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SpaceInvader becomes a Certified B Corporation
Manchester-based design consultancy SpaceInvader has become the latest UK business to achieve the rigorous global standard of B Corp Certification, awarded by B Lab. SpaceInvader team in new Northern Quarter… Read More >
What Tolù Adẹ̀kọ́ Designs for After You Leave: Memory, Emotion, Responsibility
Design Insider sat down to speak with Tolù Adẹ̀kọ́, founder and creative director of Adẹ̀kọ́ & Co, a London-based studio known for its narrative-led approach to hospitality design. Adeko’s work… Read More >
Lom Appoints Chiara Cantilena as Head of Interiors, Strengthening Its Strategic Approach to Design Excellence Across Both Architecture and Design
LOM architecture and design has announced the appointment of Chiara Cantilena as Head of Interiors, demonstrating the studio’s continued commitment to delivering exceptional interior design. The new leadership role affirms… Read More >
Column: What really makes an office super? Looking beyond the buzz words!
The commercial property and construction sector has a strong affiliation with labels. Terms like ‘super prime’ and ‘Grade A’ dominate, but they rarely tell occupiers what they actually need to… Read More >
From the Barbican to the Caribbean: Tim Peck on Architecture, Responsibility, and Resort Design
This exclusive Design Insider interview features Tim Peck, Chairman of OBMI, whose career spans more than four decades and has played a defining role in shaping the firm’s global reputation… Read More >
Using multi material flooring installations in Commercial Interiors
When designers ask me to help balance floors and finishes across a commercial project, one of my first conversations is always about material storytelling. I always ensure every surface contributes… Read More >
Column: Why hospitality must stop treating architecture as overhead
For an industry obsessed with performance metrics, hospitality remains surprisingly blind to one of its most powerful commercial levers – design. In boardrooms up and down the country architecture and… Read More >
Beyond the Shop Floor: Brinkworth MD, Sam Derrick, on Retail’s Influence Across Commercial Interiors
Brinkworth has long occupied a distinctive position within the global retail landscape, recognised for its deep-rooted culture of making, material experimentation, and close engagement with the communities and brands it… Read More >
A conversation between: Jim Biddulph & Alicia Storie, AdesignStorie
Alicia Storie is the founder of the multi-award-winning, climate-conscious interior design studio AdesignStorie. She specialises in creating interiors that integrate biophilic principles, support wellbeing, and prioritise sustainable materials. Beyond her… Read More >
Female Leadership Q&A: OBMI London with Wiktoria Kopycka, Associate Design Director
As OBMI expands its presence across Europe, its new London studio marks a major moment for the global hospitality and resort design practice. The studio has launched under an all-female… Read More >
Designing Magnetic Cities: Philip Tidd on Germany’s New Workplace Era
Design Insider sat down, for an exclusive interview, with Philip Tidd, Principle and Strategy Director at Gensler, to explore how Germany’s workplaces and the cities that hold them are evolving…. Read More >
Workplace Matters: Designing the Future of Workplace Dining
Workplace Matters is an editorial series exploring thought-provoking and knowledge-based perspectives on the workplace. Through expert insight and experience-led commentary, this monthly series sparks meaningful conversations and helps shape the… Read More >
Column: What happens to workplace design when screens disappear?
Monitors have been a firm staple of the office environment for decades, colonising desks and the ways our offices are designed around them. Now, advances in technology hint that this… Read More >