Industry News
Winners announced for 2020 KI Award
Winners announced for 2020 KI Award from Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. The winners of the annual KI Award, now in its fifth year, were announced in the lead up to the upcoming digital graduation show. The awards and cash prizes are given to final year students selected from the RCA’s ‘Design… Read More >
Hospitality Brand Leverage in a Covid World
As the world begins to realise that the impact of Covid-19 will be felt for many years to come, Design Insider takes a look at how hotel brands are responding and the lasting changes for the hospitality industry. We review the latest statistics on hotel occupancy, signs of recovery and discuss changes in consumer behaviour…. Read More >
What can different sectors learn from one another?
Knightsbridge Furniture is a UK based manufacturer of contract furniture that serves a number of sectors including; workplace, hospitality and healthcare. Due to the current COVID-19 crises the spotlight is firmly focused on the care sector (in the broadest sense) and is likely to be for some time so Knightsbridge gathered together a group of… Read More >
Q&A Anna King, Founder & Director of Informare
As we begin to see the end of lockdown we took the opportunity to speak with marketing expert Anna King, Founder & Director of Informare, to learn about how they are helping their contract sector clients through this potentially difficult time. Please could you begin by telling us a little about yourself? I am… Read More >
Camira: For the new world order in sanitation and hygiene
Coronavirus has caused global turmoil and placed new emphasis on issues of hygiene and sanitation. While it’s impossible to apply social distancing to the furniture we sit on, Camira Fabrics are doing what they can to make our upholstery as safe and as easy to clean as possible when it comes to infection control. To… Read More >
Workplace design post COVID-19 with Camira’s Group Design Manager, Ciara Crossan
In light of the current pandemic, Camira’s Group Design Manager, Ciara Crossan, told us how she foresees workplace design changing post COVID-19. As we navigate our way through these turbulent times, our way of life and way we approach design is ultimately changing as we adapt to a state of abnormality. Looking ahead, we expect… Read More >
Materiality in Workplace Environments
We recently spoke with Kerry Deffley, Design Manager EMEA, Shaw Contract who told us how COVID19 may impact materiality in workplace environment, here is what she said: ‘Post COVID-19 lockdown it is likely that we will all be adopting new ways of working for a considerable period of time. This will certainly impact both workplace… Read More >