Events
London Festival of Architecture 2026 Explores Belonging
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) 2026 is underway, bringing more than 400 events to neighbourhoods across the capital throughout June under the theme Belonging. Now in its 22nd year, the month-long festival organised by NLA continues to use architecture as a framework for exploring wider social, cultural and environmental issues. This year’s programme includes… Read More >
10 Themes we Found at WOW!house 2026
WOW!house has always offered designers a rare kind of freedom. Without the usual constraints of a private client brief, each room becomes a place to test ideas, sharpen a studio’s voice and show what can happen when designers, brands, makers and creative partners are invited to push a concept further. Across this year’s rooms, that… Read More >
Event Report: Clerkenwell Design Week 2026
Clerkenwell Design Week continues to step up year after year, and 2026 was a joy to experience. With new showroom openings, vibrant partnerships and a packed programme of launches, talks and installations, CDW once again showed the strength of Clerkenwell as a commercial interiors destination. This year, one theme came through clearly: the balance between… Read More >
Design Insider’s Top Picks at CSI: What Not to Miss This Year
Cruise Ship Interiors Expo continues to grow not just in scale, but in depth. What was once a place to discover products has evolved into something more layered, a space for conversation, collaboration and a closer look at how cruise design is really being shaped. This year’s programme reflects that shift, with a series of… Read More >
Milan Material Finds – Part Two
In our second addition of Milan Design Week highlights, we turn our attention to the wider Fuorisalone, which this year focused on the theme Be the Project. It signalled a shift of attention away from outcome and towards process, positioning design as a dynamic, human-centred act shaped by intuition, responsibility and transformation. Image credit: Lorenzo… Read More >
Where Everything Connects: The New Thinking Behind Cruise Interiors
At Design Insider, we amplify the expertise of designers, suppliers and operators working across the global commercial interiors sector, including the fast-evolving world of cruise. Through interviews, project features and industry conversations, we explore how design is shaping the future of spaces at sea, from guest experience and material innovation to sustainability and operational complexity…. Read More >
Milan Material Finds
With Salone del Mobile.Milano once again anchoring Milan Design Week, the 2026 edition reaffirmed the city’s position as one of design’s leading global testing grounds. Across the fairgrounds and the ever-expanding constellation of Fuorisalone installations, exhibitions and temporary installations, Milan continues to operate like a city-scale laboratory for ideas. Photo credit: Saverio Lombardi Vallauri This… Read More >
Clerkenwell Design Week 2026: A Preview
Clerkenwell Design Week is one of those moments in the calendar that the industry instinctively moves towards. Not just for what’s being launched, but for the energy it creates across EC1. Streets fill, showrooms open their doors, and conversations unfold in every corner, from early morning coffees to late evening events. This year marks the… Read More >
Europe’s Design Heavyweights Descend on EC1 for CDW’s Landmark 15th Edition
As Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) marks its 15th anniversary this May, the festival welcomes design collections from across Europe. Spanning six countries – from Spain, Italy and Norway to Germany, Austria and the UK – this year’s line-up brings dozens of international brands and studios to EC1, making CDW 2026 the most wide-ranging showcase of… Read More >
Fung+Bedford at Clerkenwell Design Week: Resonance and the power of the fold
For Clerkenwell Design Week this May (19th–21st), design studio Fung+Bedford presents Resonance, a luminous, large-scale installation suspended within the nave of St Bartholomew the Great, one of London’s most ancient and atmospheric churches. Fung+Bedford is a design studio that creates origami-inspired, large-scale installations and faceted sculptures for architectural and interior environments. Comprising four illuminated, folded… Read More >
Join Us at Clerkenwell Design Week for the Design Insider Ambassadors 2026 Announcement
Design Insider is an online magazine and media outlet. We amplify the expertise of global commercial interior designers and suppliers by publishing the latest products, projects, and people from across the whole commercial sector, while also instigating the sector’s most important conversations. Design Insider is owned and published by Commercial Interiors UK. We invite you… Read More >
Silentnight Contract: Designing for a Changing Industry – and the People Driving It
The commercial interiors sector is shaped by changing client expectations, growing attention to wellbeing and sustainability, and a new generation of professionals bringing fresh perspective to the industry. As sponsor of the Next Generation Awards 2026, Silentnight Contract is helping to champion the people who will play an important role in that future. Ahead of… Read More >
Circular Design and the Architecture of Listening at Clerkenwell Design Week’s 15th Edition
As Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) prepares to mark its 15th anniversary across EC1 this May, the festival is sharpening its focus on two salient themes: sustainability and sound. Across Clerkenwell’s venues, streets and green spaces, Design Interventions, the festival’s curated series of large-scale installations, will challenge designers and visitors alike to reconsider how we build,… Read More >