The seventh Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) opens new locations, brands and installations to join the London festival, for which architecture practice OMMX has been appointed to create a strategic masterplan.

The plan marks a significant point in CDW’s development, with the format expanding to eight exhibition venues, a gateway destination to Clerkenwell’s showrooms, an installation trail and a brand new destination at Spa Fields.

Clerkenwell Design Week, sponsored by Renault, takes place 24-26 May across Clerkenwell. The new, integrated approach to planning the festival across both the temporary (exhibitions and installations) and the permanent (showrooms and fringe) will improve the flow and navigation around the various elements, creating what the organisers hope will be a compelling experience for visitors as they explore all that Clerkenwell has to offer.

OMMX is an emerging architectural practice based in Clerkenwell. Its work on the Clerkenwell Design Week masterplan will help build a cohesive story as the festival expands and develops. Hikaru Nissanke and Jon Lopez, Directors of OMMX, say: "We have worked collaboratively to realise an ambitious and exciting new chapter in CDW’s history. We are grateful for the organiser’s enlightened approach in continuing to commission young practitioners, their desire to make a lasting contribution and to make design more accessible in this critical part of creative London."