Reviews
BCFA Open Dublin 2018
On Wednesday 13th June 2018 the BCFA hosted its second Dublin edition of the BCFA Open exhibition series. The pop-up exhibition was held once again, at the iconic home of Guinness, The Guinness Storehouse at St James’s Gate. The doors to the second floor Arrol suite opened at 1pm with 35 BCFA members exhibiting and… Read More >
Review: BCFA Networking at the Barbican Centre
The BCFA held their second networking event of the year on Wednesday 14th March at the Barbican Centre in London. With exclusive access to the stunning conservatory room it gave BCFA members and their guests an opportunity to network surrounded by a real concrete jungle.Drinks were served upon arrival, followed by a selection of delicious foods later in… Read More >
Bathroom as a living space
Laufen has recently showcased its latest design creations and functional solutions for bathrooms at international interiors show IMM in Cologne, Germany. As part of the new trade fair format “Pure Architects”, the Swiss bathroom specialist has presented its bathroom products targeting in particular architects, planners, interior decorators and designers who, like Laufen, view bathrooms as… Read More >
Review – BDNY
UK COMPANIES TRIUMPH AT BDNY BDNY, the leading trade fair and conference for the hospitality and leisure design industry on the Eastern seaboard of the USA, closed its doors after a stupendously successful two day run in mid-November. Ranked as the fastest growing trade fair in the United States, BDNY brings together leaders from all… Read More >
Review: Sleep 2017
On 21 & 22 November, the BCFA and Design Insider headed to the Business Design Centre in Angel, to exhibit at Sleep, Europe’s hotel design, development and architecture event. With 48 BCFA members exhibiting at the show this year- it was the biggest turnout yet for our sister membership association! The event kicked off to a busy start on… Read More >
Sleep Set Design Winner – Loyalty: Lessons in Love
At this years Sleep event the iconic ‘Sleep Set’ competition had the 4 participants designing on the theme of Loyalty: Lessons in Love. The 4 companies in the running this year were; Stonehill Taylor, MKV Design, il Prisma & 1508 London. For those of you who aren’t sure what the annual Sleep Set competition is,… Read More >
Review: BCFA Annual Luncheon 2017
The BCFA held their 25th Annual Luncheon at The Dorchester last week, and what an afternoon it was! The event sells-out within hours and it’s not suprising when there is such a buzzing throughout the day. One of THE contract design events of the year served a fantastic lunch and entertained with an excellent motivational speaker…The… Read More >
Review: Manchester Open 2017
The BCFA Open series continued last week with its second Manchester Open hosted at the iconic Museum of Science & Industry. Held on the second floor of the Museum, in a light and airy space, this exhibition gave you the opportunity to meet and catch up with 27 BCFA Members based in the north and see… Read More >
Review: 100% Design
100% Design is one of those unique shows that manages to bring designers and manufacturers from different market sectors together to celebrate great design. Situated at the always impressive Olympia London, with its fantastic arching roof and floods of natural light, the show which is part of London Design Festival certainly impressed us once again. Design… Read More >
Review: Brompton Design District
We hope that you have already had a minute to watch our highlights video from London Design Festival. Each year we look forward to visiting the Brompton Design District events to discover the innovative and thought provoking designs being exhibited. Within the London Design Festival, the Brompton Design District is vibrant and inspiring. It’s described as a ‘partnership… Read More >
Review: London Design Fair
We hope that you have already had a minute to watch our highlights video from London Design Festival. Over 3 days our schedule was tightly packed with inspirational events. Here we take a look at what caught our eye at the London Design Fair. The London Design Fair takes place at the Old Truman Brewery… Read More >
Review: Decorex International 2017
Decorex International was held over London Design Week at it’s usual spot of Syon Park, London. It ran from Sunday 17th – Wednesday 20th September and was celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary this year! One of our favourite features of the event had to be the 40th Anniversary Champagne Bar designed by Shalini Misra and built… Read More >
#LDF17 Highlights Part 2
London Design Festival is just too big. so we have had to cut our highlights into 2 (watch part 1 here). In this short highlights film we cover the big trade shows, including London Design Fair and 100% Design as well as Brompton Design District. You will be able to spot that he some pretty… Read More >