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An experiential, multi-sensory exhibition, aimed at encouraging a more nature-based approach to design!

Curated by environmentally-focused media and events platform Planted, in collaboration with Oliver Heath Design Studio, Bio-Spaces will plunge the visitor into the world of biophilic design, exploring biodiversity and biomimicry in design, as well as biomorphic design, bio-based materials and bioregenerative design.

Visitors will journey through a series of modular gridded ‘islands’, each exploring a theme pertinent to the concept of nature-informed design and each populated with exemplary case studies and products that derive inspiration and materials from nature and the environment. A multi-sensory approach alongside touches of greenery will enhance the experience, bringing the water-inspired spaces of the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Roca London Gallery into direct dialogue with like-minded projects and products that aim to reconnect people and spaces with nature.

SBID Members earn 2 x CPD points for attending!

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Meet and engage with the professional interior design industry 

SBID Meet the Buyer is a premium, trade-only networking event specifically designed for the interior design industry and carefully curated to bring together high profile Interior Designers, Architects and Specifiers with the most creative, advanced and design-led product suppliers to help industry professionals meet, connect and enhance their network for interior specification.

Showcase your brand, discuss upcoming projects and exhibit your products and solutions directly to esteemed industry buyers and decision-makers. The exclusive one-day event provides an dynamic and lucrative business environment with a schedule of 1:1 meetings to create, encourage and facilitate introductions that build key relationships within the interior design profession.

To attend as a buyer, please enquire for availability. 

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Meet and engage with the professional interior design industry 

SBID Meet the Buyer is a premium, trade-only networking event specifically designed for the interior design industry and carefully curated to bring together high profile Interior Designers, Architects and Specifiers with the most creative, advanced and design-led product suppliers to help industry professionals meet, connect and enhance their network for interior specification.

Showcase your brand, discuss upcoming projects and exhibit your products and solutions directly to esteemed industry buyers and decision-makers. The exclusive one-day event provides an dynamic and lucrative business environment with a schedule of 1:1 meetings to create, encourage and facilitate introductions that build key relationships within the interior design profession.

To attend as a buyer, please enquire for availability. 

Book a table

Meet and engage with the professional interior design industry 

SBID Meet the Buyer is a premium, trade-only networking event specifically designed for the interior design industry and carefully curated to bring together high profile Interior Designers, Architects and Specifiers with the most creative, advanced and design-led product suppliers.

Showcase your brand, discuss upcoming projects and exhibit your products and solutions directly to esteemed industry buyers and decision-makers. The exclusive one-day event provides an dynamic and lucrative business environment with 20 face-to-face meetings scheduled to create, encourage and facilitate introductions that build key relationships within the interior design profession.

Enquire to book a place

Meet and engage with the professional interior design industry 

SBID Meet the Buyer is a premium, trade-only networking event specifically designed for the interior design industry and carefully curated to bring together high profile Interior Designers, Architects and Specifiers with the most creative, advanced and design-led product suppliers.

Showcase your brand, discuss upcoming projects and exhibit your products and solutions directly to esteemed industry buyers and decision-makers. The exclusive one-day event provides an dynamic and lucrative business environment with 20 face-to-face meetings scheduled to create, encourage and facilitate introductions that build key relationships within the interior design profession.

Enquire to book a place

This October, Armac Martin will return to the capital to showcase its luxury hardware and accessories collections at Decorex!

The highlight of the show will be debut of its most decadent collection yet, Cocktail. Two years in the making, Cocktail is inspired by the brand’s hometown of Birmingham, in particular, its celebrated cocktail district. A destination home to noteworthy locations where master mixologists perfect the art of classics with a contemporary twist, the new collection reimagines sophisticated glassware silhouettes and details to form a trio of indulgent design stories.

Armac Martin will also be previewing a range of switches and sockets, a first for the brand, alongside debuting a sophisticated range of luxury bathroom accessories, some of which have been designed in collaboration with Sophie Paterson. With all pieces designed and manufactured in England, Armac Martin has been dedicated to crafting the finest brass interior details for almost a century.

Explore Armac Martin’s collections at Decorex, Stand B26.

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The Contemporary Chandelier Company invites you to experience new bespoke lighting designs and meet head designer, Iestyn Davies

In the Interiors Section of Grand Designs Live on Stand L18, you will get a sneak peak of the original prototype that inspired the breath-taking 12m long stairwell centrepiece in the Chancery Building of the British Embassy in Paris. You can explore the design, discover the design process and discuss your own bespoke creations!

Also brand new and on show, will be their incredibly decorative hand-patinated, gilded wall and pendant lights, offering a personalised colour palette to suit any interior design. More sculpture than light, CCC champion a unique decorative aesthetic with an element of innovation to push the boundaries between form, function, longevity and economy. Like illuminated art pieces within your projects, all designs are fully bespoke, inviting you to take part in the design process, from start to finish.

Contemporary Chandeliers offer a full design service, manufactured for your space and installed by their expert team.

The Contemporary Chandelier Company recently had four designs shortlisted in the Lighting category of the upcoming SBID Awards; most of which will be showcased on the Grand Design stand!

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Riviera Home invite you to experience their naturally luxurious carpets!

You can join them at the luxury interiors trade event, Design Central North West on the 26th & 27th September at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire.

During your visit, you’ll get a sneak peek at the new natural fibre collections, sustainably sourced and expertly handwoven by artisans. The team will be on hand to provide insights into their latest designs, where you can discuss and collaborate on custom projects for your discerning clients.

Riviera Home uses only the finest yarns and master artistry to produce enchanting tapestries for your flooring requirements, working with designers to transform living spaces into havens of splendour and imagination. Let the captivating patterns complement your visionary designs with elegance and comfort to create long lasting works of floor art!

To truly experience the luxury of a Riviera Home carpet, you need to feel it in person! First-hand, you will be able to appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that goes into each handcrafted design.

SBID members earn 2 x CPD points for attending

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Gallery Collectional is a high-end design gallery located in Dubai’s Eden House. Opened in 2022, it is Dubai and the region’s first-ever permanent gallery showcasing collectible design, and it has since taken the lead as a regional authority. With a concentration on commissioned and limited-edition pieces, the gallery fuses a traditional gallery with a high-end design concept. Gallery Collectional offers more than just furniture, presenting unique pieces many consider works of art.

The gallery ethos is to provide a handpicked range of items only produced in small quantities by forming connections with well-known designers from around the region and the world to create rarer treasures and one-of-a-kind pieces that match the vision of a discerning clientele. This is achieved through the gallery’s extensive network of designers and brands.

High-end furniture, lighting, and various works of art are among the exclusively commissioned pieces vetted by a team of experts at Collectional, ensuring they meet the highest standards. Collections at the gallery are constantly changing with every season, and adding new pieces to the gallery is an ongoing story that evolves with every collaboration or artistic vision.

The gallery has also hosted various artists from around the region and the world, showcasing their work, artistry, and the inspiration behind their ideas. These events have been instrumental in bringing together clients and artists to interact in understanding the creative process and vision behind many pieces.

Unlike anything in the region, Gallery Collectional has become the standard for collectible design and a reference point among regional and international buyers—a destination for people who value one-of-a-kind collectible pieces.

Picture Credit: COLLECTIONAL

Location: Eden House

About COLLECTIONAL

Gallery COLLECTIONAL presents exclusive commissioned design pieces and a curated selection of our favorite art and design from around the globe. Along with its Design Platform offers a comprehensive turnkey solution for projects, including services to support interior design and procurement for furniture, lighting, surfaces and décor that vary in size and spans across the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) and beyond.

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This week’s instalment of the Project of the Week series features an immersive exhibition space design by 2022 SBID Awards Finalist, Torden & Lynild.

The museum Øhavsmuseet is situated in Faaborg, surrounded by some of the most beautiful landscapes of Denmark. The nature around Faaborg is unique and very varied with ice age landscapes, wooded areas, and the archipelago. In the summer of 2021, Øhavsmuseet opened a new, innovative exhibition concept ‘Discover Yourself’. The exhibition is about the importance of nature for humans of today and for our ancestors.

Discover Yourself’ consist of five immersive spaces: ‘The Hill’, ‘The Bog’, ‘The Forest’, ‘The Sea’ and ‘The Human Nature’ which also represent five ages: the Stone Age, the Iron Age, the Middle Ages, the 19th century, and the present. Throughout the exhibition sound, light, films, scents, artefacts, etc. give the visitor a varied experience.

The exhibition is designed to convey both cultural and natural history. But it is very much a sensorial experience, which also takes elements from the science center tradition and mixes this with a very aesthetic approach to exhibition design. This way the exhibition has attracted a wide audience, including many guests who do not belong to the ‘usual museum segment’.

SBID Awards Category: Public Space

Practice: Torden & Lynild

Project: Discover Yourself

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

What was the client’s brief? 

The design brief was to create a new, innovative exhibition concept in a disused warehouse at the harbor in the atmospheric old town. The aim of the exhibition was to give the audience a sense of the importance of nature for humans of today and for our ancestors. Nature has always played a central part in the lives of humans. However, in course of time, industrialization and urbanization have estranged us from the very same nature. Part of the design brief was to give the visitors an opportunity to reconnect with nature as well as with our common roots.

The client wanted an immersive experience, where guests would have no need for prior knowledge to visit the exhibition. Everyone should be able to walk in from the street and have an exciting and educational experience. It was also important for the client to create an exhibition which stimulates all senses. An exhibition that addresses the body, the brain, and the imagination.

What inspired the design of the project?

The landscapes of this part of Denmark is amazing. One of the most inspiring experiences during the development of the exhibition was a trip to some of those magic nature places.To inspire us at the beginning of the process, two of the museum curators took the design team from Torden & Lynild on a see to the highlights of the region. They showed us a very atmospheric forest with a lot of burial mounds, a beautiful place by the see and a large area with ice age hills. This experience truly kicked us off creatively.

What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project?

A bit more than halfway through the process we had a big hurdle, as the construction company which were supposed to build the whole exhibition told us that they could not manage in time. Luckily, we found another very skilled contractor and with only a minor delay we managed to complete an exhibition of extremely high standard.

What was your team’s highlight of the project?

We are very happy that the public has received the exhibition so well. The museum had set their success criteria to reach 10.000 visitors in the first half year and they reached this goal.  As part of the qualitative evaluation of the project carried out by an external consulting firm, it has also been concluded that the audience is very enthusiastic about the exhibition and especially happy with the sensorial, physical, and engaging elements. Also we are proud and honoured that the exhibition received four nominations for international design awards including the SBID International Design Award.

Why did you enter the SBID Awards?

We had noticed SBID Awards because some of the most esteemed Design Companies have had the honor of winning the prize, which inspired us to submit this project. SBID is a very prestigious award and it seemed like a great opportunity to present the work of Torden & Lynild.

Questions answered by Sigrid Bennike, CEO and Scenographer, Torden & Lynild.

We hope you feel inspired by this week’s design!

If you missed the last instalment of Project of the Week, featuring a luxurious residential villa design by Emara Design, click here to read it.

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