Reviews
Instagram LIVE Recording: Aesthetics | Cost | Sustainability
Space Invader Director, John Williams, speaks with Design Insider Editor, Alys Bryan, about the tension between aesthetics, cost and sustainability and how to get it all right on a project! “We are on the right journey – we just need to speed it up” This interview was recorded live as part of Design Insider’s Instagram… Read More >
Instagram LIVE Recording: Reaching Carbon Zero
Boss Design Creative Director, Ceri Lovett, speaks with Design Insider Editor, Alys Bryan, about the design and production initiatives reducing Boss Design’s carbon footprint. “There needs to be a penny-drop moment across civilization that climate change is the biggest threat that humanity faces” This interview was recorded live as part of Design Insider’s Instagram Event,… Read More >
Argent Upgrade to Meet Future Ways of Working with Basha-Franklin
Argent is celebrating the return to its King’s Cross HQ after an extensive refurbishment project that facilitates its shift to dynamic working. Design Insider filmed Interior Designers Basha-Franklin about the materiality of this project as part of our Instagram Event which took place on the 6th & 7th July 2022. The result of the 18-month… Read More >
Wanderfinding with f.r.a. at Borough Yards
Borough Yards is a 160,000 sq. ft mixed-use development on the western edge of Borough Market in London’s Southwark. A new space blending cathedral like railway arches, public squares, and secluded shopping ‘streets’. f.r.a. were appointed to design the wayfinding and placemaking for Borough Yards. Design Insider filmed Wesley Meyer, Director at f.r.a. speaking about… Read More >
Milan Material Discoveries
Milan Design Week has an internationally recognised reputation as the go-to event for the latest innovations in furniture, lighting and interior finishes – 60 years of showcasing the world’s leading brands will do that. With the event back to its full strength following the 2-year pandemic interruption, crowds once again flocked back to the city… Read More >
Trend Report: Milan Design Week 2022
We bring you the voices of the visitors and participants of Milan Design Week 2022! Download our full Milan Design Week 2022 Trend Report We reached out to leading commercial interior designers and suppliers, as well as a selection of product designers in order to find out what they thought about Milan Design Week 2022… Read More >
Review: Clerkenwell Design Week 2022
It is usually always sunny for Clerkenwell Design Week and so I wasn’t completely prepared to be welcomed to this year’s event with a downpour of rain! That being said, I was warmly welcomed by the now familiar bright pink branded signage as I left Farringdon station and by all of the showrooms and event… Read More >
Review: London Design Week
The Chelsea Design Centre was buzzing with life last week, providing in-house brands with their first big event of the year from 13th – 18th March 2022. Walking into London Design Week, we were welcomed by an eye-catching installation, bursting with colour, immediately setting a cheerful tone. Paint was provided by Andrew Martin and Sanderson,… Read More >
Surface Design Show Awards 2022
As we reported earlier in February, the Surface Design Show was back under the glass arched roof of Islington Business Design Centre after a 2-year hiatus due to covid. As well as the regular material and surface exhibits in the main exhibition hall and engaging talks programme on the seminar stage, the show also continued… Read More >
Review: Surface Design Show
After COVID delaying exhibitions for nearly 2 years, the Surface Design Show made its long awaited return at the Business Design Centre, London from 8th – 10th February 2022. With a clear focus on sustainability, the event provided designers and buyers with an educational two days, supported by a strong programme of talks, research and… Read More >
Trend Report – Hospitality Interiors Experience (HIX)
This is the event we have been waiting for! We have enjoyed this event’s bold graphics for the last 2 years and as soon as you arrived at the Hospitality Interiors Experience (HIX) you knew you were going to experience an event with a unique outlook on the hospitality sector. ‘The BCFA had over 40… Read More >
International Design Perspectives #4
As the design world has slowly begun to reintroduce a mainstay of the annual calendar – international trade shows – we thought it time to celebrate the renewed energy and hope that this provides to the industry with a series of articles that highlight some of the best moments of the past few months. Here… Read More >
Review: Workspace Design Show
The Workspace Design Show took place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th November 2021 at the Business Design Centre, London. The UK’s only exhibition focused purely on workspace design, the event promised the latest thought leadership from the country’s top architects, designers & corporates. I travelled to this new event wondering what it would bring… Read More >