Industry News
To meet or not to meet…
Mark Barrell, Design Director at Boss Design, explains how the role of meetings is changing in response to the change in the workplace landscape. The subject of meetings is an emotive one. Everybody has sat through unnecessary or misbegotten meetings and left them with an awareness of to-dos that will remain undone. Yet at the… Read More >
Sclera: American Hardwood Export Council, Sir David Adjaye & Benchmark Collaboration
A collaboration first presented in 2008 by the American Hardwood Export Council and Sir David Adjaye will be part of an exciting new exhibition at the Design Museum, London. Sclera, originally commissioned for the London Design Festival, will be one of seven projects featured in David Adjaye: Making Memory, which runs 2 February to 5 May 2019. Benchmark,… Read More >
Roman’s Shower Surge game!
Leading international shower designer and manufacturer, Roman, are launching their first online game, Shower Surge, to add another dimension to their social media channels. Shower Surge launched on Monday 4th February. You can now access the game from BCFA member Roman’s website or their Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. The aim of the game is to… Read More >
GROHE driving force of digital transformation
GROHE, a leading global brand for complete bathroom solutions and kitchen taps, continues on its road to success in 2019. In the past year, BCFA member GROHE has evolved from a leading sanitaryware manufacturer into a global supplier of complete bathroom solutions and exciting kitchen tap and sink ranges, and has also become a driving… Read More >
How to Think Smarter to Build Your Design Career
A summary of the Design Insider/ BCFA ‘How To Build Your Design Career’ presentation given by Andrew Lloyd Gordon at the Mix Design Collective on 6 December 2018. In 1963, a young musician woke from a dream with a song in his head. Quickly writing down the chord progression he shared his work with friends… Read More >
Towards Utopia – Franklin & Till at Heimtextil
Now in its 49th edition, international trade show Heimtextil saw a further upturn in exhibitors (the ninth year in a row in which it has done so) earlier this month. Bucking the trend of brands tightening their purse strings, the Frankfurt based show welcomed 3,025 exhibitors of home and contract textiles from 65 countries and… Read More >
Design Insider 2019 Predictions
Design Insider have taken the time to review events and talks that we have attended in 2018. After consulting with the experts, we would like to explore with you trends that we expect to see throughout the year: Bauhaus, Yellow, Metallics, Environmentally Considerate Resources and Pods! Below we will explain our reasoning for each growing trend for 2019…… Read More >