around London’s Brompton Road joined forces in 2008 to become the Brompton Design District. Initiated by South Kensington Estates and local organisations, the Brompton Design District re­established the presence of new design in an area renowned for its important design shops as well as its historic links with design and education since the founding of the Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal College of Art 150 years ago.

Every year the collaboration continues to grow with new happenings at the world-renown institutions, pop­up design exhibitions, events and talks in leading design showrooms and temporary shops and sales in disused buildings. Keep an eye on our exhibitions page for details.

The initiative has included temporary installations in shops and shop windows by Martino Gamper and Caravan; roaming galleries by curators Rachael Barraclough and Libby Sellers; a temporary bar designed and run by RCA students, and, for the last few years, an established programme of events and exhibitors during the annual London Design Festival.

The collaboration is made up of Brompton’s established design shops, showrooms and institutions such as B&B Italia, Bisazza, Mint, The Conran Shop, Few and Far, the Royal College of Art, Serpentine Gallery, Skandium and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Brompton Design District Partners, past and present include: 6a Architects, Apartamento Magazine, Arabeschi Di Latte, Artek, Benchmark, Boffi, British Council, David Gill, De La Espada, Design Marketo, Flower Council of Holland, Gallery Libby Sellers, Handel Street Projects, Henny Van Nistelrooy, Icon magazine, London Design Guide, Martino Gamper, Modern Danish Warehouse, Nigel Coates, OKAY Studio, Oscar Diaz, Piet Hein Eek, Rabih Hage Gallery, Royal Danish Embassy, Se London, Sigmar, Smallbone of Devizes, Studio Glithero, Studio Toogood, Study O Portable, Sub-zero & Wolf, Tom Dixon and the V&A Reading Rooms.