Project of the Week This week's instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features a contemporary and sustainable design for a family home in Mexico City. The project employed the concept of re-architecture; a concept that defines the re-use of buildings, through a contemporary and often environmentally-friendly...
Project of the Week This week's instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features leading fit-out specialist, Portview, after completing the retail design for the biggest Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics store in the world, situated in the heart of Liverpool. Opened on Friday 15th March 2019,...
Project of the Week This week's instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features the public space design of a sky-high commercial property defined by sustainability, energy-saving capability and its modern design. The underground avenue in B2 is about 370 metres long and 15 metres wide...
Project of the Week This week's instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features an office development project with a core focus on sustainability and the future whilst using complex, architectural elements to create multi-dimensional spaces and structural intricacy. From the architectural planning and design through...
Project of the Week This week's instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features a modern and fashionable family home which serves as a place to escape from the city bustle and be immersed in a harmonious, relaxed lifestyle; offering a sense of protection. The residential design...
Creating spaces and buildings that are as eco-conscious as they are design-forward is becoming a pressing requirement for the interiors industry. Russell Owens from Zip Water UK explains why the future lies in making sustainable design beautiful. ‘Sustainable design’ aims to reduce or eliminate negative...
As part of its Beautiful Thinking campaign, global modular flooring specialist, Interface, has been working with experts who are driving real innovation in their industry and beyond to create stunning design or reduce negative impact on the environment. In this blog, Melissa Sterry, a biomimetics...
As an interior designer I am always on the lookout for products designed with environmental consideration in mind. What better place to find such products than to visit the “ecobuild” exhibition held annually at the Excel, London. This year again the event was buzzing with manufacturers...
The use of reclaimed and recycled materials is starting to become relatively standard, with many designers embracing the challenges that using a non virgin material brings. There are myriad advantages to using any type of reclaimed material, but despite ecological and sustainable design becoming part of...
The energy saving bulb has been with us for a number of years, but even though many of us elected to purchase them when our old bulbs blew, the phasing out of the incandescent bulb has meant that it is one of the cheapest and...