Posts Tagged: Furniture
Retreat East with Inside Out
When you need to escape from busy city life, what could be better than Retreat East, an exclusive members-only country club with luxurious designer farm-stays in the beautiful Suffolk countryside. The Retreat East farm prioritises environmental sustainability. Situated seven miles north of Ipswich and around a 30-minute drive to the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area… Read More >
LEMAN LOCKE APARTHOTEL
Leman Locke is a design-led aparthotel for those who want to challenge the status quo, and experience the unique and authentic. Designed for travelers for whom a bed and shower in a shoebox isn’t enough, Locke immerses you in its neighbourhood’s culture through spaces that connect you to a community of like-minded locals and travellers…. Read More >
Designer Q&A: Paul Hailes, Summit Chairs Design Engineer
Design Insider sat down with Summit chairs very own Paul Hailes to discuss design and inspiration behind their latest modular sofa collection Lilo. Can you tell us how you got into design? As part of my Engineering degree course, I did some CAD modules. The ability to create a 3D object from nothing got me… Read More >
Rycotewood Graduate shows award-winning ‘Polar’ chair
The BCFA are proud to support young designers in our market, and are gladly welcoming students and graduates to the BCFA Spring Design exhibition from Rycotewood. One of the products you will see on their stand (stand 37) will be from Avian Evans-White. He is a recent graduate of the Foundation Degree in Furniture Design and Make at… Read More >
Product Watch: Morgan’s Havana Chair
A Celebration of Structure The new Havana Collection from Morgan, designed by Katerina Zachariades, puts the spotlight on structure with its sculptural timber frame which becomes a key element of the design. Characterised by a refined, hand-crafted and distinctively shaped side profile, Havana offers a unique take on an archetypal, mid-century style. Available in Oak, Beech… Read More >
2017 Trend predictions!
As we enter 2017 we explore the differing and developing trends within the design industry. Design Insider have already discovered optical illusions with Ege Carpets and we enjoyed an in depth trend report by Camira. With the BCFA Open quickly approaching, we challenged our exhibitors to choose one word to sum up their 2017 trend predictions…. Read More >
Sake Cellar, Sakagura – Beautiful Natural Wood Furniture by Furniture Fusion
SAKAGURA In the heart of London’s Mayfair, situated at number 8 Heddon Street, is the beautifully authentic Sakagura restaurant and bar, and is the first of this restaurant chain to grace our shores, with its parent being in New York. Sakagura, meaning Sake Cellar, is fully stocked with premium Sakes from Gekkeikan, whilst the restaurant… Read More >
Female Furniture Designers?
I recently realised that perhaps part of my experience as a furniture designer has not been the industry standard. I worked for many years for Katerina McMahon, the inspiring Design Director at Morgan, within a design team of at least 50% female designers. In May the Furniture Makers Company presented their 2016 Design Guild Mark… Read More >
‘OLA’- THE NEW WAVE BY FURNITURE FUSION
Earlier this year the “Ola” chair range was introduced at the Salone del Mobile Milano (Milan Furniture Fair) and created quite a stir. The Ola collection is inspired by the principle of “less is more”, this means to remove the superfluous in order to leave the essential. This assumption is respected in every type of material, decor and… Read More >
HANDS beautifully furnish Atmos International’s new office space, Manchester
The brief HANDS received was simple: Provide a collection of elegant conference and boardroom furniture befitting an atmospheric, characterful and highly unique interior scheme for Atmos International’s impressive new premises.
Virgin First Class Lounges by Inside Out Contracts
All aboard the east coast express! Every busy traveller needs a place to relax, and at Virgin East Coast Trains their newly refurbished lounges offer contemporary and design led spaces to do just that.
Furniture Fusion Release 3 New Ranges
The Wrap collection as the name suggests has an innovative shell design style which literally wraps it’s self around you giving nice support to your back
Built to last?
Just how realistic is it for the industry to always make products to last? Jim Pendrill reports Aside from mobile phone companies which have the extraordinary capacity to make consumers habitually upgrade their products, most manufacturers like to build things to last. Given today’s unceasing focus on sustainability, such thinking makes sound environmental and commercial… Read More >