Fez — Moroccan design is arriving at the London Design Festival, but visitors will not be asked to stand quietly in front of it. They will be invited to make tea.

“Flukette Housewarming,” running from September 15 to 20 in London, transforms a space on Portobello Road into a fully styled home filled with objects handcrafted by Moroccan artisans.

The official London Design Festival program includes the installation in its 2026 edition, which runs across the British capital from September 12 to 20.

Inside Flukette Housewarming, visitors can move from room to room, blend Moroccan tea, browse ceramics, lighting, and furniture, and discover small details hidden throughout the installation.

Weekend visitors can also make and personalize scented candles.

Design meant to be touched

The idea challenges the familiar way Moroccan craftsmanship is often presented abroad.

Rather than isolating an object and asking audiences to admire the technique behind it, “Flukette Housewarming” places those pieces inside ordinary domestic rituals.

ArtRabbit describes the project as an immersive home centered on craftsmanship, rituals, hospitality, and the everyday moments that make a house feel inhabited.

Every piece included in the installation is handcrafted in Morocco in small batches using traditional techniques.

The home includes ceramics, lighting, furniture, and other decorative objects that visitors can encounter as functional parts of a room rather than detached design objects.

That approach reflects the philosophy of Flukette itself.

Founded in London in 2024 and rooted in Moroccan craftsmanship, the brand explains that it works closely with Moroccan artisans using traditional techniques and natural materials where possible.

The brand’s collections include tableware, vases, lighting, side tables, and slippers.

Moroccan craft as everyday life

The installation also taps into something central to Moroccan domestic culture: hospitality is experienced through objects in use.

A tea glass matters differently when someone pours into it. A serving bowl becomes part of a shared meal. A lamp changes a room once it is switched on.

Flukette’s presentation makes that relationship between craft and use the subject itself.

The project arrives as London Design Festival continues to widen its focus beyond conventional furniture displays toward installations dealing with material, craft, and cultural knowledge.

For Moroccan design, that offers an opportunity to escape two familiar extremes.

Craft does not have to be presented only as heritage, and contemporary design does not have to erase where an object came from.

At “Flukette Housewarming,” the Moroccan object remains handmade, culturally rooted, and contemporary at the same time.

The result is simple: instead of asking London audiences merely to look at Moroccan craftsmanship, the installation asks them to spend a little time living with it.