The objects we live by
Partner Programme
13 — 21 Sept 2025
Craft, Industrial & Product Design, Interiors & Furniture, Multi-Disciplinary Design, Fashion & Textiles, Art / Collectibles, Materials
13 Sept13:00—18:00
14 Sept13:00—18:00
15 Sept13:00—18:00
16 Sept13:00—18:00
17 Sept13:00—18:00
18 Sept13:00—18:00
19 Sept13:00—18:00
20 Sept13:00—18:00
21 Sept13:00—18:00
In Person
Free, no ticket required
Seventy Six
76 Sussex Square
London
London
W2 2SS
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"The objects we live by" is an intimate exhibition exploring how design settles into everyday life. Atelier, Seventy-Six opens its doors to welcome you to explore how design quietly shapes the spaces we live in, featuring new works by ten designers, quietly integrated into the rhythms of a lived-in home.
Designer and curator Emma Louise Payne invites visitors into her London atelier, Seventy-Six, to experience "The objects we live by", an intimate, atmospheric exhibition that reflects on how design seeps into the fabric of everyday life. Featuring works by, David Irwin, Daniel Mullin, B C Joshua. Located just moments from Hyde Park, this five-storey townhouse becomes both a canvas and a collaborator, with each floor hosting a singular, site-responsive work by one of ten invited designers and makers. Some are long-time collaborators of Payne’s; others are new connections formed through shared sensibilities in material, space, and approach. In contrast to traditional gallery displays, "The objects we live by" removes the distance between object and observer. There are no plinths or spotlights here. Instead, each piece, a light, a vessel, a chair, a textile, is placed gently within the rhythms of a lived-in space: under a window, beside a worn armchair, or resting quietly on a kitchen table. The exhibition asks not only how we view objects, but how we live with them. It considers how design becomes invisible through use, while simultaneously shaping how we move, rest, gather, and feel. This is a celebration of the unnoticed intimacy of design, where form meets function in the background of daily life, anchoring routines and nurturing habits. Each work becomes a quiet participant in its surroundings: not to dominate or distract, but to settle and belong. Visitors are invited not just to look, but to notice how presence and proximity change our relationship to design when it is integrated rather than displayed. The lower-ground floor of Seventy-Six, also Payne’s working showroom, features a dedicated index area for each exhibitor, offering context about their practice and a second example of their work. This space is fully wheelchair accessible, ensuring the exhibition remains open and inclusive for all visitors. Ultimately, "The objects we live by" proposes a subtle shift: from viewing design as something to observe, to something to live alongside. It asks: What happens when objects are not just shown, but lived with? What new stories emerge when craft doesn’t interrupt space, but inhabits it?
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