Feeling Good 2: The Science and Economics of Wellbeing in Interiors

  The Feeling Good series examines how a growing body of scientific research can add value to the interiors industry, promote human wellbeing and have a positive effect on the client’s finances. Evidence Based Design (EBD), now well accepted in healthcare architecture, analyses how a well conceived physical environment can promote wellbeing. Every party within [...]

Feeling Good: The Science and Economics of Wellbeing in Interiors

The introduction of Ska Rating environmental assessments for interior fit-outs has focused attention on research evidence for the wellbeing of occupants. Many design factors – colour and lighting, acoustics, air quality and furnishings can have a calculable impact on building occupants. Job satisfaction, productivity, higher occupancy/lower absenteeism can result from applying an increasing body of [...]

Opinion | ‘New’ Thinking

This is our opinion about the business of DESIGN and hopefully you are not surprised! We want to challenge and raise awareness on certain issues we come across in our business that affect our industry’s forwards and upwards development. So what does ‘forwards & upwards’ look, feel, sound and taste like? (… a comfortable interior [...]

Mixology Ball 2010 – New Interior Design Environmental Design Award

A new award was introduced this year at the industry Mixology Awards 2010 recognising the sustainable efforts in commercial Interior Design projects. The award was sponsored by Antron and judges were moi! Elina Grigoriou and Annabelle Filer of SCIN. Harwinder Bharma of Antron and our table’s lovely  host for the night announced the winner as Max [...]

Swarovski chandeliers, furniture and accessories

During the design process for my current project for a women’s business club in Covent Garden I went to Swarovski’s office on Sackville Street in West London to view some and select items suitable. We left having all but fixed our minds on  Ice branch pieces, Caillou pendants and Glitterbox amongst other fabulous items… The [...]

Design Strategy for a Successful Office

How does the Interior Design of your office directly affect the performance of your staff? Interior Design is used in many commercial businesses to improve the way its users – the staff, visitors and clients – feel while using the space and aims to improve the wellbeing of people in every instance. Over the last [...]

Creative Thinking from the Fun Theory

VW the car manufacturer has launched an initiative aimed at increasing the development of green living ideas. They are using the fun approach as the medium of gaining interest and hopefully easier adoption by innovators and subsequently the public. Some of the ideas are very simple, a little ‘out of the box’ thinking but very [...]

Design Council: Greengaged 2009

This September I attended a full day of talks at the Design Council during Design Week.  The issues were focusing on sustainability and the influence we have as designers. The areas covered ranged from fasion and travel to product and environment design. Needles to say it was very interesting, provocative, challenging, and stimulating. Throughout the [...]

Coffee shops

Matthew Hopkinson, Director at Local Data Source following the launch of their coffee shop report discussed the current market and coffee shop trends on the BBC news. The following points and observations are worth noting: Office spaces are squeezed and coffee shops are offering alternative business meeting zones Coffee shops feel and are safe What [...]

Oasis of the Seas – Neighbourhoods

A foray into marine interior design! The biggest to date passenger cruise ship in the world the ‘Oasis of the Seas’ which is part of the Royal Caribbean International’s fleet, was launched last week. According to some media sources the interior is designed in ‘neighbourhoods’. Although we read that the design concept resembles that of theme parks [...]

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