Designing for your client
An unproductive employee who is not happy with their work environment can have a financial impact on any organisation. We are also seeing from the latest research undertaken in Europe that the number of people on ‘stress-related’ leave has skyrocketed to 30% in some countries, at a huge cost to the company and the individual. Here, Planet Partitioning looks at the way specifiers can work with their clients to ensure an office design is fit-for-purpose.
Statement storage
The Video Collections Repository (VCR) is a project created by the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University to collect a significant collection of art in different formats in one place.
Walls come alive with digital printing
Digital printing offers so many creative benefits for interior decor, as Michelle Dellow, Product Manager at Papergraphics, explains.
The winter garden: add some colour to your landscaping project
Winter is often a forgotten season in the garden, but it doesn’t have to be; there are plenty of opportunities to carry a garden through the colder months in style. A well-designed winter garden can be full of elegant, architectural foliage, vibrant stems and dramatic colours. Here, five designers from the Society of Garden Designers share their tips.
Lose yourself in luxury
The Stratford is a hotel located within the ambitious new East London skyscraper pioneered by Harry Handelsman, Founder of Chiltern Firehouse and the restored St Pancras Hotel. The spectacular double-cantilevered 42-storey building is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and situated in the upcoming cultural hub of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London.
Designing an outdoor public space: throwing off the shackles of ‘durability’
Outdoor public space design has historically been hamstrung by the need to make every surface ‘people-proof’. By prioritising durability, many city centres and public parks have been compromised by this municipal and uninspiring perspective.
The writing’s on the wall
London’s Wembley Park offers a unique blend of culture, social opportunities and the vibrancy that comes with living in the heart of such a thriving new district. So, when the time came for lifestyle-led rental homes brand Tipi to decorate some of the walls of its newest development – Ferrum – residents knew they would be in for something rather special.
The mastermind behind Bolshakova Interiors
Bolshakova Interiors is an international interior design studio founded by Nataly Bolshakova. The brand creates exceptional living spaces in a high segment of residential properties in countries such as France, Switzerland, Monaco, Ukraine, Cyprus, Austria and UAE. This month, Inex talks to Nataly about her career as an Interior Designer and finds out what drives her inspiration.
BIID hosts successful 2019 annual conference
The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) is celebrating the success of its annual conference, ‘Inside Knowledge 2019: What is an Interior Designer Worth?’, which took place on Thursday 7th November at 30 Euston Square, London.
MAISON&OBJET gets ready for (re)generation
Since 1995, MAISON&OBJET has been inspiring the international design community, helping them find creative ideas and products that will soon thrill millions of people around the world. Twice a year, the trade-only exhibition becomes the one-stop-shop for more than 85,000 visitors coming from all around the world to meet and discover more than 3000 brands across the five days of the show. Covering the entire design sector, the show is accordingly divided into two main hubs, MAISON and OBJET, to efficiently meet visitors’ needs.