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Experience from past design festivals has made me pretty skeptical of anything presented in a department store as they typically contribute little more than an extended window display. Thankfully the Trash Luxe exhibition at Liberty's curated by Marcus Fairs was a thought provoking substantial show exploring the theme of found objects and cheap materials transformed into luxury goods.

The scene stealing piece was Stuart Haygarth's Optical Chandelier (pictured top) made from old prescription lenses casting dramatic shadows and patterns. Below, Greetje van Helmond's project Unsustainable is jewelry made from sugar crystals that are grown on string structures suspended in a sugary solution.

Marcus Fairs explains the show in more detail on swarovskisparkles.tv