Posts Tagged: Sustainability
Column: Crazy Design, Crazy Interiors!
So here’s the big question: can the commercial interiors industry take a cue from the “crazy ones” and embrace a bit more madness to truly innovate? George Bernard Shaw would say yes! He believed progress relies on the “unreasonable” people who push boundaries. Even Steve Jobs called out to “the crazy ones” who “change the… Read More >
Column: The Carbon Party is Over – It’s Time To Go Home
Ever feel like you’re swimming in a sea of carbon-related terms, wondering if you’re the only one who doesn’t know what “net-zero” really means? You’re not alone! Carbon jargon has become the new lingo of the eco-conscious, but don’t worry, I’m here to translate this confusing mess into something we can all understand. So, what’s… Read More >
Rhubarb Seating: Designing for Green, Not for the Bin!
The climate agenda has rapidly become a mainstream priority rather than a side-line and it is changing our attitudes and behaviours. For the furniture industry, that means people are increasingly looking for ways to reuse the furniture they have rather than throw it away and replace it with something new. Cinemas, theatres, schools, student accommodation,… Read More >
Designing for hospitality: Sustainable design with Hill Cross Furniture at The Boathouse, Guildford
Hill Cross Furniture, a market-leading, family-owned company, has been at the forefront of sourcing, supplying, and manufacturing high-quality contract grade furniture for over 24 years. Founded to meet the growing demand for premium contract furniture in the hospitality and healthcare markets, Hill Cross operates internationally from their farm in the picturesque North Yorkshire countryside. Hannah… Read More >
Sustainable Luxury: Curtis Furniture’s Journey Toward Eco-Friendly Hotel Interiors
Curtis Furniture applauds the organic design narrative. We take the opportunity to speak with Jason Platten, head of design at UK hotel bedroom furniture supplier Curtis Furniture, about how sustainability does not have to come at the expense of luxury. Once more of a political or CSR trend, sustainability is now standard practice, and its incorporation… Read More >
A conversation between: Jim Biddulph & Olivia Aspinall, Do Not Go Gentle
Setting up a design studio that makes interior products for commercial and residential applications is a huge undertaking and one that takes time, various resources, and plenty of energy and innovation, not to mention a bit of luck. So establishing such a brand as one that has a distinct style and offers consistent quality is… Read More >
Five Ways Hypnos Tackles Sustainability
Hypnos is a British family-run mattress and bed manufacturer. Peter Keen, Chairman, is the fourth generation to run the business, his son, James (Chief Executive Officer), and daughter, Sarah, are the fifth generation of Keens to help run the company on a day-to-day basis. In fact Hypnos has been practising and perfecting the art of… Read More >
Camira partners with UKFT on £4m recycling project to combat textile waste
Global textile manufacturer of contract and transport fabrics, Camira has partnered with UKFT, Britain’s largest textile network to lead a £4 million project that will divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill each year. Contact Camira through Product Finder Autosort for Circular Textiles Demonstrator (ACT UK) is a two-year project which will see Camira,… Read More >
New Recycled Boucle Commercial Fabric: Gaia by Skopos
Gaia (meaning Mother Earth) is the latest collection of upholstery fabrics to be added into the Skopos portfolio. Find Skopos on Product Finder 73% recycled polypropylene (from recycled textiles) and 27% recycled polyester (post-consumer waste), Gaia offers a sustainable hardwearing solution which supports a future vision for interior textiles, which are environmentally conscious. A soft,… Read More >
Sustainable Innovation Interview Series: Anna Hart, Hart Miller Design
Understandably sustainability is an important topic of conversation between Commercial Interior Designers and Suppliers. This series of interviews aims to share knowledge of new materials but goes on to challenge how circularity can succeed in the commercial sector and what that production model may look like. We also focus on action by asking our interviewees… Read More >
Sustainable Innovation Interview Series: Dominick Pegram, Salt & Pegram
Understandably, sustainability is an important topic of conversation between Commercial Interior Designers and Suppliers. This series of interviews aims to share knowledge of new materials but goes on to challenge how circularity can succeed in the commercial sector and what that production model may look like. We also focus on action by asking our interviewees… Read More >
Sustainable Innovation Interview Series: Sam Allen, M Moser Associates
Understandably, sustainability is an important topic of conversation between Commercial Interior Designers and Suppliers. This series of interviews aims to share knowledge of new materials but goes on to challenge how circularity can succeed in the commercial sector and what that production model may look like. We also focus on action by asking our interviewees… Read More >
Commercial Interiors: Sustainable Certification
Time was when architects and designers would be shown dimensions and material options when specifying furniture, lighting and other fixtures and fittings. Nowadays, sustainability credentials take up significant space in presentations and brochures and rightly so. After all, as recently as March 2023, Antonio Gutteres, United Nations Secretary General said, “We have never been better… Read More >