London Design Festival 2012: director's highlights Design Junction, The Sorting Office, 21-31 New Oxford Street, WC1; 19-23 September In the spectacular surroundings of the 1960s sorting office on New Oxford Street, 100 design brands are on show at Design Junction. It is not what you would expect from a normal trade show. You can stop for lunch at the pop-up eatery, London Transport Canteen, brought to you by the restaurant group Canteen, which guarantees to be quite an experience. Elsewhere in the space, Outline Editions presents some fun graphic prints at accessible prices. Hot Tools, Gallery Libby Sellers, 41-42 Berners Street, W1; 6-29 September Libby Sellers is one of the pioneering young gallerists in London pushing the boundaries of design. She brings an innovative eye to design projects in her intimate gallery environment. Hot Tools is an exhibition of exquisite and intrepid glass works by the Product Design Master students of ECAL, the top design school in Lausanne, offering collectable design at good prices. Bone China: New works by Max Lamb, Suzanne Trocmé & Emily Johnson, 1882 Ltd at Bamford, 169 Draycott Avenue, SW3; 14-22 September The crockery by Max Lamb is a particular highlight at this show - it looks like Stone Age crockery, peculiar and crude, but I like his sculptural approach to design. He is about getting your hands dirty and working with a hammer and chisel. Jasper Morrison shop, 24b Kingsland Road, E2; ongoing This is a tiny shop where Morrison, one of the greatest designers, is not only selling his own products but things he has seen and bought on his travels. It is my favourite design shop in London - everything in there is irresistible. He once came across a chopping-board shop in Tokyo and shipped a load of wonderful boards back to London, or you may find a unique potato peeler here, but stocks are always limited. Morrison is currently promoting cast iron things and sticky tape. Mimicry Chairs by Nendo, V&A (throughout the museum), SW7; 14-23 September Very much the designer of the moment, Nendo has produced a not-to-be-missed project. A single white chair evolves and multiplies in 10 different ways in 10 different galleries at the V&A. It is poetic, almost ghostlike in its effect. The journey starts in the main entrance to the museum. Brompton Design District, 4 Cromwell Place, SW7; 14-23 September Spend at least a couple of hours in the Brompton Design District, making sure you pay a visit to 4 Cromwell Place, a grand townhouse, which has been curated by Jane Withers. Each room of this 12-roomed house is given over to a design experiment by a different designer. "Prism," an installation by Keiichi Matsuda, V&A Cupola (accessed from Room 140), SW7; 14-23 September The dome above the main entrance of the V&A is called the Cupola. It will be used as an exhibition space for the first time ever when forward-thinking young architect graduate Keiichi Matsuda shows the installation "Prism" there. Supported by Veuve Clicquot, the installation investigates the virtual life of the city. Imagine you are standing underneath a giant, living patchwork lantern. It is a magical and changing experience. Make sure book tickets through the site in advance. The Wrong Shop, Twentytwentyone showroom, 18c River Street, EC1; 19 September - 23 September Twentytwentyone is a little design department store on Upper Street in Islington, but for the London Design Festival it has opened its showroom on River Street to exhibit pieces in a project it has called The Wrong Shop. Objects on show include some limited-edition prints by the Bouroullec Brothers, France's dynamic design duo, who did the hit installation in the V&A last year. These colourful and bold illustrative designs are for sale. Ben Evans is director of the London Design Festival. He spoke to Georgia Dehn.