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SOCIAL DISTANCING IN STYLE: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO FLOORING DESIGN FOR THE CHANGED WORKPLACE
Milliken launches a design-led carpet tile collection to assist social distancing and promote mental and physical well-being in the workplace. [Find Milliken through BCFA Product Finder] To support the safety and cultural needs of the new workplace, Milliken has created ‘Social Factor’: a collection of informational carpet tile graphics that can be easily inserted into… Read More >
Q&A with Laura Taylor, Junior Contract Designer at ILIV
Laura Taylor has worked for BCFA member ILIV for over 4 years. In her role as Junior Contract Designer Laura works closely with Senior Designer Emily Arch, as part of ILIV’s thriving design department, which currently includes 3 textiles designers, 5 home designs and 2 contract designers. Design Insider sat down with Laura to ask… Read More >
How are you keeping in touch?
During this unprecedented time it is no longer possible to meet with clients face to face, so Design Insider spoke with our BCFA members to find the new ways in which they are keeping in touch. Fameed Khalique, Managing Director, Fameed Khalique We are trying to work as normally as possible given the current situation,… Read More >
FOUR new upholstery ranges from Edmund Bell.
BCFA member Edmund Bell thought they would kick 2020 off with a bang and launch not one, but four new upholstery ranges: ELEGANCE, ELITE, MERIDIAN and VIRTUE. From chunky weaves with interesting yarn combinations creating two-tone structures, to elegant and luxurious velvets, and other subtle textures; these new ranges offer something to suit all tastes… Read More >
10 Tips for Working from Home Successfully
During this unprecedented time many of us have found our selves unexpectedly working from home. After the initial upheaval we have all had time to settle in to our new ‘offices’ and here at Design Insider we thought it was the perfect time to offer tips on how to fine-tune your new workspace and working… Read More >
Ulster Carpets Purchase Axfelt
Ulster Carpets is pleased to announce the acquisition of Axfelt, manufacturers of high quality and fully sustainable underlay. The purchase of this successful brand further demonstrates Ulster’s commitment to developing complementary products to enhance its customer offering. Ulster’s ethos and future plans very much revolve around quality and service excellence, and these standards will be… Read More >
Heathfield & Co For The Principal Edinburgh, Charlotte Square
Heathfield & Co are renowned for their designs of the finest decorative lighting, working alongside expert artisans to create timeless pieces that radiate with simple elegance. Featured throughout iconic hotels and refined residential properties, Heathfield & Co’s unique and alluring pieces are regularly specified by leading interior designers across the globe. The most recent project… Read More >
Yarwood Leather: Behind the Design of Sleep & Eat 2019
Yarwood Leather offers an extensive range of world-class leathers and faux leathers, designed especially for seating applications. Bright tones and distressed leather look finishes bring a new approach to leather, mixing traditionally homely leathers into the public space. More than a leather supplier, Yarwood Leather offers a bespoke colour service and an additional leather embroidery… Read More >
Q&A with Alejandra Albarran: Room
When Alejandra Albarran, Director of Design and Innovation at ROOM, emailed us recently we leapt at the chance to ask her more about ROOM and the modern workplace. 1) Please could you tell us a bit about yourself? I started my career working in fashion and ran my own fashion label for a number of… Read More >
HAPPINESS – THE CATALYST FOR GOOD DESIGN?
Well-being is at the core of Milliken’s design ethos and in an attempt to understand how design can affect our physical and mental well-being the flooring designer and manufacturer commissioned architecture and interiors journalist Helen Parton to produce a report: “Happiness – The Catalyst for Good Design.” The findings are based on a collaboration between… Read More >
THE BEST OF BRITISH DESIGN AT BDNY
Now in its 10th year, Boutique Design New York (BDNY) is the leading trade fair and conference for the US hospitality, boutique and lifestyle sector serving interior design professionals in the United States, Canada and Europe. From 10-11th November, BDNY will bring 8,000+ designers, architects, purchasing agents, hoteliers, owners and developers together with 750+ manufacturers… Read More >
Amaze with Skopos’ new vintage fabric
Soft, meandering upholstery fabrics with a subtle vintage look and elegant decorative feel, Amaze is the most recent upholstery quality to join BCFA member Skopos’ portfolio. Aimed at hospitality and leisure interiors, the collection adds a simple decorative finishing touch, without being too elaborate or ostentatious. The collection of 22 SKUs is produced using tactile… Read More >
Havwoods visit London’s Pimlico
Transformed in May 2018, this new eatery in London’s Pimlico is a stunning example of a historic building turned bustling restaurant / bar space, transformed by the new BCFA member Havwoods. The culinary vision of restaurateur and hotelier, Omar Shabaan, the latest London hotspot was designed to establish a ‘neighbourhood haunt’ that seamlessly integrated into… Read More >