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Romo’s Showcase of Mark Alexander

The Romo Group showcase how their new Mark Alexander wallcoverings are made. Working with natural materials such as grasscloth, Japanese paper and plant fibres, Collage is a fascinating creative journey that explores a range of inventive handicraft techniques. Printed grasscloth, stitched paper, handwoven abacá and appliqued botanical fibres come together for an eye-catching collection of… Read More >

16 July 2020

Edmund Bell Explores Bali Freedom

Edmund Bell continues with their Global Traveller Series, this time, Bali Freedom is explored. There is no shortage of inspiration to be found in Bali. Its ancient temples and palaces, lush jungles, dreamy beaches and terraced rice fields make it an island of incomparable beauty. Asia continues to cultivate clean lines and gentle wood finishes…. Read More >

15 July 2020

Larson-Juhl Reveal Micro-Tech Italian Veneers

Larson-Juhl is incredibly proud to introduce their new release, Micro-tech Italian Veneers. They are composed of high quality, high specification raw materials, combined with Italian technical innovation and efficiency – delivering one of Larson-Juhl’s most exciting releases yet.  [Find Larson-Juhl on the BCFA Product Finder] This product has been designed with both current mass-market trends… Read More >

14 July 2020

Webinar: Ambreen Shah, Design Council

In our recent webinar Ambreen Shah discussed the importance of design to the UK economy, design sector diversification, design education and the Design Council’s #DesignIsVital campaign. Ambreen is a social researcher by background having completed her PhD on South Asian Muslims: Adjustments to British Citizenship in 2003. She worked for the Big Lottery Fund (now… Read More >

13 July 2020

Hangrohe’s AXOR Reveal Brand Campaign..

Hansgrohe’s AXOR’s have an exciting new campaign…My Places. The brand campaign explores places of memory for some of the biggest designers in the industry. The campaign explores the personal places that connect AXOR’s design partners with the individualization possibilities that the AXOR MyEdition collection offers (maximum freedom in the ch oice of materials on the… Read More >

13 July 2020

Hospitality in inhospitable times

As lockdown continues to ease we took the opportunity to speak with Rachel Withey, Associate Director, SpaceInvader to ask about the considerations for reopening hospitality businesses and we share product solutions to some of Rachel’s points.  With hospitality venues set to re-open next month, the challenges for operators remain numerous. How to enact 2-metre social… Read More >

29 June 2020

On board with Chelsom

As well look into the the cruise sector this month we have taken the opportunity to speak with BCFA member Chelsom about their work in the Marine sector and two of their recent projects. Marine Expertise Sailing the world’s oceans on one of today’s state of the art cruise ships is just as luxurious and… Read More >

29 June 2020

Webinar: Gary Helm, Obo

Last week we took the opportunity to speak with Gary Helm, Founder of Obo, about the importance and benefits of addressing wellbeing in the workplace, creating a positive workspace and the Mad World Summit.  You can enjoy our webinar here: On Thursday 2nd July at 3pm we will speak with Dr Ambreen Shah, Director of… Read More >

26 June 2020

Q&A: SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS – Silentnight

Following on from our previous Sustainability Q&A Articles, Design Insider is thrilled to welcome David Lawrenson, Hospitality Sales Director at Silentnight Group.  We asked David about how Silentnight address sustainability through their material selection, production and logistics, as well as what is the next step for Silentnight to meet their sustainability targets. Please could you introduce Silentnight… Read More >

26 June 2020