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Inspirational Women: Fiona Napier
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 and have chosen to highlight a wonderful selection of truly inspirational women who are vital members of the commercial interiors sector, each playing a different role. We spoke with Fiona Napier about being an inspiration to others, the women she celebrates, the advice she gives as a… Read More >
Inspirational Women: Carolyn Mitchell
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 and have chosen to highlight a wonderful selection of truly inspirational women who are vital members of the commercial interiors sector, each playing a different role. We spoke with Carolyn Mitchell about being an inspiration to others, the women she celebrates, the advice she gives as a… Read More >
Inspirational Women: Lucy Arndt
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 and have chosen to highlight a wonderful selection of truly inspirational women who are vital members of the commercial interiors sector, each playing a different role. We spoke with Lucy Arndt about being an inspiration to others, the women she celebrates, the advice she gives as a… Read More >
Inspirational Women: Dids Macdonald OBE
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 and have chosen to highlight a wonderful selection of truly inspirational women who are vital members of the commercial interiors sector, each playing a different role. We spoke with Dids Macdonald OBE about being an inspiration to others, the women she celebrates, the advice she gives as… Read More >
Inspirational Women: Emily Marzocchi
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 and have chosen to highlight a wonderful selection of truly inspirational women who are vital members of the commercial interiors sector, each playing a different role. We spoke with Emily Marzocchi about being an inspiration to others, the women she celebrates, the advice she gives as a… Read More >
Five Key Approaches to Wellbeing in Commercial Interior Design
Five Key Approaches to Wellbeing in Interior Design: Should every project look and feel fantastic? Of course – but long before we get to that Instagrammable moment, designers need to be thinking of wellbeing and incorporating wellbeing strategies into their process.
A conversation between: Jim Biddulph & Mat Barnes, CAN Studio
Amid the many new builds one sees popping up around the country it’s not very often that you find any that stick in the mind. The same cannot be said of projects carried out by London-based CAN Studio. The buildings they work on are uniquely colourful, tactile and memorable, in no small part because of… Read More >
Women in Lighting: The emotional dimension of light
What happens to us when we stand before an artwork? What are the paths we take around an exhibition? What attracts our attention and what stimulates our emotions? Light is the common thread of our questions. Light enhances the interplay of light and shadow, facilitates the reading of the artworks and moves us through the… Read More >
Hybrid Working with Cameron Fry, Liqui Group
As we emerged from the Covid pandemic did you question how, and where, you wanted to work? You certainly were not the only person to reassess their working life, many of us taking the opportunity to evolve from an office based worker to a hybrid worker. We recently spoke with Cameron Fry, Creative Director and… Read More >
A conversation between: Jim Biddulph & Helen Leask, Leask Architecture
Whether it’s large-scale commercial projects or intimate residential properties, an architect’s work in shaping the look and feel of a building is paramount. Invariably there is far more to the process than meets the eye, which is perhaps a sign of a successful outcome, something that Helen Leask knows all too well. After graduating from… Read More >
Designer Q&A with Rose Campbell
Rose Campbell has been featured in our Designer Muse series before, but as she’s just taken over as head of design and marketing at Newmor, we thought it was a good time to catch up. Tell us about Newmor and your role there. Newmor is a family owned business, specialising in commercial wallcoverings. We have… Read More >
The Magic Dinner
“The thought . . . called up the flavors of an elaborate and bold cuisine, . . . an incomparable experience.” – Italo Calvino, Under the Jaguar Sun How often does a friend or someone from work ask you to book a table in a nice restaurant? Often. It’s easy, right? We all know that… Read More >
Jim Biddulph & Iain Monteith, Loader Monteith Architects
Developing a relationship between practice and education is a bedrock of architecture as a profession. But whilst RIBA’s CPD curriculum is designed to keep things fresh for practicing architects through informative talks, Iain Monteith of Loader Monteith Architects took a slightly more unique, and involved, approach to expanding his architectural knowledge. Having gone to work… Read More >