Design Connections is the British Council’s annual design industry networking programme. It offers directors and curators from design museums, centres and festivals around the world an inspiring and immersive introduction to the best of the London Design Festival, alongside meetings with leading designers and organisations with the aim of brokering new connections and collaborations.

This year, we were joined by delegates from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Jordan, Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Taiwan, Ukraine and Vietnam.

London remains one of the leading design cities of the world, with LDF bringing together the best of UK and international design. Design Connections offers an important moment to consider how we can share ideas and collaborate across borders.

This film by Alice Masters gives an overview of this year's programme. Graphics by Julia