Posts Tagged: Interview
Agua Fabrics Industry Interview: Liz Walker, Orangebox
Design Insider is thrilled to share Agua Fabrics’ latest industry interview with Orangeboxs’ Marketing Manager, Liz Walker. We find out about collaborative furniture design, lockdown, and the future of flexible office working. Tell us a little bit about Orangebox? The Orangebox was born in the summer of 2002. Originally, the business focused on task chairs… Read More >
An interview with Morag Myerscough
If you’ve visited the Design Museum since it’s relocation to the old Commonwealth Institute just off London’s Kings Road, you will have experienced the attention-grabbing work of Morag Myerscough. The colourful creation is a permanent fixture and a clear signpost for the on-going Designer Maker User exhibition upstairs. Comprising of tri-wall advertising boards with brightly… Read More >
Richmond International at Hospitality Design
Fiona Thompson from Richmond International spoke at the Design Week, Conversations In Design event on Friday 12th March as part of the Hospitality Design: Growing A Greener Future event. Fiona discussed substantiality in design with Jeremy Grove of Sibley Grove followed by a Q&A with the audience. Design Insider took notes to share with you…. Read More >
Designer Q&A: Mark Gabbertas
Mark Gabbertas is one of those names that keeps popping up, as part of our coverage of the Furniture Makers’ Company ‘Design Guild Mark’ we have interviewed him quite few times, in fact he has been awarded a Design Guild Mark for the last 8 years! But we wanted to find out a bit more about… Read More >
PIXEL By Panaz at CDW2018
We caught up with Panaz at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week where they exhibiting as part of Projects. We interviewed Sarah Lloyd, Head of Design at Panaz about their recent collaborative collection with designer David Fox – Pixel. Pixel comes in two variations; digital and binary, both of which play with scale and contrast with… Read More >
Sketch Series: HF Contract
For this episode of Sketch Series we sat down with the Design Team at HF Contract to talk about a project they had been working on for last few years which brings in a bit of fun and comedy to design. To view more of our Sketch Series short films and much more follow our… Read More >
In Conversation with…Jordan Söderberg Mills
With Glass the material of focus for this month I took the opportunity to have a chat with Jordan Söderberg Mills, an interdisciplinary artist working in installation, sculpture, design objects and an all round glass aficionado. His work is beguiling, at once visually arresting and yet sits on the very edge of our visual perception;… Read More >
PRODUCT FOCUS: SAPHIRKERAMIK BY LAUFEN
As part of our ceramic focus this month, we are looking into how this material can be pushed forward and be used in more advanced ways in design, and there is no better example of this than the SaphirKeramic that Laufen created in 2013. We interviewed Emma Mottram, Marketing Manager at Laufen to find a bit… Read More >
Alchemy of Colour with Peter Gomez
Design Insider visited the Style Library Contract studio to interview Peter Gomez, Head of Design at Zoffany to learn a bit more about the process behind the colour selection for 2018’s range. The Zoffany colours have evolved through experimental work with natural plant dyes, organic stones, minerals and jewel tones from the Zoffany archive. Featuring bold… Read More >
Studio Visit – Jim Biddulph with Fay McCaul
The positive attributes of knitting make it somewhat of an unsung hero in the world of materials. As with its textile cousin weaving, it’s easy to forget that knitting is one of very few processes involved in the construction of fabric. Without the invention of this age-old process we’d have no gloves, scarves, bobble hats… Read More >
Are you looking forward to Stockholm?
With Stockholm Design Week just around the corner we got in touch with the Show Director Cecilia Nyberg, to find out what she was most looking forward to at this years event. For our readers that haven’t visited Stockholm Design Week, what would you say are the biggest reasons to attend? Stockholm Furniture & Light… Read More >
Sketch Series: Elegant Clutter X etc Venues
In this latest episode of our Sketch Series we visit Elegant Clutter’s design studio in Warwickshire to find out a bit more about the process behind a lenticular artwork that encapsulates the idea of work and play. Elegant Clutter utilise their in-house talent to create a bespoke drawing of the London cityscape with a whimsical… Read More >
The Age of No Retirement collaboration Q&A with Tina Profit, Camira.
Design Insider caught up with Camira’s Healthcare Product Manager, Tina Profit to discuss their collaboration with forward thinking design organisation ‘The Age of No Retirement’ who bring together some of the best creative minds in Britain to help organisations realise the social and economic value of all-age thinking. What’s behind your collaboration with The Age of No… Read More >