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Q&A Session with Alys Bryan
Alys Bryan is a furniture designer who has had nearly 10 years’ experience of working in the contract sector. She used the recent industry events as an opportunity to talk to BCFA members about contract upholstery fabrics. We caught up with her to ask what she had discovered
WEEKLY ROUND UP
Education was a big focus this week, with some great projects which show just how much great design can make a great learning environment. Lyndon Design were selected to help transform Reading university library into a modern learning environment. With the use of High backed Arthur booths they helped provide much needed informal group… Read More >
Weekly Round Up
This week was all about innovation with some great new projects and products from BCFA members including Morgan’s RIO collection where they have show the potential that 3D
Weekly Round Up
This week we saw a whole host of different projects and products that show how great design can be…
Q&A with Steffi Backhouse, GA Design – Student Clinics
Back in June and July the BCFA held the ‘New Designers Student Clinics’ in which advisers from all over the contract design industry came and talked to the students exhibiting at the event, hoping to assist them in the transition from pleasing universities tutors to pleasing industry professionals. We spoke to Steffi Backhouse who assisted… Read More >
Chelsom – Behind the design
considerations and inspirations influencing lighting product design Sitting in front of a white sheet of paper waiting for the inspiration to design a light fitting might sound as scary as the author sitting there with his ‘writer’s block’. But given the unique role of lighting in hospitality interiors, given the enduring wish that lighting should… Read More >
Harlequin – Palazzo Reale
Nine striking collections, all specifically designed to meet the stringent demands of the contract market. Following on from the success of the previous FROne range, Harlequin contract are excited to announce the launch of Palazzo Reale: nine striking collections, all specifically designed to meet the stringent demands of the contract market. The nine books comprise wide… Read More >
Roman’s Investment in Manufacturing
Roman, International market leading shower designer and manufacturer has invested over £250,000 in their production facility over the last 12 months. Roman is constantly developing and quality enhancing their manufacturing processes and this huge investment has added improvements to ensure their efficiency and speed is accurate for the increased volumes of products that are being… Read More >
Trend Board April 2015: Harlequin
Exotic Escapism Channelling the current trend for bringing the outdoors in, Harlequins’ Jardin Bohème, Kallianthi and Amazilia collections provide a compendium of captivating motifs in kaleidoscopic colours providing stylists and architects with the tools to create a tropical sanctuary. Adding light to the darkest of corners with accent cushions, or making a statement with the… Read More >
Finding the Middle Ground- The key to being a successful contract lighting supplier
Chelsom share their expertise on contract lighting Just as designing good lighting for hotels is about more than creating stylish products that are on trend and look great, being a successful contract supplier is about much more than simply manufacturing mass quantities of product and shipping it on to the associated projects. It’s essential that… Read More >
Trend Board March 2015: Zoffany
Created specifically for this market, Cascade Weaves in Trevira CS and Cascade Wallpapers are exquisitely elegant with high performing values, thus ensuring the standards of safety required in the contract arena, whilst creating beautiful home from home environments at the highest level. The Trevira yarns are woven using traditional silk looms to create fabulously luxurious… Read More >
Trend Board February 2015
Trend: Creative Thinking for Walls Launched in spring 2014, the Anthology brand offers creative thinking for walls. Following on from the enormously successful books 01 and 02, Anthology are proud to present 03, a stunning collection of glamorous papers which manage to combine a feeling of extreme luxury, with the edginess of industrial chic. … Read More >
Generation Y
How generation Y will influence our way of working in the future. Type in Google “Generation Y” and you will be surprised by the number of articles and books you will find. Why is that? As a baby-boomer (those born between 1946 and the early 1960s) or adherent of the generation X (born in the… Read More >