Visionary crazy golf coming to Trafalgar Square

London Design Festival's curator Sir Paul Smith is launching a Kickstarter campaign to bring a Visionary Crazy Golf to Trafalgar Square.

If their bid to raise £120,000 is successful, the designer golf course will take over the London landmark from 16–22 September to coincide with the Festival.

Among the acclaimed and emerging designers and architects Smith called upon to participate in the Landmark Project are British artist Mark Wallinger, famed designer Tom Dixon and Japanese studio Atelier Bow-Wow.

The late Zaha Hadid also designed a golf course of her own, which will be overseen by her practice in her memory. 

'All of the designers I have invited to take part have been given free reign to be playful, original and have fun,' explains Smith.

Other stand out designs include Ordinary Architecture's cross-section of a pigeon, designed to 'digest' golf balls; Atelier Bow-Wow's netted driving range; and Tom Dixon's funnel and pneumatic tube contraption.

As of 25 April members of the public are invited to pledge funds through Kickstarter, in turn receiving a 'reward' by one of the designers involved, and the opportunity to play this unique course. We will be keeping an eye on how the funding progresses.

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