As part of the London Design Festival, Regent Street landmark Liberty will be hosting 'Britain Can [still] Make It'; a unique exhibition made up entirely of UK designed and produced furniture, lighting, ceramics and textiles from Saturday the 19th until Sunday the 27th of September.

The week long exhibition, curated by David Nicholls, (Design Editor of the Telegraph Magazine) in association with Michelle Alger, (Liberty’s home and furniture buyer), takes its inspiration from way back - a show held at the V&A in 1946 called ‘Britain Can Make It’. This post-war show promoted ‘by all practical means the improvement of design in the products of British industry’.

“Over half a century after the V&A show, we find ourselves in a similar position of doom and gloom. The economic outlook is bleak, British manufacturing is down, and our icons are struggling. I wanted to celebrate both traditional and completely new British craftsmanship to maintain that Britain can STILL make it! I approached Liberty to house the Britain Can Still Make It exhibition during London Design Week as they have always been a unique platform for design where the finest meets the rarest and have a long history of supporting British craft.” says David Nicholls of the event.

There will be a number of debut products created for the exhibition which we can't wait to see, including things from John Smedley who will produce a capsule homeware range for the first time. (Incidentally, Smedley owns the oldest working mill in the UK and the company are celebrating their 225th anniversary this year too.)

Tim Parsons has developed a collection of Pewter picnicware, and the super People Will Always Need Plates are showcasing their new black and gold collection. Mark Holmes is showing his Minimalux collection of gold and silver plated desk accessories and Lloyd Loom of Spalding is launching a new coffee table and an eye-catching collaboration with Farrow & Ball. Holmes has also produced an exclusive design of their Shaper table created especially for the show - made in a Cornish surfboard factory.

Deadgood have developed their Double Love chair designed by Ziglam & Brook Studio in an exclusive colourway for the exhibition (which looks dead good) and we hear there will be a few unique design hybrids on show too, such as giant Anglepoise lamps covered in Timorous Beasties fabric by Squint.