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Spires Art Unveil Exclusive Eoin O’Connor Frame Prints

FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT. We have offered Eoin’s work in previous seasons, with framed prints ‘The Sniffer’, ‘Nosey Cow’, Dizzy Cow’ & ‘Big Nose’. We now have the amazing opportunity to offer even more from the animal series, as well as signed limited editions prints from his figurative & landscape ranges. Eoin O’Connor lives and works… Read More >

22 January 2014

Timorous Beasties in Paris

BIRDS AND THE BEES… Timorous Beasties are making their debut at Maison & Objet Paris this year, which will be running from January 24th to 28th. Releasing a new set of colour ways for their collection of ‘Birds n Bees’ and ‘Butterflies’ wallpapers which are part of the Ruskin Collection. You can Visit them in Hall 7,… Read More >

22 January 2014

ClearSky – Health and Safety

Health and safety made simple: what your business needs to know Too many business owners allow themselves to be lulled into a false sense of security when it comes to health and safety, wrongly assuming that workplace accidents only occur in rare or unusual circumstances. In reality, more than one million employees suffered a work-related… Read More >

20 January 2014

Laufen – Restoration Man

Leading sanitaryware manufacturer Laufen has a starring role in the latest series of UK’s The Restoration Man on Channel 4, with its products chosen for each of the four bathrooms in a former church in Devon, owned by the former Director of Architecture and Design of Hilton Worldwide hotel group

20 January 2014

Why are left-handed people so brilliant?

 A self-confessed spawn of the devil thinks there’s a lot to be said for his tribe What do Barack Obama, David Cameron and Osama bin Laden have in common? Obvious, isn’t it? What about Prince William, Melinda Messenger and Bart Simpson? No? According to a highly scientific study, they are all more likely to suffer… Read More >

17 January 2014

Inside Out Contracts – Live 1

Inside Out recently collaborated with Commercial Road Development to create a contemporary and practical design for their latest venue Live1 in London. Live1 is luxury student accommodation located in the centre of Aldgate. Covering 18 floors Inside Out supplied furniture for their café/bar area, library and court yard. This stunning building was inspired by modern… Read More >

17 January 2014

ACID – IP Bill

ACID fight for copying to be made illegal in Design Members of ACID met with the Minister Lord Younger recently to discuss their support for Clause 13 and the arguments they articulated for the Bill to also include unregistered designs. All is explained in this short video, provided by ACID.    

17 January 2014

Furnotel – MK DONS FC

FURNOTEL KICKS OFF NEW YEAR WITH 175 BEDROOM CONTRACT FOR MK DONS FC Furnotel has kicked off the New Year in style by securing a 175 Bedroom contract with MK Dons Football Club to design, produce and install bespoke case goods to their DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Four years on from Furnotel’s previous installation of… Read More >

17 January 2014

World Design Capital – Cape Town 2014

WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL CAPE TOWN 2014 PROGRAMME LAUNCHES WITH 450 RECOGNISED PROJECTS 2014 welcomes a new World Design Capital (WDC) Cape Town, in which the city will celebrate a whole years worth of design with events throughout. In 2012 Helsinki took on the huge honour and huge project and produced some brilliant events. “The central… Read More >

16 January 2014