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he styles for interior design are truly endless. Modern, industrial, minimalist, Scandinavian – the list goes on and on. This issue, we explore three apartments with differing interiors but all equally inspiring. One breaks all the rules, one features a plethora of symmetry and embellishment and one has a contemporary style that is current, modern and constantly evolving.

The first stop on our interior scheme tour takes us to the edge of Stuttgart’s city centre, where we find a new apartment which stretches over two floors with an unusual tapering floorplan that resembles a slice of cake. The 290m2 have been transformed into a vibrant cabinet of curiosities, filled with mementos and inspirational pieces, which the owners have collected or sourced on their travels.

Discover this eclectic interior on page 36.

On page 88, Inex travels to Knightsbridge to take a look at a luxury contemporary penthouse located on a prestigious square. The design was achieved through the refurbishment and integration of two separate Grade II Listed apartments for the personal use of a British property developer.

Finally, discover a 6000ft2 residence located in one of San Francisco’s most sought-after buildings, that has been totally gutted and remodelled in a Neoclassical style. Uncover this opulent interior on page 108.

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Inex rounds up this month’s industry must-see events, trade shows, seminars and exciting exhibitions from all over the globe so you never miss a thing.

A look at South African Artist Porky Hefer’s latest series of seating pods depicting endangered species.

Discover Agora, a group exhibition that looks at the role of art in defining, creating and using public space.

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Inex explores an apartment that has been transformed into a vibrant cabinet of curiosities, filled with mementos and inspirational pieces.

IQ Furniture offers its lighting advice for the home.

A discussion on how virtual reality will impact the workplaces of the future.

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This month, Founder of Cameron Design House, Ian Cameron, discusses his career so far.

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Discover a total remodel of one San Francisco apartment that transformed it into a Neoclassical dream.

Staffan Tollgard Design Group helps refurbish and integrate two separate Grade II Listed apartments for the personal use of a British property developer.

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Coordonné shows you a number of different uses for wallpaper.

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Explore Dutch Designer Dirk Vander Kooij’s range of recycled products.

Kathryn Lloyd, Colour Specialist at Crown Paints, explains how a welldesigned, considered colour scheme can be used as an effective wayfinding tool.

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JULY EVENTS Inex rounds up this month’s industry must-see events, trade shows, seminars and exciting exhibitions from all over the globe so you never miss a thing.

NEWARK INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUES & COLLECTORS FAIR Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground 2-3 August

The Newark International Antiques & Collectors Fair is world-renowned. The ultimate of treasure-hunting grounds, it is the largest event of its kind in Europe. iacf.co.uk

THE SEATTLE ART FAIR

CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle 2-5 August The Seattle Art Fair is a one-of-a-kind destination for the best in modern and contemporary art and a showcase for the vibrant arts community of the Pacific Northwest. seattleartfair.com

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THE INTERNATIONAL SOURCING FAIR (ISF)

Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg 8-10 August

The International Sourcing Fair is the only exhibition for sourcing and purchasing retail and commercial products exclusively focusing on the home, office, gift and hospitality sectors. internationalsourcingfair.co.za

100% DESIGN SOUTH AFRICA

Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg 8-12 August 100% Design South Africa is the largest curated exhibition platform for sourcing high-end contemporary design in Africa. 100% Design South Africa is the perfect platform to source South African and international furniture and product design as well as lighting, interior design, surface and materials for the residential, commercial, hospitality and office sectors.

100percentdesign.co.za

DECOREX JOBURG

Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg 8-12 August A vibrant selection of inspired trends will be showcased at Africa’s premier decor, design and lifestyle exhibition, Decorex Joburg 2018.

Themed ‘Rhythm of life’, visitors will have access to a variety of globally influenced designs and trends which have been localised to suit the African home. reedexpoafrica.co.za/decorex

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LARGERTHAN-LIFE SEATING PODS

SFA Advisory and Southern Guild announced that they would present a unique project by renowned South African Artist Porky Hefer at Design Miami/Basel which ran from 12 to 17th June 2018.

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by SFA Advisory to benefit the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), showcased a series of seating pods depicting endangered species. The sculptures, which depict an orangutan, a polar bear, a sloth, a blue whale and a great white shark, are made of eco-friendly and recycled materials.

Titled Endangered, the pods were produced using environmentally sustainable materials that have been extensively hand-worked by artisans in Cape Town. Hefer worked closely with Textile Artist Ronel Jordaan and craft collectives Heart Works and Mielie to translate his creatures into giant, tactile sculptures whose surfaces have been crocheted, felted, stitched and embroidered with unique embellishments.

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“We are incredibly excited to partner with Porky on this exciting project, and we appreciate his creativity and commitment to helping us find new ways to engage the public on issues impacting wildlife,” said Terry Tamminen, CEO of LDF. “This exhibition helped raise awareness about the importance of protecting endangered species around the world. Understanding our impact on the environment is a pressing issue, and we hope this exhibition and others like 1 0

it will encourage people everywhere to consider making small changes toward a sustainable environment.”

“Visitors to Design Miami/Basel were invited to sit in, on and around these friendly sculptural creatures igniting a sense of empathy as the stories of the real animals’ hardships and the importance of their survival to our own lives were recounted through interaction, video and text,” says Lisa Schiff, Founder and Principal of SFA Advisory.

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“It’s the future of the next generation that I am concerned about and the state of the world they inherit. Looking after our animals and earth is one thing but also the preservation of human skills, crafts and traditions,” says Hefer. “I think it’s important to show what beauty humans are capable of with their hands rather than the destructive mass production that technology is driving the modern consumerist society towards.”

Hefer focuses on conceptual precepts that manifest in threedimensional forms, in a variety of executions, from public sculptures and installations to product and furniture design. Fascinated by the reactions and energy a piece can generate in a space, he embraces Africa and the skills and processes that are readily available indigenously, rather than trying to emulate foreign processes. Making use of traditional techniques and crafts that focus on the hand rather than machinery, his works reconnect the senses and evoke an innocent, open-hearted awe.

Hefer’s larger-than-life seating environments have garnered extensive global recognition over the past few years. animal-farm.co.za

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Ion Glass specialise in bespoke architectural and structural glass installations for commercial, residential and heritage buildings To discuss your project call now on 0345 658 9988 www.ionglass.co.uk

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A COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Presented by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art announces Agora – a group exhibition that looks at the role of art in defining, creating and using public space.

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For centuries, artists have used public locations – and the public in general – as sites and actors for their work. Transforming these places into theatres and arenas for the realisation of performances and collective actions, artists mobile a kind of collective voice of the people. Through

these collective actions, and the manipulation of our expectations of what does and does not belong in these ostensibly collectively owned spaces, they challenge what these spaces are, how they’re made and who they’re made for. From single speaker’s corners to sprawling protests; from grand parades and processions to performances carried out in secrecy; from bronze historical equestrian statues to initials etched on edges of pavement; and from WPA murals to graffiti tags, 1 5

the forms artists’ works take in the public space vary widely in scale, volume and form.

However, across time they share common themes: challenging why and how public and private space, life and activities are separated; how boundaries are drawn, built and transgressed; who is allowed to stand and speak, and where.

The exhibition looks at the power of art to change society, what the role is of art in public space, and whether art be a form of protest. Artists working in public often take a political tone, mobilising the public for social and political change, and for the possibility of realising an alternate future. On the High Line, a public space and natural platform for the projection of voices into urban space, nine artists share their experiences inhabiting, speaking out and challenging the assumed boundaries of public space.

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Maria Thereza Alves (b.

1961, São Paulo, Brazil) addresses the relationship between imperialism, conquest and the erasure/ silencing of indigenous people. For the High Line, Alves presents an iteration of her ongoing project launched in 1999 entitled Seeds of Change, which follows the movements of seeds distributed by cargo ships that carry people and goods around the globe.

A Ballast Flora Garden: High Line is one of three gardens that are part of Maria Thereza Alves’ Seeds of Change: New York – A Botany of Colonisation, which unearths historical ballast sites and flora that have travelled to New York City by trade ship ballast over the past two centuries. Earth, stones, sand, wood, bricks, and whatever else was economically expedient, was used as ballast to stabilise merchant ships in relationship to the weight of their cargo. Upon arrival in port, the ballast was unloaded, carrying with it seeds native to the area where the ballast had been picked up. Over the past two centuries, more than 400 species of plants were brought over by ships and were growing on ballast grounds throughout New York, from where they have spread further since. To understand this history, Alves has worked with horticultural experts and local communities at Pioneer Works, the High Line, The New School and Weeksville Heritage Centre to research the ballast flora and the stories it tells about migration, commodification and valuation.

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Andrea Bowers (b. 1965, Wilmington, Ohio) is a Los Angeles-based Artist working in video, drawing and installation, combining art and activism to foreground the struggle for social justice. For the High Line, Bowers presents a continuation of her ongoing work supporting DREAMers, individuals who came to the US at an early age without documentation, who have assimilated to US culture, and who have been educated in US schools (so-called because of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors or ‘DREAM’ Act). Bowers invited the immigrant rights activist group Movimiento Cosecha to write a slogan in support of DREAMers, realised as a neon sign reading ‘Somos 11 Millones/We Are 11 Million,’ which is the number of undocumented immigrants in the US.

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Mariechen Danz (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland) is a Berlinbased Artist who researches representations of the body, investigating the way it has been given meaning in various cultures, epochs and fields of knowledge.

In her installations, performances and music, often in collaboration with other artists and musicians, the human body emerges as a contradictory structure as well as scene of conflict – an utterly contaminated zone, both politically and also historically.

For the High Line, Danz presents a new iteration of The Dig of No Body, a sculpture that references anatomical learning models segregated into individual parts, like a life-sized soil sample in movable layers.The work evokes our changing relationship with the earth, as well as the popular contemporary name ‘Anthropocene,’ which suggests humans’ creation of a new geological era.

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Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa (b. 1978, Guatemala City, Guatemala) creates sculptures, videos and performances that explore absence, presence and the way our bodies interact with the built environment.

For the High Line, RamirezFigueroa casts a bunk bed in aluminum, referencing the fraternity of a shared space, while also evoking a sense of loss. The fragility of the structure reflects the precariousness of childhood, and in particular, the experiences of the children in the illegal orphanages that appeared in Guatemala during the civil war from 1960 to 1996. Specifically, the work is influenced by the Buddhist belief that “form is emptiness; emptiness is form�, and that all things are interconnected.

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Pope.L (b. 1955 Newark, New Jersey) is an Artist working in performance, theatre, installation, video and painting. His works include physically demanding actions, as well as sculptures and performances that explore language, gender, race, ideology and community.

For the High Line, Pope.L presents a large neon sign that reads ‘RiGT TURN for REPARATIONS’ in flickering red and green letters.

The apparent typo and backwards letters are intended to make viewers read life differently.

The red and green in his apparatus suggest the jolting stop-and-go vicissitudes of progress, love and money, either apparent or impossible.

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Duane Linklater (b. 1976, Moose Factory, Canada) is an Omaskêko Ininiwak Artist from Moose Cree First Nation. He explores the relationship between indigenous people and museums, especially the differences in how the two value indigenous institutions and art objects. For the High Line, Linklater presents a series of towering tripods that reference the elemental structure of teepees. Linklater describes the teepee as a form of provisional, mobile architecture that is set in contrast to the bombastic development happening throughout New York and along the High Line. The title of his piece, pêyakotênaw, comes from the Cree word for family, which is formed from peyak, which means number one, combined with otenaw, the word for city or town.

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Timur Si-Qin (b. 1984, Berlin, Germany) creates artwork that posits advertising and commercial marketing as a result and extension of biology. Across his practice, Si-Qin works to combat essentialism – whether in branding, language or nature itself.

He often builds seemingly organic environments whose underlying industrial structures can be easily seen, thus calling into question the things we take for granted as ‘natural’ or ‘unnatural.’

For the High Line, Si-Qin presents Forgiving Change, aluminum casts of a burned tree branch from Pepperwood Preserve, which was the site of one of the many forest fires that crossed the west coast of North America in 2017.

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1977, Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy) is an Artist working in performance and sculpture. In her work, Senatore is interested in creating a conversation between herself and the people experiencing it. For the High Line, the artist presents an installation of festive lights under the park at Gansevoort Plaza similar to the celebratory ones made by artisans in Puglia, Italy, on the occasion of popular and religious events. The installation takes the title GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS DIFFICULT NAMES from a quote by the feminist Poet Warsan Shire, and creates a space of gathering and congregation – a public piazza for people to use.

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Sable Elyse Smith (b. 1986, Los Angeles, California) examines the complex language and emotional landscapes embedded in systems of surveillance and structures of constraint, and the often invisible ways in which they shape our minds and direct our bodies.

For the High Line, Smith creates C.R.E.A.M. (titled after the Wu Tang Clan song), an altered replica of the Hollywood Sign that reads IRONWOODLAND – a reference both to the Ironwood State Prison and to ‘Hollywoodland,’ the segregated real estate development that was advertised by the original sign. The piece draws attention to the contradictory nature of institutions that not only develop real estate, but prisons as well. art.thehighline.org

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A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, A MUSEUM OF MEMORIES An architect and a textile designer have created a sanctuary in a listed Wilhelminian building in a sought-after location on the edge of Stuttgart’s city centre.

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heir new apartment stretches over two floors with a tapering floorplan that resembles a slice of cake. The 290m² have been transformed into a vibrant cabinet of curiosities, filled with mementos and inspirational pieces, which they have collected or sourced on their travels.

A characteristic period feature of the building is its layout of individual rooms grouped around a central hallway. This layout was carefully modified, respecting the building’s listed status, to create a spacious, open discourse with shifting vistas and overlapping perspectives.

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The upbeat is given by a pale grey, gallery-like hallway, which forms a cabinet brimming with travel curiosities.

A striking element is a wooden bench from India, which draws you into the space, accentuating the suction effect of the trapezoidal layout.

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apartment, giving the suite of rooms a flowing feel and creating a strong graphic counterpart to the typically bourgeois Wilhelminian architecture.

At the head of the hallway is the living room, a salon-like space with strong contrasting colours, intense graphic elements and large forms. A vibrant lemon yellow bookcase is positioned against powder

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blue walls. A deep pile rug with a bold, geometric pattern in strong colours and a Moustache chair are more works of art than pieces of furniture, yet even these are outdone by the expressive pictures and objects on the walls. Two circular, intersecting shapes on the ceiling take over the circles theme, which is echoed at multiple points

in the room, as well as spotlighting life below.

The dining room is dominated by textile materials such as a dark green, silk wallpaper and finds from exotic travels, including Uzbek ikat cloth, Indian silk embroideries, Laotian textile applications and African Losa basketwork. A ceiling mural

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space. In the centre of the room stands a large rosewood table, about which various chairs are gathered. One end of the tabletop is lacquered black. This shiny surface creates a bridge to the piano as well as to a smoked oak sideboard hanging on one wall. Its partially black lacquered front resembles a fragmented mirror and dissolves the solidity of its form. A hand-crocheted curtain of paper yarn picks up the textiles theme in a more abstract way and provides a fascinating contrast to the elegant, heavy, puttycoloured cotton velour.

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The dining room and salon are connected at their far ends by a small room with a bay window. Here the graphic character of one room and the textile materiality of the other merge in a specially commissioned psychedelic wallpaper, which challenges the eye and forms a provocative backdrop to several colourful artworks. A contrast comes from the more subdued, natural materials world of the furniture and the intense light that is filtered into the room through golden venetian blinds, which shine brightly in the sun.

An asymmetric, curved wall opening in the opposite end of the salon leads into the staircase room, the only room in which the original oak parquet floor has been preserved. The walls of this room are papered with an English, handprinted wallpaper featuring an opulent, jungle motif. The exotic atmosphere is heightened by a life-size wooden horse, an archaic artefact from India, which stands before a dark grey, smoked glass wall. Creating a first connection to the upper storey, two suspended lamps emerge from a ceiling opening to hang above the horse, almost like a rider. The upper storey is reached via a state-ofthe-art staircase with indigo treads and a dark green stringer.

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From the staircase room, a second double-leaf door leads into the bedroom, which is also a library. A floor-to-ceiling bookcase covers the longitudinal wall and draws your gaze into the room. A mirrored wall leading to the dressing room underscores this impression of depth.

The dark wood of the bookcase and sideboards coupled with the elegant colour of the walls give the room a delicate feel. A silken Berber rug and the leather of the bed bolster the quiet, elegant impression of the space. A concealed door in the mirrored wall leads into a dressing room, which contains two large, white, hanging wardrobes. Two circular, incised areas of glass dispel the volume of the furniture.

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To the right of the hallway lies a spacious bathroom. The salmon-coloured design is in harmonious dialogue with the limestone of the floor and several walls. Multiple mirrored surfaces expand the space and create optical bridges to the other rooms by means of reflections.

A freestanding washstand made from rosewood with a superimposed mirror unit form a strong centrepiece, about which are grouped a freestanding bathtub and walk-in shower. Black, wooden, venetian blinds and a black, dotted pattern on the ceiling provide some necessary contrast in the otherwise soft atmosphere.

The bathroom connects through to a gym, which doubles as a guest bedroom.

Lemon yellow walls fade into a white ceiling and suffuse the room with energy.

A floor-to-ceiling closet provides storage and conceals a fold-out guest bed, while its mirrored front is the perfect backdrop to your daily workout.

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Cooking with friends is one of the owners’ passions. So the kitchen at the other end of the apartment has a stainless steel, industrial-style kitchen block at its centre. Original tiles on the floor and wall provide a scintillating contrast to the precise, sharply edged, solid surface, built-in cupboards.

Elsewhere, a freestanding marbletopped table offers space for more intimate gatherings.

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The guest WC is located next to the kitchen. This small room with its many wall-mounted pipes was panelled to create a clean, polygonal shape. The folded effect of the walls is dissolved by a geometric mural. A softly curving mirror provides a welcome contrast and also expands the space.

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The upper storey houses a spacious study and private TV lounge. The light-flooded top floor also has access to a generous terrace with a view of the treetops in the neighbouring avenue.

A stunning view over Stuttgart is visible in the other direction. The green theme is programmatic here – the room is filled with succulents of all shapes and shades of green. A bed nestled in one of the dormer windows offers space for additional visitors. An interior bathroom with a steam shower and generous visibility both into the room as well as the outside creates a sensual centrepiece.

The maisonette is a museum of memories and a showroom for the creativity of its owners in one. In place of a closed, consistent aesthetic, the apartment functions as a collage of variegated moods. Yet in spite of their seeming disparity, a synthesis is achieved that perfectly reflects the personality of the owners in the individual rooms. ifgroup.org

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BRIGHT IDEAS FOR LIGHTING A HOME Home renovation projects reveal a vast array of colour choices that are available, which all have different implications when it comes to the level of lighting required.

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e are seeing most high-end homes using an increase in dark-coloured surface tops with a matt finish. Using dark work surfaces means that additional lighting is required due to the dark ambience created through the dark tones and the reduction in reflectance. This new trend means that lighting no longer needs to be bought with the consideration of glare from glossy work surfaces – the new focus can now be on choosing lighting that accentuates the interior design style to make the home more inviting.

Why use pendant lighting above kitchen islands?

It seems to be trending that in every kitchen there is a pendant lighting feature above. There’s a large variety of lighting styles available, however, pendant lighting tends to be the first choice for most. Pendant lighting offers a stunning centrepiece to enhance the grandeur of the kitchen island. So, not only does it add great lighting to the room providing a well-lit worksurface, it also acts as a centrepiece for excellent decoration during daylight. This lighting style brings charm and a contemporary panache, even if the kitchen has dark-coloured countertops. Pendant lighting can brighten any space with a great glow, that is why this style of lighting is recommended for kitchen islands.

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The size of pendant depends on the space available, the pendant above countertops should generally be slightly smaller than the surface below – this ensures the design is in proportion. Depending on the size of the island, sometimes it’s best to go for two separate pendant fittings or perhaps one wide lighting display with several scattered bulbs for even light distribution.

Getting the style right will naturally strengthen the appearance of the interior.

Clear glass pendants offer elegance and class, whereas cluster pendant lighting is currently trending and is a staple statement piece. A popular choice for modern homes are industrial-style pendants, due to their excellent lighting and design qualities – especially copper pendants.

Jewellery for the home

It is said that lighting is like jewellery for the home – so dress an interior to impress!

Lighting, just like jewellery, should sparkle and shine so what’s better than clear, transparent and crystal-like glass lights that work with any colour scheme.

Many homes don’t have the ceiling height for a grand pendant light, so a flush ceiling light can be the ideal solution. There are so many designs filled with crystal-like glass that will give a room a delicate sparkle as well as maximising light reflected.

Wall lighting may also be an excellent alternative, there are so many choices of decorative wall lightings that act as the perfect accessories for a room – the earrings of the room if you like.

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The use of integrated LED light fixtures, especially in kitchens, has become one of the most significant design trends. This lighting technique uses LED bulbs that fit within the most intricate or simple designs to produce modern futuristic lighting arrangements for the home. LED lighting can be integrated into modern home renovations including: glass box extensions/glass roofs (lighting can be included within the underside of the structural glass beams supporting the roof structure), the steps of modern staircases and even outdoor patio roofs (such as a pergoda).

Another futuristic element of home lighting that is becoming increasingly popular, is the introduction of smart home automation technology around the home – both indoors and outdoors. Smart home technology systems provide an unparalleled luxury element to controlling electrical devices within the home, customised to the individual requirements of the occupants.

Automated lighting can also potentially reduce utility bills by allowing homeowners to intelligently control when and where light comes on and adjust the brightness – thus helping to regulate the overall energy usage as well as creating the desired ambience within the home.

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Brightening your entertainment space

Home media rooms and cinema rooms are also on the rise within modern homes and finding the right lighting for this kind of living space can be difficult. How can you create the right atmosphere while not producing too much light that could glare off home cinema screens and distract from the entertainment? Adjustable lighting is the perfect solution for this kind of living environment as the light can be dimmed to minimise glare and shadows while offering sufficient lighting for varying activities.

This room is undoubtedly one of the most used rooms in homes for entertaining family and friends. LED strip lighting can be fixed into the ceiling of this room in combination with LED spotlights. The spotlights can be dimmed or completely turned off while the strip lighting around the ceiling edges can be dimmed to offer a small amount of light that isn’t intrusive to the entertainment activity.

There’s a lot of choice out there when it comes to choosing lighting, so consider the room you are lighting, the interior decoration and the existing furniture items that may be situated beneath the light fixture (a dining table or kitchen island). iqfurniture.co.uk I N E X

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THE WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE In recent years, the availability of virtual and augmented reality technology has increased hugely and rapidly. And, although it may seem strange and unlikely, it’s still somewhat understandable that it’s now starting to creep into the workplace; saying that in some ways it’s already had an impact.

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ideo calls that span time zones may seem mundane now, but if you think about it, even they have an element of augmented reality about them; after all, you’re seeing an environment in front of you that isn’t actually there.

Taking this into consideration, it was only a matter of time before virtual reality took over the reins and began integrating itself into the workplace.

Despite still being quite a niche approach, headsets are being used in place of a traditional computer. The headset enables the user to utilise all the space around them in the digital world so that they can see multiple screens at once – and adjust them as per their own preference. It therefore means that each employee can tailor their own virtual space to reflect how they work best.

Steve Bays, Managing Director and Head of Product Design at Century Office, comments: “It doesn’t have to cost a fortune to make an office more ergonomic and productive. It is all about knowing your office and how the teams and departments work and responding to their needs; it is equally important to employ a designer that understands your needs and works well with your requirement as well as ensuring that the furniture supports technological developments and everyday needs.”

A spokesperson from KI Europe comments: “Today’s workplace looks and ‘works’ dramatically different than it did 20 years ago or even a decade ago thanks chiefly to technology. Working remotely, teleconferencing and co-working and collaborative spaces, once a distance dream, is now the business norm.

“These workplace transformations are being fuelled by high-tech, fast growth companies, along with a younger generation that demands technology tools to allow them to work anytime, anywhere, 24/7 as efficiently as possible. The ability to collaborate with partners will follow the trend from voice conferencing, to video chat, to telepresence, to virtual reality. In fact, VR headsets will allow the wearer to engage with digital content and interact with holograms.”

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Tony Antoniou of Rainbow comments: “For a client to be able to walk through their new office and have a full view around the space is fantastic. Personally, I feel that the jump from 2D CAD files to 3D images, floorplans and fly-throughs was more significant than the jump from 3D design to virtual reality.

“When we worked on the Met Office’s new HQ way back in 2003 we were able to fly them around the office mock-up and it helped the various groups of people viewing it to understand what their new office space would look like.

“The 3D services we provide are extremely useful in helping the facility managers to show the plans to individuals and groups within their organisation who are not used to working with 2D floorplans; and as soon as they see the images,

they can understand and appreciate what their new workplace will look like.

“With our current 3D services, users can select colours and finishes with ease in order to get their design just right prior to placing orders. This is brilliant for us because it means we know that they will like it once everything is installed.

“Virtual reality will, of course, take this one step further and it would be great to feel as though you are actually walking around your new space. However, this may be cost prohibitive and I am not convinced that companies will pay for this service over what is currently available, but as costs come down, this option will become more feasible.” kieurope.com rainbowdesign.co.uk century-office.co.uk

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SEEING THE LIGHT Founded by Ian Cameron in 2014, Cameron Design House has become synonymous with unique, contemporary design and refined craftsmanship. Ian has a shared history between the United Kingdom and Finland and has combined the influences of vibrant Central London and the tranquil Nordic countryside into his sculptural pieces.

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Can you please provide us with a description of your professional career?

I have always been focused on Cameron Design House since leaving university. This is our fifth year in business, and I have been very lucky to spend every day so far designing and manufacturing my own pieces.

What inspired you to become a lighting designer?

I saw the ‘light’ after I’d finished studying furniture design and realisation and product design at the London Metropolitan University. I have always enjoyed occupying my hands, building and designing stuff from a young age but it wasn’t until I was done with university that reality hit – I needed to knuckle down and get a job! I didn’t actually gravitate to lighting initially, however, I knew I wanted to do something that was decorative but functional with a strong sculptural element and lighting seemed to have the right combination of all those things.

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Lighting has given me the opportunity to be artistic, whilst also satisfying my fascination with technical considerations and problem-solving. The more simplistic a design, the more work it takes to perfect and I like that challenge.

What has been your greatest source of inspiration throughout your career?

I draw inspiration from literally everywhere – from sci-fi films, to nature and Brutalism; I am constantly fascinated by my surroundings. I have a strong Finnish heritage and I draw a lot of inspiration from Finland as well as my travels abroad. In the past two years I have visited over 10 countries – I think this has really helped me develop my vision and approach to new designs. London is a huge inspiration to me as well – I spend most weekends roaming the streets and galleries soaking up singular details, things as simple as a staircase railing or a crumpled coffee cup.

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How do you approach your projects?

We always take a design-led approach with the project shaping our process.

At Cameron Design House, it’s really important for us to work hand in hand with our clients, providing a bespoke service that perfectly complements the individuality of the project.

Would you say that you have a design style? If so, how would you describe this style?

We try to achieve an ethereal sensibility with our designs, one that evokes a pleasant, tranquil feeling. It is true that light naturally draws the eye, so what holds that light should always be visually stunning. Our designs tend to be poised and elegant, almost frozen in time, though this is not always the case. For instance, our Salla pendant is quite imposing, and is designed to be more striking than poised.

What do you believe is the biggest challenge for today’s designers?

One of the biggest challenges is ensuring an environmental approach. This is a particularly important consideration in today’s design climate and it’s crucial that any environmental impact is deliberated through all stages of the creative process. Aside from the obvious responsible use of materials etc., our approach is to design products that are lasting, not only in terms of function but also in terms of design.

What has been your biggest accomplishment to date?

I’m very proud of the processes we have put in place to ensure that our clients receive the best service, level of design and overall experience possible, from start to finish. We always aim to deliver the best customer service, with a smile and barrel of laughs at the same time.

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What has been your most notable project to date?

We have worked on several projects, which I am especially proud of.

In terms of residential projects, One Hyde Park with Elicyon is an iconic project for us. Working on a range of projects overseas was a particular proud moment for me, you can see our designs in the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis, Omega store in Paris and Schroeders Investments by Bryant Park in New York.

Can you talk us through your concept for the Helmi?

The Helmi, meaning ‘pearl’ in Finnish, was conceived during a fishing trip near my Finnish hometown of Turku. The idea was later developed after I attended the Hayward Gallery opening in London and saw a balloon covered with a net! The Helmi plays with the idea of contrast.

A 24-carat gold plated industrial net displays the exquisite ‘catch’ of glass pearls. The glass pearls are all hand-blown in London and the design is available in a variety of colours, with each pearl illuminated by an LED filament bulb.

Have you witnessed any recurring requests from your clients?

Our clients regularly request lighting pieces that balance a clean, architectural aesthetic with a delicate finish.

They are looking for centrepieces with a sculptural identity rather than lighting that is ornamentally focused.

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work closely with our clients to ensure the piece complements the architecture and desired feel of their space.

When it comes to lighting design, what do you believe is of utmost importance?

What advice would you offer to those that are considering a career in design?

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What do you believe is the biggest challenge for newlyqualified designers?

It can be a challenge for new designers to join a brand that matches their style, niche and design vision.

What can we expect to see from you over the next year?

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In addition to launching a new piece in collaboration with 2LG Studio, we are expanding our portfolio of residential, hospitality and commercial spaces to include marine projects – I feel like we will have hit another milestone when I see our pieces on superyachts!

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THE FUSION OF TWO PROPERTIES This Knightsbridge penthouse is a luxurious contemporary lateral living space on a prestigious square. The design was achieved through the refurbishment and integration of two separate Grade II Listed apartments for the personal use of a British property developer.

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STDG’s role comprised the selection and specification of the architectural finishes, detailed design of the bathrooms and joinery, together with the full furniture, fixtures and equipment design. Lighting designer Xavio Lighting was responsible for the technical elements of the home automation and architectural lighting.

The brief included the selection of all decorative fittings throughout and curation of the final artworks from the client’s own extended collection.

The warmth and elegance of textures and materials was to be valued over bold colours, with a desire for a striking and masculine aesthetic.

Quality home automation was to be integrated discreetly throughout.

In addition to being a good cook, the client enjoys entertaining with a chef, therefore, the brief was for entertaining use as much as relaxing.

This meant an everyday kitchen for the client and his family, and a restaurant-grade environment for a

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The client wanted a contemporary living space that respected the heritage and grandeur of the original Grade II Georgian envelope, and its architectural features.

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visiting chef, and so the kitchen was declared an opportunity for creating a dramatic entertaining and cooking space at the heart of this newlyimagined home.

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The fusion of the two properties began with rationalising the layouts and flow between the new spaces – introducing a more important entrance, large kitchen and dining area, and a generous reception room with hidden access to a private study and two ensuite bedrooms.

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The importance of creating a sense of arrival that would convey the status of the apartment and set the tone for the rest of the journey through the spaces was considered during the design.

The location and creation of the generously proportioned hallway was the foundation. The unifying palette of veined marble with bronze inlay and dark border was introduced, together with the neutral textured silk wallpaper that would feature elsewhere in the apartment. Dark framed tall doors offer intriguing possibilities – through these lie hidden passages to the private areas of the home, but the vista of the monolithic kitchen island, with its globe of lights suspended above a dark dining table draws the visitor up the stone stairs to the heart of the home.

The two principal rooms of the former apartments provided exceptional views onto the elegant garden – the perfect foil for a series of new entertaining spaces where the client’s desire for openplan cooking and dining could flow seamlessly, into a multi-tasking reception room, unified by the chevron timber floor with ebony borders and bronze inlay.

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The chimney breast, a strong vertical plane with a double-sided contemporary fireplace, was clad in Vals stone on all sides, providing both function and focus for both rooms.

The restaurantgrade kitchen was another mark of the client’s appreciation of excellence in engineering and innovation. The kitchen was to act as a feature of the view from the hallway and, with its monolithic veined stone island, a dramatic sculptural still life.

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STDG picked the best of contemporary design from a selection of European and American suppliers for furniture and lighting.

Emmemobili, Meridiani, Kagan, Flexform, Roll and Hill and Ceccotti were some of the suppliers used to bring the stated palette of wood and upholstery with metal detailing throughout.

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A British joinery company manufactured key pieces of joinery in the reception room and study, but for the walkin wardrobes metal and glass wardrobes from Porro were specified.

In the private spaces the walls are softened with textured silk and linen and clever joinery conceals modern conveniences. The bathrooms are another exercise in subtle drama – characterful stone contrasts against thoroughly modern ceramics from Armani Casa with beautiful rose gold brassware accents.

STDG always attempts to find the unique red thread in each project – the creative DNA that runs through a piece of work. It is unique to each project and comes from the particular mixture of the client’s story, the architecture and the wider environment and setting.

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Silk walls create a calm envelope while one wall of joinery features a bronze border picking out the shelves around the wall-hung TV. A sculptural design from Giorgetti is deliberately light – a contemporary answer to the gentleman’s study.

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Floor-to-ceiling joinery and upholstered panels conceal the dual openings behind the headboard into the bathroom and walkin wardrobe. Curtains are recessed into the ceiling and a coffer allows for indirect lighting with task lighting integrated into the headboard.

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Silk-effect wallpaper and silk underfoot adds to the guest’s sensory appreciation of the luxurious yet understated values of the apartment’s owner. tollgard.co.uk I N E X

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WALLPAPER: MORE THAN JUST A WALLCOVERING Thinking about wallpaper, the first thing that comes to mind is the wallcovering in a living room or bedroom. However, it can have many other less common and more creative uses. With just a little imagination, you can give a new look to furniture or surfaces within minutes.

Here, CoordonnĂŠ shows you a number of different uses for wallpaper.

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Covering furniture with paper allows you to restore the items or give them a breath of fresh air in a practical, easy and inexpensive way. You can completely renovate any piece of furniture, regardless of its style – you just need a solid base to apply the paper to.

Using wallpaper can give a second life to old or damaged furniture, but also make a piece of furniture that once didn’t fit in the room combine harmoniously with the rest of the space. You can also create a contrast and turn a simple object into a unique focal point of a room.

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On the inside of furniture

What’s on the inside matters the most, so we should take care of the inside of furniture too! You can cover the inside of a wardrobe or a drawer to create more original pieces.

Framing the paper

Wallpaper leftovers can be a piece of art.

You just need a frame, a bit of wallpaper and your imagination. Cut, combine, frame and voila!

On lampshades

Did you know that you can create lampshades with wallpaper? Updating them is very easy – you just need scissors, glue and the base of an old lamp. You can transform an old lampshade into an unique piece of art.

On a headboard

Create your own design for the headboard and integrate it in the bedroom decoration. You just have to choose the wallpaper you want to go to bed with each day, glue it to the wall and frame to make it look like a headboard.

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It’s a forgotten space in lots of houses, but if we want to stand out, we must pay attention to ceilings. Using wallpaper on the ceiling, will give it an important role and the decoration will be much more interesting.

These are just some ideas of the many uses that wallpaper has. It’s a product with a huge number of possibilities. coordonne.es

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In the living room, fluted pilasters frame views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the North Bay, and Parquet de Versailles floors add tonal depth.

The dining room’s etched mirrored details are juxtaposed with a creamy glazed strie wall finish.

The library incorporates an apse-like curve for books and intimate dining. Its stained walnut panelling brings out the colours in Frank Stella’s Study for New York Interpreted and intensifies the contrasting effect of the customembroidered, citron-hued curtains. An early 20th century Chinese wedding blanket upholsters the top of the ottoman, adding a vestige of history.

With bleached white oak cabinetry, cafe au lait marble countertops and honey-coloured oak floors, the kitchen is a tranquil space for breakfast, cooking and casual entertaining.

From the art placement to the faux-bois, marble and tortoiseshell finishes, from the Fortuny-clad powder room to the bleached oak in the kitchen, from the gently curved crown mouldings to the elegant plasterwork and fluted pilasters surrounding the doors and windows, all interior elements now speak to the French style consistent with the Neoclassical facade.

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With an inlaid floor setting the tone, the oval entry hall spins off in five directions. Posing above the swirl is an arresting sculpture by Manuel Neri.

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The cinnamon silk velvet of the living room sofa complements Nathan Oliveira’s Stele/ Head hanging above. Enhancing that palette further is the lacquered melonshaped taboret which reproduces a Ming design. A wheat-coloured linen damask adds subtle texture and depth to the walls.

The fluted details of the antique French commode mirror the pilasters framing the doorway between living and dining rooms. Adding a contemporary voice is David Hockney’s Table Flowable hanging above. Juan Hamilton’s sculpture, For Annie, stands beside it.

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Providing an infusion of colour are four ‘casino’ chairs upholstered in chartreuse calfskin.

Presiding over the room is a 17th century sandstone Burmese buddha head.

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In the master bedroom, a rock crystal chandelier adds allure to the recessed oval dome.

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Her bathroom doubles as a full boudoir, thanks to a custom-designed vanity in a white gold finish faced with antiqued mirror and restoration glass. Strategically placed to catch the sunlight is a 19th century tortoiseshell mirror and a pair of sparkling rock crystal lamps. An inlaid marble mosaic in tones of pale gold and soft apricot traces the perimeter of the tub.

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AN AMBITIOUS ENDEAVOUR Dutch Designer Dirk Vander Kooij is best known for his playful extrusions of reclaimed synthetics. Holding the attitude of craftsman/inventor, Dirk marries machine and hand in the fostering of honest material expression.

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is time spent at the Design Academy Eindhoven fruited an ambitious endeavour – to apply low-resolution 3D printing in furniture production. The texture of this self-developed process has since become synonymous with his work. In 2011, the Endless Chair won acclaim in the form of the Dutch Design Award. The chair set a precedent for the work that would follow – many of Dirk’s designs can be considered vessels intending material showcase and reclamation. As a craftsman, he is attracted to the irrevocable histories and textures possessed by found content. As an inventor, he favours the simplicity of self-evident production.

Meltingpot Table

The Meltingpot Table plays a keystone role in Dirk Vander Kooij’s approach to circular and sustainable design.

A relentless prototype, the meltingpot process fuses Dirk’s many experiments into a single, ever-changing landscape. By way of a house-developed press, discarded chairs, vases, cabinets and more are affectionately remoulded into indestructible tables.

The process has come to envelop a range of synthetic sources – CDs, lawn furniture and agricultural tubing (to name a few). Stoic in design, a single slab atop a conical base serves to plainly showcase the unlikely ubermaterials.

By exposing their texture, unmanipulated, Dirk reintroduces the plastics as truthful and autonomous.

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Chubby Chair

The Chubby Chair exaggerates functional ornamentation as imparted by lowresolution 3D printing. In doing so, the chair evidences the inimitable durability, singularity and texture associated with the printed medium.

Dirk’s house-developed extrusion process expands the capabilities of unlikely sourced materials. In the case of the Chubby Chair, discarded refrigerator interiors are reintroduced as autonomous, indestructible. And, as molten synthetics are squeezed like toothpaste, perhaps even a little humorous.

The chair’s final form is achieved by bending strata of printed material inward.

This simple deviation makes it possible to construct a chair with relatively few strokes of the machine.

The Chubby Chair can be found in the permanent collections of the Vitra Design Museum and the Design Museum in London.

Endless Chair

The Endless Chair shows Dirk Vander Kooij’s practical outlook, as design follows process.

Developed in conjunction with his graduation from the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Endless Chair is the product of robotically-guided, lowresolution 3D printing. Hard-fought, the Endless Chair represents Dirk’s very first successful collaboration with the beloved, self-made robot.

The endless process sees a single, molten thread of reclaimed synthetics gradually draw furniture from the ground up. Sources include refrigerator lining, CDs and rooftop windows – all of which are employed for their inimitable textural properties. Discolouration, fragmentation and wear lend a tone of familiarity to a material often considered sterile, disposable.

The pulses of low-resolution printing invite comparisons to textiles or cut glass (to deceptive effect). The final, rigid form is indestructible.

Dirk Vander Kooij won the Dutch Design Award in 2011 for his Endless Chair.

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Menhir Bench

The revised Menhir Bench is the most recent addition to Dirk’s portfolio of synthetic ubermaterials.

In a stone-like evolution, agricultural tubing and fittings are slowly melted before realigning into solid slabs of raw material.

Once processed, the stones expose gentle tonal variation. The melting process encourages the mono-material to fold onto itself, forming unpredictable grains, veins and strata. Velvety to the touch, the bench sees plastic expressed as tactile and deceptively organic.

Arranged in a calculated balance, the final Menhir Bench conjures images of standing stones. dirkvanderkooij.com

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REDUCING GREY AREAS WITH CONSIDERED COLOUR SCHEMING Specifying a colour scheme for any project, whether a housing scheme, public sector building or commercial office is about much more than just aesthetics. As Kathryn Lloyd, Colour Specialist at Crown Paints, explains; a well-designed, considered colour scheme can be used as an effective wayfinding tool to allow people to navigate easily around the building and stay out of harm’s way.

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n large buildings such as hotels, shopping centres and multi-storey car parks multiple levels can look very similar which creates the potential for confusion. Using a variety of colours to differentiate between areas or levels of a building, known as ‘colour coding’, is an ideal way to help visitors identify where they are and find their way around easily.

Colour coding can also help users find and reach specific areas of a building or identify a change of level while highlighting the edge of a stair tread with a strong colour can help distinguish steps.

Accessibility for everyone

An important design consideration for any building is how easily and safely partially-sighted people can navigate around relatively unaided and as many partially-sighted people rely on visual clues for navigation, colour schemes play a key part in this. It’s vital that colours not only complement each other but also provide the required level of tonal contrast.

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Contrast can be determined by the Light Reflective Values (LRVs) of each colour, which relates to the amount of visible light that is reflected when illuminated by a light source. On a scale from 0 to 100, where zero is assumed to be an absolute black and 100 to be a perfectly reflective white (white paint has a LRV of 90), it is recommended that there is a difference of approximately 30 points between the colours.

This is especially important for critical surfaces such as floors, doors and walls that are adjacent to one another to enable partially-sighted people to distinguish between areas in a room.

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Ensuring there’s enough colour contrast between walls and floors helps partially-sighted people clearly perceive the direction of the walkway while contrast between the walls and ceiling will allow them to better understand the size and height of the room. Handrails should also be clearly visible so need to be chosen to contrast with the colour of the walls.

By carefully considering colour schemes and how they impact on all users it’s possible to create inclusive environments that embrace the concept of access for all without compromising the interior design of a building. crownpaintspec.co.uk

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Desired Designs Polka dots no longer need to be seen as too juvenile to grace the interior of any room other than a children’s play area. The trend has matured. All you need to do is pick the right dot for the perfect spot in an interior scheme.

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GOLD DOTS CUSHION COVER

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A sprinkle of gold dots adds a magical touch to these beautiful cushion covers by French brand La Cerise sur le Gateau. £30 bobbyrabbit.co.uk

GARLAND SILK CUSHION

Ditsy vines have been overlaid in contrasting colours to create this opulent print; nature’s answer to a Jackson Pollock painting. £59 clarissahulse.com

SHAPES DOTS PILLOW

The shapes and dots pillows have two different sides, so you can decorate your sofa by mood. The pillows are made of soft, but also sturdy cotton 200gr/m2 with a hidden zip. £35 en.dawanda.com

T-PASTEL DOTS

This modern cushion cover features a strong, high-quality cotton blend fabric in modern, simple contrasting colours that will work in harmony. £16 tom-tailor.com

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The neutral colour of this cushion makes it the perfect finishing touch for any interior scheme. £17 tom-tailor.com

TT- PAINTED RINGS

Add some sophistication to an interior with this monochrome polka dot cushion. £15 tom-tailor.com

TT- BLUE DOTS

This polka dot-covered cushion is ideal for sprucing up an interior and is a great way to add this classic look with a twist. £17 tom-tailor.com

AVELINE CUSHION

With its bold floral design and bright pink, yellow, blue and orange pattern, this cushion will brighten up any room it’s placed in. £30 artwow.co

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MARIMEKKO SIIRTOLAPUUTARHA COFFEE CUP

This perfect sized little black spotted Marimekko coffee cup is ideal for popping under a home coffee machine. £14.50 abodeliving.co.uk

POPPI CUP

The simple Poppi cup’s uneven black dots make it a lovely relaxed-looking piece. £6.95 abodeliving.co.uk

VINTAGE INDIGO TANKARD MUG

Capturing the elegance of delftware with a modern twist, delicate white polka dots contrast against a beautiful dark blue canvas. £12 creative-tops.com

FLOWER MUG

Pretty cream polka dots nestle upon a pastel green canvas on this fine china mug. A lovely choice for cups of tea and coffee, this mug also features pretty interior floral detail. £6 creative-tops.com

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Perfectly balancing feminine prettiness with modern style and a dash of sass. Pretty on the outside and full of attitude on the inside, this fine china mug has a hidden message written on its base. £5 creative-tops.com

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SET OF SIX COFFEE CUPS

This set of six coffee cups are hand-painted meaning each one is truly unique. £56 en.dawanda.com

BLUE DOTS CERAMIC MUG

This white glazed stoneware mug decorated with a nautical blue spot design is smart and sophisticated. £6 tch.net

KAFFEEBECHER ROT W EISS PUNKTE

This red and white mug promises to be an eye-catching piece on every kitchen table it graces. £8.80 heimatwerke.de

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Ideal for those wanting to bring a little detail to a monochromatic room, this colourway surprises by incorporating the floral and patterned detail of the traditional woven Persian rug but without the bright colours. The subtle tones of dark grey, black and white make this a sophisticated choice. £608 limelace.co.uk

EDDY IVORY & BLACK CIRCULAR RUG

Available in different diameters of 100 to 250cm, this high-quality home accessory will have a special impact anywhere it’s used. £49 modern-rugs.co.uk

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MURSI 2 RUG

This pretty patterned rug promises to be the idyllic focal point of any interior. £79 modern-rugs.co.uk

The Nilotic pastoralist ethnic group Mursi lives in southwestern Ethiopia, they believe in a higher force coming from the sky, called Tumwi. The Mursi consider clay sacred and powerful, as they still paint their bodies for religious and medical purposes. Combined body painting motifs and animal’s footprints in an abstract pattern created MURSI handtufted tencel rug, an earth-to-earth acquisition for the home. £POA covethouse.eu/product-brands/rugs-society/

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Woven with an appealing textured effect, the Freyr rug incorporates a contemporary geometric design that graduates along the rug. £625 modern-rugs.co.uk

ELLE UMLAZA

Ellen is a sophisticated armchair, featuring a modern tub design. Built on top of a polished brass base, this accent chair is perfect for those who love a mix of contemporary design and Mid-Century Modern style. £POA covethouse.eu/product-brands/rugs-society/

JEAN CHRISTOPHE BERNARD ACRILA CALI CHAIR

This quirky square swivel chair is made from acrylic glass and will create a flamboyant look in the home or garden. £699 thelongeststay.com

HAPPY DOTS RUG GREY

The new Happy Dots rug is the perfect accent for a modern nursery, children’s room or play area. The stylish Danish design is offered in chic light grey and blush pink options, both accented with gold dots. £42.95 urbanavenue.co.uk

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Skyline Design custom and bespoke design service offers it’s clients professional consultation for residential and commercial projects.

Our experience of more than 30 years as indoor and outdoor furniture manufacturers, along with a workforce of more than 1500 people and facilities equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, allowing, Skyline Design to customize each piece following the client’s needs, design. materials and finish.

From the initial project to the last detail, our designers, production, assembly team and our experience in contract and residential projects all over the world is at your disposal to achieve outstanding results.

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OAK FRAMED GARAGE KITS BY ROUND WOOD OF MAYFIELD If you have a project requiring a traditional oak framed garage, you may want to consider the range of ‘Chippy’ kits offered by Round Wood of Mayfield.

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it frames are particularly suited to tradespeople (as well as accomplished DIY-ers) as they are predesigned, available on short lead times and go together easily. All buildings are preassembled in a workshop, with posts being numbered, to ensure ease of fit once on site.

They also represent excellent value, given the economies of scale Round Wood has been able to achieve by investing in significant machinery.

The range of ‘Chippy’ kits comprises 47 standard designs, from one to four bays, in a variety of roof profiles.

Additional options for half-bays, log stores and side aisles allow for most requirements to be catered for (although modifications are possible).

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As the ridge heights are below 4m on all designs, permitted development rights are granted for many projects (exempting them from planning). The smaller frames in the range are also exempt from Building Regulations (having an internal footprint of under 30m2), providing certain site criteria are met.

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ongoing expansion and will consider regional exclusivity arrangements. If you believe you could assist in this area, contact jason@roundwood. com in the first instance.

Round Wood supplies nationwide from its base just outside of Mayfield. In addition to oak framed buildings, it offers hardwood decking, oak and walnut flooring, joinery products and garden features. oakframedgarages.co.uk 01435 860260 sales@roundwood.com

Boss Design has scooped a prestigious NeoCon Gold Award in the ‘Furniture Collections for Collaboration’ category for its revolutionary modularised seating system, ATOM. Designed to honour new products exhibited at NeoCon – the largest commercial interiors show in North America held at the Mart in Chicago – this year’s Best of NeoCon competition judged a total of 374 products across 41 product and furnishings categories.

The competition was judged by 42 contract interior designers and architects, as well as corporate, healthcare, Government and institutional facilities management executives who are responsible for selecting and buying furniture and furnishings for their specific organisations or clients. bossdesign.com 0207 253 0364

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SHADES OF GREY FIND NEW LEASE OF LIFE IN KITCHEN DESIGN WITH MATT FINISH

Shades of grey, white and black are dominating kitchen design in 2018. These versatile, albeit no-frill tones, pair with any colour and finish, making them perfect for the modern kitchen. With moodier aesthetics in demand, grey, white and black decors are the perfect building blocks to design a kitchen around. Facilitating this trend, the Formica Infiniti Worktops range comes in 12 modern decors including four core neutral colours: Graphite, Fog, White and Diamond Black.

Available in six product sizes, the full Formica Infiniti range offers worktops, breakfast bars, splashbacks and upstands, giving complete freedom for a uniform design throughout the whole kitchen or the option to mix and match for visual interest.

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THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTOPHER HYDE LIGHTING Christopher Hyde Lighting, a leading London lighting specialist, has excelled at providing lighting for a wide range of interiors. Its handmade lights have been installed across the world, from luxury yachts and grand hotels to palaces at home and abroad. In the past year, the company’s range of products has been updated, bringing a fresh perspective to the proud heritage of the long-established brand. A stunning contemporary range of handmade Italian chandeliers, pendants and table lamps are available in a variety of different finishes. These exciting new ranges will complement the hugely popular traditional collections familiar to Christopher Hyde Lighting’s customers.

Lyndon by Boss Design has been awarded the esteemed Design Guild Mark 2018 for its soft seating collection, Manta. Awarded

by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the impressive Design Guild Mark recognises the highest standards in the design of furnishings in volume production by the finest British designers. Judged on meeting the criteria of excellence in design, materials, manufacture and function, the mark is one of only 12 awards granted this year. Manta subtly harmonises handcrafted luxury with a contemporary edge. Featuring a two-seater sofa along with a matching armchair that is now also available in a relaxed back option, the collection offers a compact and informal seating solution.

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KÄHRS’ FRENCH PATTERN SHORTLISTED IN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Kährs’ newly-launched French Pattern wood flooring design has been shortlisted in the 2018 International Design & Architecture Awards, within the ‘Hard Flooring’ category. The awards, held by ‘design et al’ magazine, celebrate some of the best design schemes, product launches and innovation from throughout the world.

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he shortlisted design features a modern twist – an engineered plank format which improves install time and efficiency in comparison to a traditional ‘French pattern’ floor. With the modern engineered format, the new designs can be installed more quickly than a traditional French patterned floor, ideal for efficient installation in both domestic and commercial projects.

The classic pattern can also be specified over underfloor heating, due to the environmentally-sound and long-lasting multi-layer construction of sustainable oak and poplar within the boards.

Joining Kährs’ design-led European Renaissance collection, a range of unique and inspiring wooden floors based on the magnificent floor styles of bygone periods,

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the new design is available in two distinct colour tones – a golden natural brown ‘Castello Rovere’ alongside a rich, smokey tone named ‘Castello Fumo’.

Winners for the ‘International Design & Architecture Awards’ will be announced in September 2018 at The Hurlingham Club in London – a private members’ club adjacent to the Thames, with leading designers and architects flying into London from all over the world to attend.

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Online voting for the ‘International Design & Architecture Awards’ commences on 22nd August 2018, and closes on 19th September 2018.

Shortlisted projects and products will be presented online at thedesignawards.co.uk, with voting open to industry professionals, as well as design et al readers and clients. kahrs.com 0239 245 3045 sales@kahrs.com

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THE OLD TOLL HOUSE REFURBISHMENT The Old Toll House, sitting on Clopton Bridge in Stratford-uponAvon, was built over 200 years ago in 1814. Since the closure as a timber yard in 1991, the toll house stood unoccupied and has subsequently fallen into serious disrepair. It was in the top-10 West Midland’s Historic England’s Register of Buildings at Risk.

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Heritage building contractor Stone-Edge took on the task of restoring and refurbishing the Grade I Listed toll house. Even after thorough refurbishment, the performance of the single glazed timber windows was deemed inadequate for modern requirements.

To help find a solution, Stone-Edge and Mark Evans Architects approached Selectaglaze, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of secondary

glazing. After a positive meeting, Selectaglaze installed a total of eight units on the ground and first floor of the Old Toll House.

Selectaglaze Series 45 double side-hung casement with matching Gothic curved head was chosen.

Project Organiser Chris Rice has already experienced a remarkable transformation in the thermal and acoustic

insulation within the historic Stratford landmark.

“Fitting secondary glazing into a Grade I Listed building with lots of different sized windows was a big challenge. We are delighted with the finished product in terms of insulation and sympathetic appearance.” selectaglaze.co.uk enquiries@selectaglaze.co.uk 01727 837271

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