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Inside the gorgeous Not Pink world of the Google Curiosity Rooms in Piccadilly

Gomez de Villaboa
Gomez de Villaboa

If you go down to Piccadilly Circus today, you will be greeted with a raft of ‘Not Pink’ as Google transforms 55 Regent Street in honour of the Google Pixel 3 smartphone.

For the next five weeks, from November 15 until December 16, Google will be hosting a range of free talks, events, and workshops, that demonstrate how fashion, food, music, art and tech all collide.

Named the Curiosity Rooms, Google hopes Londoners will come in and explore their curiosity.

The ground floor is given over to all things Pixel 3. Visitors will be able to try out the Google Lens technology in the delightfully pink Laundrette and use the Pixel’s Group Selfie cam to snap images in the art installations.

On the first floor, there will be mini pop-up stores featuring local London vendors, a neighbourhood coffee bar and a collective of creative experiences.

Down in the basement is where all the magic will happen, with the free talks and events taking place here. All Google is asking for in return is a donation to Crisis.

Google is going all in on live podcast recordings at the Curiosity Rooms. You can catch Fearne Cotton recording an episode of Happy Place, discussing feeling lost in a high pressured world, Scarlett Curtis recording Feminists Don’t Wear Pink with a special guest, and Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton are recording their hit show, The High Low.

If it’s design you’re interested in then Liam Hodges sessions in the Hypemaker Studio will be a must-attend. The designer will be holding two sessions, where guests will be invited to create unique items through a hands-on design process, using the Pixel 3.

It's not a London event unless food features heavily on the menu and King Cook of CookDaily will be holding a talk on how he transformed the city’s vegan food scene.

Tickets are available for the events now, with more scheduled to be released over the next few weeks.

There is also the opportunity to try out and purchase the new Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones and other Google products including the Google Home.

For more information and tickets, visit g.co/curiosityrooms