Industry News
Step by Step: Morgan
During December Design Insider will explore the production processes behind our members’ most unique and innovative designs. We began look at the processes used by Morgan when creating the solid timber Oslo Collection. The Oslo Armchair is one model within the Oslo lounge and dining collection which embraces its simplicity with light elegant design. 1. The… Read More >
Backed into a corner by software
At our recent BCFA Open exhibition we took the opportunity to speak with our exhibitors about their opinions on the cost of software. This Big Topic discusses the investment which our members have made into their software and how they have structured their sizeable investment. We consider how members balance the feeling of being… Read More >
BFC publishes its 2017 Manifesto – An action plan for Government
The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) is the UK’s furniture industry’s representative body which seeks to ensure all Government policies and initiatives support a thriving furniture, furnishings and bed sector. The organisation has published its 2017 Manifesto calling for strong action from Government. Today, the Manifesto has been sent to ministers across Government, as well as… Read More >
Congratulations FX Award Winners
Thank you FX Interior Design Awards for a wonderful evening celebrating design and manufacturing excellence in the UK. We are thrilled to extend our congratulations to two of our BCFA members, who we are sure are happily sat admiring their awards and nursing a strong coffee. Boss Design was awarded Product of the Year for Trinetic. Congratulations!… Read More >
The BIM Journey
At our recent BCFA Open exhibition visitors were able to attend Paul Quinn’s CPD ‘BIM, Simplified with NBS’ which introduced BIM, the tools that designers are using on BIM projects, and advised furniture manufacturers on their BIM journey. We seized this opportunity to ask Paul and our members more about their experience and opinions of BIM…. Read More >
10 Friday Facts: 3D Printing
Following the success with the new Rio tables, designed by studio INTEGRATE and Morgan Studio, they have sent us some facinating facts on 3D Printing to fill your friday.
‘…they chose to recruit outside of the UK.’
On the 6th of October UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd made this statement on Radio 4 Today program: ‘I went and visited a factory quite recently where they recruit almost exclusively from Romania and Poland where there are people there who have had experience in factories building these sofa’s that they have. They didn’t even… Read More >
Built to last?
Just how realistic is it for the industry to always make products to last? Jim Pendrill reports Aside from mobile phone companies which have the extraordinary capacity to make consumers habitually upgrade their products, most manufacturers like to build things to last. Given today’s unceasing focus on sustainability, such thinking makes sound environmental and commercial… Read More >
Nelson Bubble Lamps added to Herman Miller Collection
Leading furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has assumed the exclusive rights to the portfolio of iconic and timeless Bubble Lamps designed by George Nelson
Will ‘Paradise’ Benefit Birmingham City University’s Students?
On a recent visit to Birmingham it was impossible not to be excited by the development taking place in the city centre and to be drawn into the evolving new architectural landscape. In this piece we look at the demolition of Adrian Boult Hall, one of Birmingham University’s facilities, and ask if making way for… Read More >
Design Guild Mark: What the winners say!
Founded in 2008 by The Furniture Makers’ Company the prestigious Design Guild Mark is awarded to drive excellence and raise the profile of British design and innovation. The Award recognises the highest standards in the design of furniture for volume production, by the finest designers working in Britain, or British designers working abroad. The Furniture… Read More >
How did you get into design?
Last week we asked three established designers how they had made their way into their current design positions. We discovered how their young family life shaped both Pernille Stafford and Alex Hellum’s journeys into design. We also leant how finding the right scale moved Katerina McMahon away from architecture into the furniture workshop. Read more… Read More >
Powering the North
Ahead of the BCFA’s first BCFA OPEN exhibition in Manchester in October, we look at the city’s continued growth prospects. For proof of Manchester’s credentials as the leading creative hub outside London one need look no further than MediaCity, just a few miles outside the city in Salford Quays. Twenty years ago this former docklands… Read More >