A giant wind chime, touch-sensitive biotextiles and the reconstruction of Ukrainian window designs are among the most intriguing installations at the London Design Biennale , which kicks off this first week of June and brings together participants from around the world to celebrate new forms of international cooperation through design. The Biennale, now in its fourth edition, will present over 40 installations focused on the theme ‘ The Global Game: Remapping Collaborations ’, chosen by this year’s Artistic Director, the Nieuwe Instituut, Instituut, led by Aric Chen. In addition to national participants, the Eureka exhibition will showcase interdisciplinary innovations from leading UK research centres. So, below, check out the main installations at the London Design Biennale!

Poetics of Necessity (Poland), by TŁO Michał Sikorski Architects

This multinational pavilion is based on a humanitarian project by architects Petro Vladimirov and Zofia Jaworowska who collected abandoned windows from Poland to help rebuild homes in Ukraine – as these are often destroyed by Russian bombings, and most of Ukraine's glass supply comes from Russia. As part of the biennale, the project was extended to the UK with over 30 windows donated by Londoners displayed in the exhibition before being sent to Ukraine . The installation also demonstrates one of more than 100 techniques , devised by Vladimirov and Jaworowska in collaboration with local architects, for how windows can be installed regardless of size or shape.

Borrowed Matter (Chile), by Borrowed Matter

Biotextile sheets , made from tree cellulose and natural dyes, are suspended from the ceiling of the Chilean pavilion , one of which is dipped in water and will slowly degrade over the course of the exhibition. Others act as touch sensors , woven with conductive metal wire and connected to speakers that emit different sounds as the tissues are stroked and poked .

Set on a riverside terrace, this pavilion explores two vernacular typologies of Indian design: a traditional daybed known as a chairpai and an open-air chowk market, which design studio Archohm describes as “ Indian urban living in the living room .” The pavilion is made up of woven ropes placed over an angular structure, with a metal tent in the center decorated with hundreds of clay kullad cups used for drinking chai.

Baking the Future (Austria), by Chmara.Rosinke

Throughout the biennale, designers Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara will be baking bread in the Austrian pavilion as part of an ongoing research project into the geopolitical contexts and microbiological processes behind this common foodstuff. Together with the bakery, the designers created a collection of exhibits designed to investigate the sensory experience of bread, including a record player that allows visitors to listen to the bread . "A loaf of bread or a slice of bread may seem simple, but there is a curious complexity to the bread question," the designers said.

Openwork (Türkiye), by Melek Zeynep Bulut

Situated in the central courtyard of Somerset House , the Turkish Pavilion functions as a giant hexagonal wind chime that forms a series of steel gates. The pavilion was designed by architect Melek Zeynep Bulut to act as a theatrical exhibition on the concept of gates and their role in imposing boundaries and social hierarchies .