acoustic panel was recently approached by HMKM, designer of Yas Island Mall, to produce a wallcovering for Yas Island Mall’s concept centred around the theme ‘The Garden of Imagination’ – where each of the mall’s floors has its own aesthetic based on the seasons. Giles Miller was selected to create the bespoke surfaces for the bag area of the store, which is represented by ‘spring flowers’.

Established over 25 years ago, Lancashire-based North Valley Forge is proud to be at the forefront as a world-leader of wrought iron design and manufacturing. One of the company’s latest projects, based in Surrey, involved the most unique balustrading design the company has designed and installed yet.

The open-plan office apparently seems to cater for all. Extroverts and sociable personalities enjoy a space to collaborate, brainstorm and ‘air’ their ideas. Extroverts are categorised as those who become energised from collaborative experiences, and therefore, somewhere along the way, the fundamental needs of introverts have been forgotten.

At the heart of the home lies the kitchen, which today is predominantly an open-plan space with blurred boundaries between the kitchen and cooking areas and the living and dining space, says the UK’s Kitchen Retailer of the Year 2016, Kitchens International.

KOLARZ was founded as a small lampshade factory in Vienna in 1918 by Hanns Kolarz, the great-grandfather of today’s KOLARZ generation. The company has since been creating beautifully designed, exquisitely crafted lighting for residential and commercial interiors for nearly 100 years. Today, the company creates lights for some of the world’s most famous brands, including retailers, hotel groups, restaurants, embassies, Government buildings, world-renowned heritage sites and private clients.

Alison Pickett, a Curator and Art Consultant based in Hong Kong, specialises in curating site-specific commissioned collections of sculptures for corporate, commercial and retail development clients all over the world. Alison’s recent commission was for The Austin Road residential development, a condominium complex comprising two sites – The Austin and The Grand Austin – which features Sculptor Jonathan Loxley’s ‘Yong’ sculpture.