When Lifestylebazaar got in touch with The Good Web Guide last year regarding its newly launched site, we knew we were onto a winner. Set up by London-based design team, Laurent Nurisso and Christopher Curtis, it consistently delivers the slickest and most original homeware, all created by some of the world’s best designers, and is now a personal favourite of mine.

I love the website, but haven’t made it to either of the London stores in person yet, so I’m looking forward to the exhibition Chris and Laurent are putting on in their Shoreditch store during this year’s London Design Festival. Titled ‘Losing the Plot’, the exhibition will be run in collaboration with Children With Aids Charity (CWAC) and feature eight Louis Ghost chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell, which have been reinterpreted and customized by different artists and designers. These include: street artist Pure Evil; tattoo artist and Camberwell College illustration student Martha Smith; cult product and furniture design duo Thelermont Hupton; Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers, who launched her outstanding Prickly Pair chairs at this year’s Milan fair; and more.

This chair was customised by street artist Pure Evil using Krink – a type of drippy ink that is often used by graffiti taggers.

Starck’s pared-down version of the opulent Louis XV-style chair was revolutionary for its blatant mocking of the bourgeoisie. However, as the Louis Ghost chair has become increasingly well-known, the chair itself is often considered synonymous with bland, safe and, ironically, ‘bourgeois’ interior styling. This exhibition aims to shake things up a bit (not least because neither Philippe Starck nor Kartell have endorsed it) and will be well worth attending.

If you fancy one for yourself, chairs will be auctioned at the store on Thursday 8th October 2009, with all proceeds donated to CWAC.

‘Losing the Plot’ will run from 19 – 27 September at Lifestylebazaar, 11a Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AA.