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Healthcare: Inside Out Contracts
In the past the interiors of healthcare facilities have been pigeonholed as having lacklustre designs and hospital-like styles. This has been necessary for practical reasons; they are challenging environments that are susceptible to damage and vulnerable to bacteria, so they require the best in hygiene and care. It is, however, just as important to create… Read More >
WATCH: FR WEBINAR SERIES – Workplace/working from home
Focused discussion on FR requirements in collaboration with SATRA, looking at fire regulations in the workplace and when working from home.
Webinar: Healthcare & Hospitality Specification: Antimicrobial Textiles
As a central part of the Design Insider healthcare content campaign we invited Jacqui Smith, Managing Director at HomeSmiths Ltd and Phil Hopkins, Head of Customer Service & Projects at Panaz to discuss specifying interior furnishings for the healthcare and hospitality sectors, including the benefits and considerations of using antimicrobial fabrics. Watch the webinar in… Read More >
The Future of Design for Healthcare Settings
Healthcare in all its capacities hasn’t been out of the headlines for the past year, it has been debated on, criticised, praised, exposed shortcomings in the current systems and more during the Covid pandemic and now it is time to take a look at it from a design perspective. I caught up with Tommy Cairns… Read More >
WOMEN IN OFFICE DESIGN – Gurvinder Khurana
This month’s Women in Office Design column features Gurvinder Khurana, Director & Co-Founder at align. Early Years Birmingham ‘born and raised’, Gurvinder initially intended a career in fashion and textiles but switched direction and qualified with a BA in Interior Architecture and Design from The Polytechnic of North London. Starting Her Career Gurvinder began working… Read More >
Idyllic Lighting for Hospitality by Karizma Luce
Karizma Luce produce high quality LED lighting with Italian allure. With premium reflector finishes such as copper, black gloss, gold and chrome and high quality performance, the Karizma Luce range is perfectly suited to leisure, hospitality, premium retail, residential and commercial office spaces. Design Insider is delighted to share some recent Hospitality case studies which… Read More >
Healthcare: 5 Reasons to Specify Bespoke Designs for Projects
Interior design projects are more demanding than ever. High client expectations, the pressure to deliver beautiful surroundings on time and the need to stand out from the competition. That’s why Bespoke by Evans enables interiors designers, specifiers and architects to go that extra mile with a unique solution which are individually tailored to each and… Read More >
Roca introduces new comfort height and rimless to WCs portfolio
Bathroom manufacturer Roca, has added three new WCs to its extensive portfolio, offering even more choice of design options and functionality. [Find Roca on thee BCFA Product Finder] A new addition to the popular Debba range is the Rimless Comfort Height WC available as both back-to-wall and close-coupled back-to-wall, with a 4.5/3litre flush and soft-close… Read More >