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Staff Returning to the Office? 10 Practical Pointers You’ll Want to Know
As a responsible employer, ahead of much anticipated Government Guidance, you’ll be putting in place measures so your people can return to work as safely as possible. You might already have considered aspects like distancing between desks, but that’s the tip of the iceberg. Staff returning from lockdown and enforced home working may also be… 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 >
Webinar: Alison Monteith, Monteith Scott
This week we streamed the next webinar in our new series, enabling interior designers, manufacturers and the creative community to join Design Insider Editor Alys Bryan as she interviewed Alison Monteith, Managing Director at Monteith Scott. Alison is a Birmingham based Interior Architect and workplace consultant who has a reputation for delivering successful, practical yet… Read More >
KI Europe launches new website with enhanced digital resources
KI’s furniture helps the world’s leading organisations create happy, healthy, high performing working and learning environments for their people. Bringing together good design, advanced engineering and sustainable resources, KI’s products are durable, flexible and offer excellent value. KI Europe’s new website is now live, providing easy access to a wealth of digital resources during the… Read More >
Hypnos receives Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development
Ethical British bedmaker, Hypnos, is celebrating after receiving the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for its pioneering commitment to sustainable and ethical manufacturing. This respected achievement is the second Queen’s Award for the company after they won one in 2017 for International Trade. Hypnos’ latest accolade comes after a decade long commitment… Read More >
Jim Biddulph & Rob Nicoll, Chip[s]board in Conversation
There have been countless material innovations over the past decade, with big brands, independent design studios, graduates and students all getting in on the act. The desire to create new, never-seen-before materials has gone hand in hand with the burgeoning of both industry-focused material libraries and universally available social media platforms, which offer the opportunity… Read More >
ONE: Zoran Matijevic
Continuing with our popular ONE series, we spoke with Zoran Matijevic, Head of Design for Crofts & Assinder. Crofts & Assinder manufacture decorative hardware. Zoran Matijevic told us that he’s ‘been lucky enough to travel extensively which has really opened my eyes to many aspects of design, through visual facets of both the natural and… Read More >
Morgan Put a New Spin on Classic Materials
Morgan, one of the UK’s most respected contract furniture designer and manufacturers, announces new material options available for the Modena, Rakino and Kaya collections: terrazzo and cane. [Find Morgan through BCFA Product Finder] Traditional, natural materials are experiencing a renaissance as designers reimagine and reinvigorate these beloved styles, embracing feelings of nostalgia while adding a… Read More >