Reviews
Gallery: Clerkenwell Design Week
I have enjoyed visiting Clerkenwell Design Week every May for the last 10 years! Their 10th year was as sunny as we have grown to expect and the Media10 team again commissioned a series of engaging installations which carefully drew the dispersed event together. The showroom program was extensive this year and I greatly enjoyed the considerable… Read More >
Trend Report: Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week is the highlight of many designer’s calendar and this year I was lucky enough to visit. Following my trip to this world leading design event I now invite you to read my trend report. Unearth my event overview, new product launch highlights, enjoyable installations, the launch of Tom Dixon’s new restaurant and materials which… Read More >
Trend Report: Stockholm Furniture Fair 2019
Stockholm Furniture Fair is an annual event which is complimented by a program of city based Stockholm Design Week Events. Following my first trip to this extremely well established design event I now invite you to read my trend report. Unearth event highlights, the expertise of Guest of Honour Neri&Hu, see the dominant colour palette & material of choice… Read More >
How to Think Smarter to Build Your Design Career
A summary of the Design Insider/ BCFA ‘How To Build Your Design Career’ presentation given by Andrew Lloyd Gordon at the Mix Design Collective on 6 December 2018. In 1963, a young musician woke from a dream with a song in his head. Quickly writing down the chord progression he shared his work with friends… Read More >
Gallery: Stockholm Furniture Fair
Stockholm Furniture Fair is an annual event which is complimented by a program of city based Stockholm Design Week Events. Although this popular event has been running since 1951 this is the first year that I have had the opportunity to attend and I was keen to see if the event was able to meet it’s… Read More >
Towards Utopia – Franklin & Till at Heimtextil
Now in its 49th edition, international trade show Heimtextil saw a further upturn in exhibitors (the ninth year in a row in which it has done so) earlier this month. Bucking the trend of brands tightening their purse strings, the Frankfurt based show welcomed 3,025 exhibitors of home and contract textiles from 65 countries and… Read More >
Edmund Bell at Heimtextil 2019
Edmund Bell, who have been a member of the BCFA for 27 years, have just returned from their tenth appearance at the Heimtextil international trade fair, and it was their best yet. Edmund Bell previewed a number of new ranges at the exhibition including new velvet blackout SENSATION and new velvet upholstery range PLUSH, new… Read More >