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Designer Q&A: M. Christian Lacroix on his collaboration with ege Carpets
M. Christian Lacroix has cooperated with ege carpets’ design team on creating a series of impressive wall-to-wall carpets. The Atelier Collection was shown at Clerkenwell Design Week at ege Carpet‘s showroom, with a talk hosted by Lacroix himself. After attending the talk, we were interested in hearing more about the project and were able to… Read More >
Manchester: A nights stay in…King Street Townhouse
Manchester is the design hub of the north and with that comes the need for hotels with interiors designed to impress. With the Manchester Open just around the corner, Design Insider has taken a trip to Manchester and has got an inside peak at the latest and best hotels to get you inspired… In December… Read More >
Northern Design Scene: Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery has a wonderful mixture of international collections, both contemporary and historic right in the heart of the city. As part of the running to the BCFA’s Manchester Open, Design Insider is looking into the northern design scene. We visited Manchester Art Gallery and were blown away by some of the exhibits. Take… Read More >
Northern Design Scene: Manchester’s Libraries
Some of the worlds bestselling Authors came from Manchester, you may have read some of their work; Anthony Burgess – A Clockwork Orange, Frances Hodgson Burnett – The Secret garden and poet Carol Ann Duffy to name a few. With that in mind, it’s not a surprise that Manchester is home to some of the most… Read More >
Northern Design Scene: L. S. Lowry
Laurence Stephen Lowry, was born in Salfold, Manchester in 1887. Many of his paintings and drawing were directly inspired by and depicted Manchester cityscapes. An Accident (1926) – The scene depicted here shows a crowd forming around a women found to have committed suicide. In Lowry’s early life he worked as a dept collector only… Read More >
Troels Flensted with Jim Biddulph
Troels Flensted studio follows in the footsteps of a plethora of design giants to have come out of Denmark since the middle of last century, when an industrial movement blossomed out of the dark post-war slump. There are many traits that we associate with Danish design to this day; industrial processes mixed with high quality… Read More >
Manchester: A nights stay in…Motel One, Manchester-Royal Exchange
Manchester is the design hub of the north and with that comes the need for hotels with interiors designed to impress. In the running to Manchester Open Design Insider has taken a trip to Manchester and has got an inside peek at the latest and best hotels. Successful budget hotel group, Motel One have just… Read More >
Northern Design Scene: Yorkshire Sculpture Park
With the BCFA Manchester Open fast approaching we have decided to create a collection of articles focusing on the design scene in the north. Generally, people believe that London is the hub of creativity in the UK but we would like to debunk that theory. On a sunny day in July, I took a trip… Read More >
Exhibitor Q&A: Suzanne Edwards, Design Manager for Newmor Wallcoverings
The BCFA Open series continues with it’s second Manchester Open starting on October 4th. Newmor Wallcoverings will be exhibiting at stand #1 and are planning to feature some amazing new products. We caught up with their Design manager, Suzanne Edwards to find out a bit about what they have in store for the exhibition… What… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Kit Miles with Jim Biddulph
As a contemporary design studio, Kit Miles Studio is synonymous with beautiful draftsmanship, exquisite repeat pattern work, impressive scale and sometimes surprising, but always exciting uses of colour. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Textile Design Kit set about taking his distinct style, which stems from his unique ability… Read More >
Hospitality served on an International Scale
Design Insider caught up with Ron Swidler, Principal in charge of the Branding at international hospitality design firm Gettys, to understand how they approach international projects and discuss emerging trends.
The Gold Standard in Higher Education Interiors
As the academic year draws to a close, we take a look at the big trends in Higher Education interiors. Our latest research suggests that investment in infrastructure is likely to continue at the pace we have seen in recent years. This is despite the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, resulting in uncertainty… Read More >
Designer Profile: Olivia Aspinall
My first contact with surface designer Olivia Aspinall’s work was in 2014, late on in the academic year at Central Saint Martins. It was one of those instantaneous ‘What’s that? It’s great!’ moments that stopped me in my tracks. I was there to teach on a second year module but was lucky enough to stumble… Read More >