After the warm summer season we can now look forward to the cooler autumn months. Think fresh, crisp early mornings and cool relaxed evenings. As interior designers create their vision, coming up with new and exciting ideas for colours, finishes, lighting and patterns, David Harris, Managing Director at Kobe UK, offers some inspiration and takes a look at some of the newest decor trends for autumn 2016.

Whether you’re newly qualified or a highly experienced designer, choosing a new HVAC system on behalf of a client is probably one of the most daunting tasks, be it for a new build or a refurbishment, a single dwelling or a multi-unit development (MDU). Here, Simon Buddle, Senior HVAC Consultant at Cornflake and Education Director at CEDIA, offers his hot tips and cool advice for specifying HVAC systems for your clients.

Conservatories don’t have to be once-a-year rooms. A little privacy, a bit of temperature control and a touch of style is all it takes to transform this indoor-outdoor room into a more liveable space. And blinds enhance this possibility. Here, Web Blinds elaborates on current conservatory blind trends and the most common uses for UK conservatories.

Productivity, mobility and flexibility – the conditions under which professionals fulfil their daily tasks demand a high degree of adaptability. New technologies are presenting employees with new challenges in ever shorter cycles accompanied by the demand to be available at all times. Many people are now putting work unreservedly at the centre of their lives. Increased individual responsibility and the growing complexity of professional life means that the lines between our work lives and private lives are beginning to blur.

Whether staying in a budget airport hotel or luxury villa within a hotel resort, guests now judge the quality of the establishment by its bathrooms. No longer is the hotel bathroom simply a functional space, it is becoming much more a part of a guest’s stay. The budget hotel sector is an area of the market that manufacturers would be foolish to ignore. Here, Hansgrohe explains what today’s guests expect from bathrooms in the hospitality sector.

In the 17 years since Founder Maria Katsarou Vafiadis founded MKV Design the company has completed a unique roll call of interior projects around the world for independent hotels, leading hotel brands and owners of luxury residences. One of the company’s recent projects involved the completion of two luxury hotels in Baku, Azerbaijan.