June’s design calendar offers an inspiring blend of landmark exhibitions and thoughtful installations - each celebrating material, colour, memory, and emotion. From vivid primaries to soft pastels, earthy textures to iridescent shimmer, this season’s palette is as dynamic as the city itself.
Here are our highlights from a month where design became the language of London:
Liberty at 150 | A Patchwork Celebration of British Design.
Celebrating 150 years, Liberty’s anniversary became more than a milestone—it was a vivid tribute to the brand’s heritage of craft, and reinvention. At the centre of the celebration is The Patchwork Collective—a supersized patchwork house displayed in Liberty’s iconic Tudor halls from May to July 2025. Bursting with colour, texture, and layered pattern, the installation reflects Liberty’s living history through a kaleidoscope of fabric and form. Curated by Ester Coen, an accompanying exhibition invites visitors into the Liberty archives—where deep indigos, vibrant florals, and rich jewel tones chart the evolution of one of Britain’s most beloved design houses. On until July 2025.
Dialogues at the RA | Art, Architecture and Connection at the Summer Exhibition.
Now in its 256th edition, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition continues to defy expectations. This year, architect Farshid Moussavi RA and her curatorial committee have selected over 1,700 works — from world-renowned artists to emerging voices — from the public. Centred around the theme Dialogues, the exhibition explores the many ways art can spark connection—between disciplines, generations, cultures, and ideas.
The 2025 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is open from 17 June to 17 August.
Gallery view of the 2025 Summer Exhibition. Image credit: David Parry/Royal Academy of Arts
Do Ho Suh at Tate Modern | Memory, Colour and Architecture in Motion.
On a rainy Saturday in early June, the Tate Modern became a refuge, and a revelation too. Do Ho Suh’s immersive exhibition greets visitors with a chromatic symphony: translucent architectural forms rendered in saturated colour, perfectly stitched together with intricate precision. His work evokes memory and belonging through structure, space and craftsmanship. On until 19 October 2025.
Image credit: Tate Modern
Wow!house 2025 | Immersive Interiors at Chelsea Harbour’s Showstopper.
Since its debut in 2022, Wow!house has reimagined interior design as a form of immersive storytelling. This year, Pirajean Lees transported visitors with The Sound of Silence — a Library space cocooned in wooded shelving, brushed brass and rich coloured Dedar textiles. The room radiated warmth, stillness and intimacy, inviting a multi-sensory experience where design, sound and emotion seamlessly converge.
Other standout spaces included a soft-hued home bar by hospitality specialists Toni Black, wrapped in blush, terracotta and taupe tones with a luxurious Arte wall covering. Emma Sims-Hilditch offered a fresh take on the traditional British country house with her Courtyard Room, featuring a boot room to die for and a perfectly appointed dog wash area. On until 3 July 2025.
Marina Tabassum’s Serpentine Pavilion | A Light-Filled Ode to Place and Climate.
Designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion is a meditation on light, sustainability and place. Known for her contextually rooted, environmentally conscious architecture, Tabassum creates spaces that breathe with their surroundings. Drawing inspiration from the tent structures of India and Bangladesh, the Pavilion reflects the shifting shadows and colours these ephemeral forms create. As Marina Tabassum says, “Light is an important material in architecture” and here, it’s beautifully woven into the structure itself. On from 6 June – 26 October 2025, free entry.
And that's a wrap! Enjoy all the beauty that London has to offer through its lively programme of interior, design, art and architecture events and installations.
Here at YesColours, we believe colour is a language and this month, London spoke fluently. If you're feeling inspired by the palettes, textures and spaces you've seen, why not explore your own design vision with us?
We offer personalised colour consultations, support for interior designers and architects, and a consciously crafted paint range designed to bring colour, emotion and sustainability together. See you next month for our July recap!