This is a CPD session that traces the evolution of the domestic kitchen—from its historical origins and changing social functions to its current role as the heart of contemporary living—and provides practical strategies for seamlessly integrating luxury appliances to enhance both form and function.
Lunch provided, please advise of any dietary requirements.
SBID Members earn 4 x CPD points for attending!
Decorex is the premier destination for luxury interior design, connecting over 12,500 distinguished designers, architects and specifiers with the finest brands for nearly five decades. Held at Olympia London from 11–14 October 2026 (Sun–Tue 10.00–18.00; Wed 10.00–17.00), it’s where interior design moves forward and conversations become collaborations.
What to expect: - 280+ exhibitors showcasing the best names in luxury interiors, with product launches across furniture, lighting, fabric, flooring, kitchen, bathroom, tiles and accessories. - Immersive craftsmanship at Making Spaces, featuring live demonstrations and hands on workshops with exceptional artisans. - An acclaimed Design Talks programme with 100+ industry professionals sharing insights on trends and sustainability, plus on demand access to sessions after the show. - Dedicated networking environments including the VIP Lounge, Design Circles for deeper conversations, and a sophisticated Café & Bar in the National Hall.
The show’s charity partner, Furnishing Futures, supports professionally designed, furnished homes for vulnerable women and children.
FREE VIP tickets are available for SBID Members. Email [email protected] to redeem!
The program invites you to experience contemporary creation as a living landscape, observing its transformations and capturing its momentum through key moments, talents, and perspectives from across disciplines and geographies. In a world of constant change, where uses evolve and imaginaries expand, Pulse reveals an innovative design language, shaped by bold forms and oriented toward the future. When imagination becomes a horizon.
Seven sectors set the tone, Cook & Share, Decor & Design, Fine Craft — métiers d’art, Wellness & Beauty, Fragrance & Ambiance, Fashion & Accessories, Gift & Play. Embark on a rich and inspiring journey. And beyond the fairgrounds, Paris Design Week transforms Paris into a playground of design, accompanied by a tailor-made Paris Experience agenda crafted just for you.
FREE tickets are available for SBID Members. Email [email protected] to redeem!
As the expectations placed on interior designers continue to evolve, so too does the need for knowledge that supports not just how spaces look, but how they perform and feel to live in.
Two of Zip Water's CPDs are now SBID-accredited, exploring areas that increasingly shape residential design: Drinking Water Quality and Sustainable Design. Together, they offer practical insight into creating spaces that prioritise wellbeing, efficiency and sustainability, without compromising on aesthetics.
Today’s interiors are expected to do more. Beyond visual appeal, there is a growing focus on how home environments support health and wellbeing, as well as user experience. Access to clean, great-tasting water plays an essential role in this.
SBID-accredited CPDs provide designers with the confidence that the knowledge they’re building is both relevant and thoroughly assessed—supporting more informed, considered specification.
Water is fundamental to daily life, yet the true story of what is actually in the water we drink is often overlooked. This CPD builds designers’ understanding of drinking water technologies, highlighting solutions to improve water quality.
Key learning objectives: - Understand the process of how we get drinking water to our taps. - Understand who the different governing bodies are and what they do. - Understand the current drinking water quality standards. - Understand what's in mains drinking water. - Understand the different drinking water technologies and solutions to improve the drinking water quality and their applications. - Be able to make informed decisions to get the best drinking water solution for your client.
With a clearer understanding of these factors, designers can make more confident decisions that enhance both functionality and overall user health and wellbeing.
Sustainability is no longer an added consideration—it’s an essential part of the modern home. This CPD explores how conscious design choices can reduce impact while elevating desirability.
Key learning objectives: - Understand what is meant by Sustainable Design and what is missing from its definition. - Understand drinking water as a sustainable design issue. - Understand the importance of hydration. - Understand the most common water delivery options in the UK. - Understand bottled water’s impact on the environment. - Discover instant filtered water taps – sustainable at every stage. - Understand how sustainable products should also be desirable products.
This approach to sustainability encompasses a commitment to protecting the planet, whilst not compromising on style and functionality.
Both CPDs stress the importance of designing with intention. Whether it’s providing access to high-quality, filtered drinking water or selecting materials that have reduced environmental impact, each decision contributes to spaces that feel better to live in and are built to last.
For the modern interior designer, this means creating homes that are carefully curated, whilst also supporting healthier and more sustainable lifestyles.
To learn more about our CPDs and to enquire about booking one, follow the links below: - Understanding Drinking Water Quality - Can Sustainable Design Help Solve the UK’s Drinking Water Dilemma?
About Zip Water
Experience water at its best with the ultimate in luxury home appliances. Zip Water are manufacturers of the iconic Zip HydroTap - a revolutionary drinking water appliance offering the very best in filtered boiling, chilled and sparkling water; designed to upgrade your lifestyle. A health-boosting, time-saving, space-saving and planet-saving marvel, the HydroTap transforms ordinary tap water into something extraordinary.
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Zip's Head of Residential, Nick Taylor, will deliver the SBID-accredited Understanding Drinking Water Quality CPD. From wellness and sustainability to easy integration in the home, the session shares practical insights on specifying solutions across a variety of spaces.
Guests are also invited to explore the showroom to experience the full product range, including the new Accessibility Controller and the latest HyrdoTap finish, Brushed Brass.
The presentation will explore the kitchen’s historical context, its role in homes, and its transformation to enhance modern living. We will cover various product categories, discussing dimensions, practical aspects, style and installation consideration.
Lunch will be provided.
You will explore how to design residential cinema rooms that feel beautiful, comfortable and immersive — while avoiding the common mistakes that can compromise the interior. Cinema rooms are one of the most desirable features in high-end residential design — but they are also one of the easiest spaces to get wrong.
From screen size and seating position to acoustics, lighting, ventilation, speaker placement and finishes, every decision affects how the room looks, feels and performs. This SBID-Accredited CPD will help you understand what to look out for, what questions to ask and how to protect the design intent while delivering a genuinely immersive experience.
What you’ll learn: - How room proportions affect comfort, sightlines and immersion - Where interiors and performance can clash - Why acoustics can change the finished room - How to avoid common design compromises - How to protect the design intent
- Tuesday 16 June 2026, 9:30 am or 11 am or 2 pm - Wednesday 17 June 2026, 9:30 am or 11 am or 2 pm - Thursday 18 June 2026, 9:30 am or 11 am or 2 pm
Each session is 1 hour long.
Experience two guided tours around Clerkenwell to explore participating showrooms, discover the latest collections and network with the industry!
Tuesday 19 May, 10 am - Stop 1 & Breakfast: Welltek - Haberdashers Hall, Church of Design - Charterhouse & Trilux - Ahrend - Boss - Reddie - Hansgrohe - Final Stop: Duravit
Thursday 21 May, 10 am - Stop 1 & Breakfast: HAT Collective - KI Europe - Hansgrohe - ETHIMO - Deadgood - Workbench - Final Stop: Haberdashers Hall, Church of Design
SBID Members earn 2 x CPD points (per showroom) for attending!
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