Designer Q&A
Designer Q&A: Amanda Ramsey, Director at Interiors and Floor Design
The latest addition to the Hastings Hotels collection is the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast. Interiors and Floor Design, a firm based in Carryduff, N. Ireland were involved with transforming this 5-star hotels interior scheme. We heard from Amanda Ramsey, the Director, to find out about how she helped transform the building into a new 300 room,… Read More >
Passion for Concrete: Concrete Leaves
When the Design Insider team decided that concrete would be our material focus for May, we knew that the expert we needed to talk to was Sean Madner, concrete enthusiast and curator of Instagram profile Concrete Leaves. We asked Sean more about himself and his fascination with Sheffield’s brutalist architecture: 1. Can you tell us… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Erin Ruby with Decca
For this years’ Clerkenwell Design Week Decca London will be launching the GAIT collection design by Erin Ruby.
Designer Q&A: Conor Taylor at Foresso
All throughout April we are focusing on the ‘Design Revolution’. With Milan Design Week coming up innovation is on everyone’s minds and we kick things off with a Q&A with a new product/material from young designer, Conor Taylor. Conor recently partnered with with materials and surface manufacturer Solomon & Wu. Their extensive experience with varied and… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Jo Hamilton returns to INDEX Dubai
After a hugely successful double appearance at INDEX 2017 Design Talks, Jo Hamilton will be returning as keynote speaker on a series of expert-led panel discussions at 2018’s INDEX Dubai. Her consultancy – running since 1995 – has overseen a whole catalogue of high-end, international developments in the likes of London, New York, Miami, Geneva… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Ed Ng, AB Concept on ‘Eastern Design’
AB Concept is an international design powerhouse that was founded in Hong Kong. Our ‘Eastern Design’ theme this month led us straight to this design firm, with their East Asian origins and their luxurious and beautiful designs. We sat down with Ed Ng, one half of the Co-Founding/Principal team that makes up AB Concept to… Read More >
Studio Visit – Jim Biddulph with CUSTHOM
Bright light streams in to a studio crammed full with a CAD embroidery machine, screen print table and material samples galore. The Peckham studio space in question is home to Custhom, a team of five who are lead by the company’s original founders Jemma Ooi and Nathan Philpott. The luxury of such equipment and even… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Jo Love X VADO
With this months over-riding theme on surfaces, and it coinciding with the month of love, it only seemed appropriate to talk about Omika – a new of range of taps, showers and accessories designed by Jo Love, Design Director at Love Interiors for VADO. Designed to echo elements of nature, Jo Love’s Omika perfectly unifies… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Jon Brøcker, C.F. Møller Design
Sharing his product design expertise, Jon Brøcker, Head of C.F. Møller Design tells us about his collaboration with Modulex on VIA Architectural Signage. A project that launched in 2017, was a wayfinding solution for Aarhus University Hospital (AUH), Denmark. We wanted to find out more about this project and how C.F. Møller got involved with Modulex… How… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Duncan Neil, Creative Director at Earthed
BCFA member Evans Textiles’s sister company William Clark has started a new venture, an Irish linen producer – Earthed. We spoke with Duncan Neil, Creative Director at Earthed by William Clark, who has over 12 years of UK textile experience and is the driving force behind the nature-inspired luxury linen brand. Earthed is a bespoke… Read More >
Interview with Christopher Barger, SVP Global Projects, Grohe
During last years Sleep event in November, Design Insider managed to catch up with Christopher Barger, SVP Global Projects at Grohe who shared all on what it means to sponsor the VIP lounge and how they are tying to bring their shower toilets to the UK market. GROHE are once again sponsoring the VIP lounge… Read More >
In Conversation with…Tracy Kendall
Whilst the work of designer Tracy Kendall is defined by it’s output as ‘wallpaper’, her hand screen-printed and richly embellished surfaces are far from your standard ‘paper.’ Each and every design within her collection is hand crafted, whether involving multi-layered screen-print repeats or stitched adornments. Imagery varies from design to design; you may find photographic… Read More >
Voice of Colour announce their Colour of the year
With 2018 scarily close, we are starting to look at what is going to be the biggest trends for next year, and what could be better than discussing colour! Colour influences all design, whether it is bright, bold or non-existent. Colour makes a statement. So, we sat down with colour experts Ben Wilde, Colour Marketing… Read More >