Posts Tagged: trends
Dutch Design Week Trend Report
Dutch Design Week Eindhoven is the largest design event in Northern Europe and presents work and concepts from more than 2,600 designers to more than 335,000 visitors from home and abroad. We couldn’t resist asking Jim Biddulph to fly off and cast his expert eye over the work exhibited. Jim has curated our Dutch Design… Read More >
Trend Report: London Design Festival
Last month London Design Festival returned for the 16th year, celebrating 10 years at the V&A as the official Festival hub. London was transformed with an inspiring program of Landmark Projects, installations and events throughout the city. This vast celebration of design allows visitors and Londoners an opportunity to experience, discover, and be inspired by world class design. It is… Read More >
Inside Out’s Berlin Office
Design Insider have had the opportunity to speak to Justin Harrison from Inside Out Contracts in regards to Berlin – one of the themes for this month. Justin Harrison is the Sales Manager and also Manager of the BCFA member’s Berlin Office. We are excited to find out the latest opportunities and trends that exist currently in Berlin, from someone who has witnessed first hand!… 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 >
5 young designers who are exploring future materials
The start of the year is a fitting time to explore and wonder upon the future possibilities of materials. As technologies develop, lifestyles change and mind-sets evolve, materials, the very fabric of our daily lives, are required to respond to a new set of demands. It falls to the designer to take the lead in… 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 >
Paris Dining Trends with blog Paris – ci l’addition
I am sure that I am not the only person with my flights booked, tickets organised and looking forward to this year’s Maison et Objet, 19th-23rd January. Inspired by this upcoming event, Design Insider has chosen to bring you dining inspiration from our Parisian friends and to do this we have joined forces with Christophe and Slanelle… Read More >
THE ALCHEMY OF COLOUR
Unlocking the transformative power of colour, the new Zoffany ‘Alchemy of Colour’ paint collection launches this season with 19 new paint colours. Renowned for exceptional coverage and depth of colour, Zoffany paint envelops a room in a dramatic, artistic and luxurious atmosphere. The Zoffany design team set up their ‘alchemist’ studio, with the intention to… Read More >
The Future of Hospitality with Tim Armitt, Lyndon Design
Design Insider sat down with Tim Armitt, Managing Director of Lyndon by Boss Design to discuss the future of hospitality and according to Tim it is “looking good”. It’s fair to say that there’s been a radical shift in hotel design over the last few years. Where once the trend was to be new and… Read More >
Designer Q&A: Lighting Trends with James Bassant, Astro
The lighting in a space is so important. It can be used to create ambience and mood withing a space but also to highlight it’s surroundings. Astro Lighting one of the leading names in lighting design will be exhibiting at BDNY this month from November 12th -13th in booth 1211. Before they cross the Atlantic and hit the big… Read More >
Dulux launch Colour of the Year
It had been announced! The planet has been scoured for the latest developments in lifestyle trends. Assessments have been made as to how they are impacting the way in which we live. And now the team of industry experts assembled by Akzonobel have made their colour predictions for Dulux Trade and with it, selected the… Read More >
Creating natural habitats – Boss Design
Oliver Ronald, Sales & Marketing Director at The Boss Design Group, explains why habitats are now key to successful workplace design. Good workplace design is no longer just about specifying furniture for the space available. Today, it’s all about creating settings or habitats – how people manage their work, and the enabling of technologies. By… Read More >
DESIGNER Q&A: Greg Dekker, Teknion
Whilst Gregg Dekker visited the UK to speak at Corenet Global we took the great opportunity to ask him more about workfloMAP© 1. Please tell me a little about yourself? I am VP Sales and Strategy Effectiveness, for the Teknion Corporation, managing its training and development programs and a leader on customer collaboration. I am an active facilitator who speaks, advises,… Read More >