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Airbnb: An Opportunity!
In the Second of our new discussion series ‘Have Your Say’ we posed the question ‘Is Airbnb an opportunity or a threat?’ We had an interesting response, none more passionate than that from Leanne Wookey, Director at interior design and branding studio NoChintz. Airbnb is an online marketplace and hospitality service, enabling people to lease or rent… Read More >
Luxury!
The Luxury Hospitality market is thriving! Here we bring you three luxurious projects begining with Alma Lusa, the most recent addition to Lisbon’s growing collection of boutique hotels aimed at the sophisticated traveler. We look at The Courtyard en-suites at The Alverton Hotel, Truro, where interior designer Matt Hulme of Dynargh Design knew just the products to add a touch of luxury… Read More >
Custom Excellence by Chelsom
Hospitality and cruise designers are constantly challenged with creating exciting and unexpected interior schemes. Often designers choose to work with BCFA members who can design, develop and manufacture bespoke products. Chelsom has designed & manufactured fine quality, design-led lighting for the worldwide hotel, marine & leisure marketplace since 1947 and here we bring you three examples of… Read More >
Have Your Say … Is It Instagramable?
In the Third of our new discussion series ‘Have Your Say’ we are posing the question ‘Is It Instagramable?’ At our recent Manchester Open event SPACE magazine Features and Product Editor, Tonje Odegard spoke with No Chintz Creative Director, Lucy Goddard about changes in the hospitality sector over the last 5 years. Lucy introduced the audience to the concept of… Read More >
Eagle & Child, Ramsbottom, John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017
Less than 15 miles from Manchester’s centre imd and Associates have transformed the Eagle & Child in Ramsbottom into ‘John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017’ at the Morning Advertiser – John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards held at the London Hilton. The brief for the Eagle & Child was 2 fold. The first… Read More >
Accor – Pullman Teranga Hotel | Dakar | Senegal
We continue our focus on hospitality with a look at the new Accor Pullman Teranga Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. Studio designsquared were selected to be the lead consultant on the rejuvenation, refurbishment & re-positioning of the Pullman Teranga. They were given a brief to create a new direction for the brand and establish a ‘flagship’ for… Read More >
Review: London Design Fair
We hope that you have already had a minute to watch our highlights video from London Design Festival. Over 3 days our schedule was tightly packed with inspirational events. Here we take a look at what caught our eye at the London Design Fair. The London Design Fair takes place at the Old Truman Brewery… Read More >
Sanctuary in the Sand in Blåvand, Denmark
We continue our exploration into international projects by looking at the most recently completed projected by BIG. Varde Museums, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker Imagineers celebrate the opening of TIRPITZ – a sanctuary in the sand that acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Craftwood
This week we stopped by to meet the design team at Craftwood, Designer Managers Kyle Anderson & Dexter Grimaldi joined Designer Tom Johnson explained their design process and talked us through some of their most exciting case studies. Craftwood’s production office is located at their head quarters in Christchurch with a dedicated sales team is based… Read More >
New Designers – One Year On Highlights
At New Designers 2017 we escaped the heat in the wonderfully air conditioned One Year On. One Year On preview the newest design businesses and here we selected our highlights. Carman Machado, Carman Machado Textiles. After completing her MA in Textile Design at Chelsea College of Art & Design Carman applied for a studio at Cockpit… Read More >
New Designers 2017
Yesterday the Design Insider team had the opportunity to visit New Designers, it was hot! Despite the lack of air conditioning we were blown away by New Designers Part Two and the level of design excellence demonstrated by this year’s design graduates. Here we take a look at just a fraction of the student’s designs, this… Read More >
Printed Textile Design and Surface Pattern Graduates!
Work completed, pieces displayed and presentations given, graduating design students are now busy at their degree shows and working hard to catch the eye of the person who may mould their future as a designer. Sarah Court, Sophie Clements and Winona Flay will all graduate from Plymouth College of Art with a Printed Textile Design and Surface Pattern degree…. Read More >
Designer Q&A; Michael Seum, Grohe
Design Insider recently had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Seum, Vice President of Design at GROHE to discuss their launch of Lineare at ISH. How was ISH? Amazing! We delivered new products and innovation in every category and even introduced a new breakthrough water safety category for the smart home with the introduction of… Read More >