One of the things I love most about being a design writer is getting to interview the people behind the designs. No matter how great a design is, I usually find that you can never fully appreciate it until you have heard the story behind it direct from the person who created it. In Britain,
Interviews with Designers & Design Brands
Interviews
Interview: Petit Miracle Interiors
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you have all had a great weekend! For today’s post I thought I would feature a really inspirational story. At the moment we are inundated with doom and gloom and sometimes that can get us down a bit. But there are also some absolutely fabulous things going on out there,
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Interviews
Interview: Dids Macdonald of ACID
As most of you will know by now, I recently started writing for Freshome, one of the biggest and best home interior and residential architecture blogs on the web. Luckily for me that means that my work is read by a far greater audience than I can reach with my own blog. With that in
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Interviews
Interview: Ilse Crawford of Studio Ilse
For my latest article for INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors+Design, I was lucky enough to interview the lovely Ilse Crawford. To hear all about what has influenced her work, and how the human perspective is an integral part of her design philosophy you can read the full article here.
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Magnolia in Interiors
Colour psychology expert & consultant Karen Haller gives advice & tips on successfully using magnolia in interiors, including what colours go with magnolia
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Interview: Giles Miller
A while ago, I was lucky enough to interview designer Giles Miller for INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors. The interview featured in issue 7. Below you can read the full interview in Q&A format.
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Flooring
Flooring & wallcoverings by Anthony Hughes
Anthony Hughes is a young surface designer and trend forecaster who has recently graduated from Huddersfield University with a BA Hons in Surface Design for Interiors & Fashion. He was selected to exhibit at New Designers this year and his work was shown at Part I. Whilst I was unable to go see Anthony’s work
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Grey in Interiors
Applied colour psychology expert and colour consultant Karen Haller gives advice and tips for creating grey interiors
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Interviews
Lee Broom Interview : From Fashion to Furniture
In this interview with up-and-coming designer Lee Broom, I find out how his background in fashion translated to the interiors industry and what else he’d like to work on.
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Furniture
Interview: Ning Li CEO of Made.com
So it’s Monday and the start of another week. I hope you are all well rested after the weekend. I have a great post for you to kick-start the week, one which I have been seriously excited about all weekend. For anyone who is not aware of Made.com I seriously recommend that you read on
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City Short : Helsinki
As you may or may not know, I’m heading out to Helsinki Design Week in September and I’m already finding it hard to contain my excitement. I’ve never been to Finland before and I can’t wait to see what the city has in store for us design geeks as it prepares to take on the
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Interior Accessories
Heath House Numbers
Heath Ceramics have teamed up with House Industries to bring us these gorgeous 3D clay house numbers celebrating the legendary Neutra and Eames fonts.
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Furniture
Interview: Sean Sutcliffe explains Benchmark’s innovative approach
For the latest edition of INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors, I was lucky enough to interview Sean Sutcliffe, the co-founder of British furniture manufacturer Benchmark. Here is the interview. Thirty years ago, the modern British furniture scene was dominated by small designer makers and lacked any real retail presence. Sean Sutcliffe, co-founder
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Colour
Interview: Lars Contzen’s Colour Courage
I first discovered Lars Contzen back in December 2008 when I interviewed him for Designer magazine. You can read that interview here and find out all about how he uses colour, pattern and form in his surface designs. Anyway, earlier this year I noticed that he was again involved in some very exciting new projects,
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Interview: Samuel Wilkinson’s Plumen 001Lightbulb
For the latest edition of INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors, I interviewed Samuel Wilkinson about his Plumen 001 award-winning designer lightbulb for Hulger. The annual Brit Insurance Design Awards hosted by London’s Design Museum is widely considered to be “the Oscars of the design world.” The competition showcases the most innovative and
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Yellow in Interiors
Colour psychology expert and consultant Karen Haller offers her tips and advice on how to make the most of using yellow in interiors
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Furniture
John Makepeace – Enriching the Language of Furniture
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing furniture designer and maker John Makepeace about his illustrious career, his involvement in sustainability and education, and his forthcoming exhibition at Somerset House in London. The interview was published today in Inside the monthly newsletter produced by World Interiors News.
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Colour
Interview: Designer Remigiusz Laskowski
I have recently had the pleasure of getting to know Renata of Muslavi Gallery, the sole UK distributor of the furniture and homewares designed and produced by the Polish company Laskowscy Design. I blogged about their products some time ago and I now have the good fortune to be the proud owner of my very
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Trend
Interview: Victoria Redshaw explains the interior trends for 2011
What can Victoria Redshaw, a leading trend forecaster, tell us about the interior trends for 2011 and into 2012?