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54 Zoe Moss, Como

21 Perspective

60 Monsieur Christian Lacroix

22 Forward Thinking

CASE STUDY 68

25 Material Matters

68 BSI, Chiswick

26 Desert Island Desks

SPOTLIGHT 29

PREVIEW 77

29 30 under 30

77 Clerkenwell Design Week

31 The Big Question

THE RESIDENCY 104

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I was fortunate enough to travel to Paris last month (to interview the great Monsieur Christian Lacroix no less – you can read the article on p60). On the evening before the interview I took a casual stroll up to the Champs Elysees and, whilst walking around the Arc de Triomphe, was suddenly aware of thousands of flashing blue lights and a cacophony of sirens. Looking across the giant roundabout, I could see that there was a great commotion – and decided it was best to get out of the area before anything intensified.

It quickly transpired, of course, that the commotion was the horrific and tragic shooting, which led to one officer being killed and two others wounded.

I returned to the hotel, switched on the TV and turned to a certain British world news channel. The on-the-scene reporter was

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Chip is a new 4A USB charging module set to revolutionise the way we use on desk power. With more and more devices using USB the demand for traditional sockets on the desk is falling. This stylish and fully in integrated module simply connects to your under desk power using a Wieland or plug to offer 2 USB power supplies capable of charging all leading phones and tablets.

revealing how Paris was in ‘Lockdown’, with people fleeing the streets and staying behind locked doors. Strangely, the scene I could see was Parisians and tourists alike enjoying a meal or a drink outside bars, restaurants and cafes on what was a balmy April evening.

There was certainly no panic and absolutely no ‘lockdown’. Paris, very much like London, was carrying on regardless.

Like London, Prisians will not allow terrorists to dictate how they live their lives and how they work, rest and play in their beautiful city.

That evening Paris (once again) showed its defiance. I’ve nothing but admiration for that.

It just goes to show that you can’t believe everything the media reports.

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IN THE MIX With June’s Mixology in London sold out and plans for Mixology North in December hotting up, you can imagine we are busy in Mix Interiors land. On a smaller, but no less important note, we are once again grateful to our A&D friends for participating in our 5th roundtable this year (see page 48).

The next event on the agenda is our MixInspired seminar in Manchester on 7th June. As you may be aware, we look to go straight to the top of the property food chain and get client end users on our MixInspired panels and we’re delighted to announce that we already have Vaqas Farooq the Managing Partner at Shoosmiths and Lesley McPhee, the Group Director of Property at The Hut Group, confirmed for Manchester, with more to follow.

If you missed it, we have also been shortlisted for Mixology in the Awards Awards. Up against such giants as Retail Week, Farmers Weekly, Marketing Week and The Publican, logic says we don’t have much of a chance, but we’ve got our fingers crossed anyway. The result will be announced before this issue hits desks – so look out on all the usual social media channels, if that’s your bag.

COVER VERSION You may remember last month’s ‘Seven’ focused on Album covers. Andrew Bartlett, Director at Harmsen Tilney Shane, felt that whilst the selection was a worthy one, it was ‘lamentable’ that we didn’t include the following: New York Dolls – New York Dolls, The Winkies – The Winkies, Patti Smith – Horses, The Vibrators – Pure Mania, Fripp and Eno – No Pussyfooting, The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street and The Beatles – Help. If for some reason you are not a ‘music person’ then you probably won’t get it, but we happen to love listening to and discussing great music – so thanks Andrew.

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THE MAKER’S PLACE If you haven’t been to The Furniture Makers’ Company headquarters in London, you should definitely put it on your list.

Not only is it a beautiful building, in a fascinating neighbourhood, you are also sure to get a warm welcome. We visited twice this month for varied reasons – one being for the Design Guild Mark judging (more of which next month) and following our everpopular manufacturing Spotlight feature in March, we met to discuss The Furniture Makers’ Company’s Export Award.

UK manufacturers flying the flag for British furniture and furnishings abroad are invited to apply for the Export Award.

It was launched in 2016 and deservedly won by Boss Design.

Entry forms for 2017 are available from The Furniture Makers’ Company website – www.furnituremakers.org.uk/excellence.

The deadline for entries is 30 June 2017.

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SMASHING FIT-OUT Fit-out specialist Overbury has completed the interiors of a new head office and showroom for British brand Fred Perry (he was a tennis player, for you younger ones).

The refurbishment of 27,000 sq ft in a historic Victorian warehouse supports Fred Perry’s move from its long-term address in Covent Garden to Clerkenwell. The 19th century warehouse building on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Warner Street, sits opposite the former Royal Mail Sorting Office.

Working with Buckley Gray Yeoman and Willmott Dixon, Overbury delivered the fit-out of seven floors, which included the installation of new floors, ceilings, walls and mechanical and electrical systems in four months, bringing the head office and showroom under one roof.

Overbury Managing Director in London, Andy Paton, says: ‘This has been an exciting project from the beginning and we’re thrilled with the outcome…it’s great to see that we were able to achieve this working alongside Buckley Gray Yeoman and Willmott Dixon, and we hope they (Fred Perry) enjoy their new home.’

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT FLYING QUAD In recognition of 20 successful years in business, with a £100M total turnover, Quad Contracts recently held a fantastic evening celebration at The Yacht London.

Guests included clients, professionals, subcontractors and retired members of the construction industry. We were told the free bar was extremely well tested throughout.

Congratulations to Quad Contracts on reaching such a fantastic milestone.

North East furniture specialist Godfrey Syrett has delivered a sparkling new fit-out for accountancy firm, Greaves West & Ayre (GWA). Established in 1919, the firm has moved to a purpose built 12,000 sq ft space in the town centre of Berwick, Northumberland, following a merger with East Lothian accountants NC Campbell & Co in October 2016, creating a combined business with 12 partners and over 100 staff.

John Coats, Partner at Greaves West & Ayre, said: ‘This move is the result of a long search to find suitable premises, which will help us to be more efficient and future-proof ourselves as the industry becomes more digital.’

For their part, Godfrey Syrett has installed a range of soft seating to the reception area, open and semi-private seating for staff breakout spaces, dining furniture in the kitchen and a range of desks, meeting tables and task chairs.

h For staff breakout spaces Godfrey Syrett utilised a range of open and semi-private soft seating.

f A bright colour scheme was used throughout the office to create eye-catching accents against the clean, white backdrop.

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BROWN & BANCROFT INTERIORS COMPLETES AT KINGS CHAMBERS

ROYAL RECOGNITION We recently had the opportunity to meet with Greta Henderson, MD at Bancroft Soft Furnishings.

Headquartered in Bingley, West Yorkshire, Bancroft supplies fabrics across most sectors. Established almost nine years ago to the day, Greta was, not surprisingly, keen to tell us that the business has recently received the Queens Award for Enterprise – International Trade.

Brown & Bancroft Interiors, the specialist commercial fit out company based in Bolton, has successfully completed a refurbishment of the reception area at Kings Chamber’s Young Street offices in Manchester. Designed by Fletcher Rae Architects and delivered in just five weeks, the scheme has transformed a traditional, dark wood-panelled entrance space into a contemporary, light and airy environment in which to welcome visitors to the office.

Works included stripping out all existing wall and floor finishes, the installation of a bespoke reception desk and feature wall divides as well as the introduction of a refreshments station and flexible seating area.

Established in 2008, this is a great achievement in such a short space of time by any standards. As with all good leaders, Greta told us that she has a great team – including a great dog (sorry, the Mix team are big dog lovers!). Greta went on to say: ‘Our export business has grown year on year for the last four years in a very difficult market. We have a tremendous team of people working at Bancroft, great customers and suppliers, and it’s these relationships that have helped Bancroft to move forward. I am very proud and pleased to receive this award.’

NATURAL SELECTION Launched a year ago in a series of four organic patterns, Modulyss’ Handcraft has enjoyed success as a carpet tile that brings the feel of nature to commercial interiors, providing a soothing and inspiring ambience to manmade spaces.

‘The importance of nature and mimicking its capacity to soothe is not to be underestimated for today’s commercial interiors,’ explains Andrew Sibley, Modulyss Sales Director. ‘It is something that interior designers are turning in order to provide respite in the working environment, perhaps almost subconsciously, and one that’s extremely effective.

‘We launched the Handcraft collection a year ago, as our way of embracing nature within our carpet tiles. Embodying the power of nature and our ability to craft it into beautiful everyday objects, we are delighted with the impact Handcraft is having on the sector.’

WHAT IS A QUEENS AWARD? The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are awarded to businesses for outstanding achievement in four categories – International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and also for Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility).

The Queen's Award is valid for five years. Successful organisations may fly the Queen’s Award flag at their principal premises and are entitled to use the emblem on their stationery, advertising and goods. They are billed as the ‘highest official UK awards for British businesses’ and offers companies who enter a competitive advantage.

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ROCKETSHIP

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At a recent roundtable we met the delightful Chiara Cantilena from LOM and was subsquently alerted to a job the practice is involved in for RocketSpace, a technology campus operator.

The London campus, to be launched this month, will be the first beyond San Francisco and is the result of a partnership between RocketSpace and NatWest.

The fit-out and restoration at Regents House in Angel, North London, designed by LOM, will provide flexible working spaces for up to 1,500 as RocketSpace continues its ambitious growth and builds a global network of campuses.

Designed specifically for high-growth tech start-up businesses.

RocketSpace, whose alumni include Uber, Blippar and Spotify, has already been home to 18 Unicorn (billion dollar) companies.

Initially set over three floors, including a former underground bank vault, LOM’s design strips back the 1980’s building to its original shell.

Upper floors of the campus will provide dedicated co-working surf desks and a range of 4-30 person suites for tech start-ups, designed to expand flexibly in response to business growth. We hope to bring you more in a future issue.

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PRESENT BUT NOT CORRECT It’s imperative that anyone working in interior design watches out for people trends. Manchester-based Professor Sir Cary Cooper caught our attention when he suggested at this year’s CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) Annual Conference and Exhibition that presenteeism is the biggest threat to UK workplace productivity.

Using research from CIPD’s annual Absence Management Report, Professor Cooper revealed that the annual cost of presenteeism is ‘twice that of absenteeism’, commenting that, ‘Nearly one third of staff persistently turn up to work ill’ and ‘Just 35% are generally healthy and present’.

Something that we have raised numerous times, the UK ranks 6th of out the G7 nations for productivity. People in the UK have the longest working hours in the EU and there is no research to support senior managers’ belief that working longer hours makes people more productive. Professor Cooper added, ‘If you consistently work long hours, you will get ill’.

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BCO GLORY The BCO awards are almost complete, with SE and South Wales due as we head to press. It was great to see that most of the winners have been covered over the last 12 months in Mix. Here is a reminder of two great examples…

BDG was responsible for re-thinking the transformation of Sea Containers House (featured in Mix September 16) into a dynamic and creative workspace for the diverse range of businesses located on the South Bank.

Innovative changes to the structure created a series of double height spaces that connect the floors and take advantage of the external environment being adjacent to the River Thames. Flooded with daylight, the judges highlighted how these spaces define the building and have become natural hubs for staff interaction, allowing the creativity of the business to flourish.

Meanwhile, Sky’s Digital Centre of Excellence at Leeds Dock (featured in Mix November 16) won the BCO Award for Innovation at the Northern awards event in Manchester. With the base build originally designed for retail, the three buildings have been significantly enhanced by BDG to create a workplace that enables the collegiate nature of the Sky team to thrive. The judges commended the project for the ‘skill and creativity displayed in this whole scale transformation’.

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MAPPING THE FUTURE We met up with Newmor at the recent BCFA Open exhibition in London and were drawn to its stunning designs. Wall coverings are making a welcome return to the office environment – and looking at Newmor’s latest designs, it’s easy to see why.

Established in the 1960’s, Newmor remains a privatelyowned family-run business that manufactures in Welshpool and exports to over 60 countries. The firm was showing the Nomad collection, using nature as its inspiration. Also, for something completely different, Newmor teamed up with Stephen Walter to create amazing images of maps.

Stephen, a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal College of Art, is best known for his series of hand-drawn maps, done in enormous detail. We love them!

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HAVING A BLINDER We took some time off the set of Peaky Blinders in Manchester’s Northern Quarter to catch up with Jamie Wilson and Christopher Liddle from HLM. Alongside a ‘Who’s Who’ of the Manchester property fraternity, we enjoyed a delightful drink or two with the pair.

HLM, along with its interior design studio, 33, has established a base in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. The firm has a strong history of working in the North West, with recent successes across the hospitality and education sector.

‘We’re excited about setting up our office in the heart of Manchester’ Jamie told us. ‘We’ve worked here for a long time now, but our recent successes have been a catalyst for creating a presence here. Our ambition is to develop a design studio from which our architects, interiors, landscape and urban designers and environmental specialists can better serve our local clients, and create inspirational spaces where people can work, live and learn. Our focus is on design excellence and social value, and we want to contribute to the North West’s fantastic journey.’ el

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This month we to take a less than serious look at one of the real industry buzzwords – Wellbeing. As you’ll see elsewhere in this month’s Mix, the issues of absenteeism, presenteeism, attraction and retention are all at the forefront of client’s minds.

Wellbeing

End User Oh yes! We’ve even set up a Wellbeing Focus Group to look at how we can make the experience of working here as good as it can be and to keep the cheeky little Millennials happy. It doesn’t half cost mind! Please start using all that stuff we’re providing for you – and whatever you do, don’t leave us! Do not leave!

Dealer Now we’re talking! Those lovely designers are like kids in a sweet shop when the client buys into a bit of Wellbeing! We’ll have cool pods over here, expensive high back sofas there, a whole load of breakout zones and a lovely bar/café – keep those orders coming guys!

Interior Designer Wellbeing is pretty much built into everything we do. We love to take our clients on a journey and to add lots of unique, interesting elements – and that process becomes a lot easier if they are panicking that unless they do something quickly they’ll lose all their best people and never be able to attract anyone new.

Gawd bless those needy Millennials!

Manufacturer Ooh, this might actually be good for us!

We’ve just launched a range of pods and soft seating – and Wellbeing means we’ve got a real chance of shifting some sit/stand desks. There’s actually a decent margin in sit/stand desks. Wellbeing? It’s certainly well for our being!

Mix Defined as ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’. An environment with more green spaces, for example, is associated with higher Wellbeing, partly due to the beneficial effects on psychological relaxation, stress alleviation, increased physical activity, and reduced exposure to air pollutants and noise, among others. A pool table is good as well!

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In 1968 Dave Godin coined the phrase ‘Northern Soul’ to describe obscure Rhythm and Blues music being bought by visiting football fans from northern England to his London Record shop Soul City. Little did he know that he was as much describing the people buying the music as the music itself. The same tenacity for quality, passion for the subject, downright fanatical hunger for knowledge and pride shown by these collectors, is still prevalent in creative businesses throughout Northern England today AND they have global appeal.

Here are seven examples of creative people or companies, large and small, who Knightsbridge Furniture’s Jason Brown believes have real ‘soul’.

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1. KEMPADOO MILLER HEADWEAR Rhian (Kempadoo Miller) goes from strength to strength with her quirky twist on traditional Yorkshire caps for men and women of all ages.

Studying Millinery at Leeds College of Art and Design, she began to explore the history of textile production in the area and developed a keen interest in ethical fashion, inspired by her Scottish/Jamaican father’s love of flat caps.

Using the very highest quality local tweeds, silks and chiffons, her styling and attention to detail has reached the hearts of people such as Idris Elba, Yorkshire Cricket Club and HRH Prince Charles. Knightsbridge Furniture’s stand at CDW 2016 featured a six metre back wall full of Kempadoo caps – needless to say we didn’t bring any back to Yorkshire.

2. BLOK KNIVES Benjamin Edwards owns Blok Knives. His workshop is situated in a fantastic 18th century setting called Darley Abbey Mills in Derby. The work the company produces is of the highest standard and incredibly stylish while being functional and practical – in my eyes he creates ‘tools for life’. They are very well respected in the food world – so much so that Blok knives have been prize winners of the Observer Food Monthly Awards since 2014.

They will be giving live demonstrations during London Design Week – so look out for them.

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3. HEBTROCO HebtroCo was born out of two guys’ passion for all things quality. Ed and Brant both have a background in design and build with welldocumented careers in the cycling world. Set in their home town of Hebden Bridge, which is synonymously known for its high quality moleskin and cord cotton fabric, HebtroCo are the only factory left in what was once the epicenter of trouser making in England. Ed and Brant saved the factory from certain decline while seeking a new design and build challenge nearer to home, and thanks to the skill and enthusiasm of their staff and local community support, their business is a success. The product is superb and even though the company is relatively new, people are finding out about them and the factory is shipping hundreds of pairs of trousers globally every week.

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4. DOWN AND OUT CAFÉ RACERS Based on the outskirts of Sheffield, Down and Out Café Racers are considered one of the best custom builders of the ‘Café Racer’ and ‘scrambler’ style bike in Europe. They produce fantastic BMW and Triumph scramblers in their own unique style, using parts made and designed by the production team. Customers can buy individual unique components or have entire bespoke bikes made from the frame up.

This approach allows any pocket size to be involved in the Down and Out experience, which I think is a smashing way to introduce fresh blood on to the scene and encouraging new business.

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6. NORTHERN MONK BREW CO Brian and Russell initially launched Northern Monk from a cellar in 2013 with a £5,000 fund, selling from an independent outlet in Bradford with beer brewed in Ripon. The pair soon realised that the product was so popular their dream of running a real brewery could be achieved. In the same year, with help from a friend, they invested in a new premises in Leeds which was once a flax works and created a fully functioning brewery. In 2014 their new barrel beers were launched in Leeds at North Bar and Craft Beer Co in Clerkenwell to great acclaim.

I love their marketing and the speciality beers don’t take ‘twists’ too far, still producing smashing tastes for all palats. This year sees the company growing rapidly and a new site has been converted into a much larger brewery and laboratory, with a 40,000 litre capacity setup.

Take a look at their superb collaborations with Leeds based photographer Tom Joy and Manchester based street artist Nomad Clan – definitely a modern look for beer…and the brews are fab too!

7. KIRATH GHUNDOO Kirath is a surface pattern designer with a studio in Darlington, specialising in luxury mix and match geometric wallpapers. She works in residential and commercial arenas globally, providing bespoke designs to customers from Mexico, Italy, Netherlands, USA and France.

Her client base includes the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Vitra and Susie Bubble – to name a few. I love the way Kirath’s designs encourage the specifier to become non-conformist in their use. Since the launch of this new approach in 2011 the business has been shortlisted for a number of awards and features in publications such as ELLE Decoration, Mix Interiors, The Independent and The Observer. Have a look for yourself.

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5. MICRODOT CREATIVE Brian Cannon and Microdot Creative recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary. Brian, from Wigan, is a graphic designer, art director, band manager and music video director. He is probably better known for his work in the 90’s, creating iconic record covers for Oasis, The Verve, Ash, Cast, Inspiral Carpets, Suede and many more. What I find interesting about Brian’s work is that all the photographic images used on these record sleeves were all shot live with no Photoshop rendering or development.

Even The Verve's images of flaming letters in a cave or neon lettering in a waterfall were entirely real!

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WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKING FOR A DESIGN COMPANY AND A CLIENT? Everything is pretty different except for the end goal of creating a great office space.

However, the biggest difference for me is that once I have the basic plan agreed with my boss I am given the total authority to get on with it and deliver in a way I think is best for the company.

SO YOU HAVE GREAT AUTONOMY? Yes. The stakes are arguably higher because there is no getting away from the ‘client’ if you get it wrong. I used to treat all my schemes as though they were my own but doing it from inside the company really is on a different level.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE HUT GROUP'S COMPANY CULTURE? It is very entrepreneurial, moving very quickly and hugely ambitious – and it has some amazing people.

IT’S A VERY YOUNG WORKFORCE? Yes, the average age is 27.

DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE WAY YOU DESIGN? I think it is natural to design a smart environment now. We are a technology business, moving at a very fast pace with offices in the UK, America and Poland, to name a few, so we have to communicate 24/7.

YOU CLEARLY HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE AT THE MOMENT? We have six buildings on this site. We have just finished Hartford House, which is just over 5,000 sq ft and is the current

Following a long career in workplace design, Lesley McPhee started with her new employee, The Hut Group, as Head of Design. After three months she had delivered Kingsmead House, within the Hut Group complex – and on the day of the handover was ceremoniously promoted to Group Director of Property. She is just about to deliver her third building within six months. If you don’t know Lesley here’s her perspective on moving from designer to client. There is a good chance you will not know the Hut Group – but an equally likely chance someone in your family has bought a product online from them. Backed by private equity firm KKR, the Northwich headquartered company operates more than 100 websites that sell premium, non-perishable, fast-moving consumer goods direct to the consumer. We went to see Lesley at the Gadbrook Park HQ.

home to one of the technical teams, and Woodlands House – which is 5,500 sq ft and is our Finance House.

Next on the agenda is Meridian House, which is 24,300 sq ft. This is our main HQ and is very important to the business as the Executive Board sits within it. After that we potentially have two more buildings to look at!

IS THERE AN ISSUE THAT, WHEN YOU ARE WORKING FOR THE ONE COMPANY, YOU MAY MISS THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS? Whilst I did work on a variety of projects in my past roles, none of the schemes I have worked on so far are the same. By their nature, each workplace demands a different treatment.

ARE THERE ANY COMMON THEMES? Collaboration. Providing places for groups to work together is a prerequisite in all.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER KEY TRENDS RIGHT NOW? I think it’s a case of designing a workplace that supports the company’s way of working. The key is creating an environment that can be changed. For example, our technical team has a workspace that is based on Superheroes, but thanks to the graphics, the applications can be altered with very little adjustment of time and cost.

HOW ARE THE TEAMS GETTING ON IN THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENTS? From my perspective, every part of the office appears to be used: from the curtain that provides some privacy when not used as a ‘Town Hall Space’, through to the quite rooms on each floor, the little single seat pods, and the walls and screens that are written on. The bespoke table, which houses an interactive screen appeals to the techies!

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WHAT HAVE YOU INCLUDED IN YOUR DESIGNS THAT HAVE SURPRISED THE BOARD? The last two buildings have been small, so it’s been the variety of activity-based choices for our young and creative staff.

WHAT IS KEY FOR YOU WHEN CHOOSING SUPPLIERS? To be honest I know most suppliers and I know how much things cost, so respect is key for me. I am an intelligent client so I need support – not a sales pitch. We’re currently working with various contractors and suppliers, the main one being Overbury.

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST ISSUES ON THIS SITE? Parking is the main issue.

WHERE IS THE DESIGN INDUSTRY GOING NEXT? It has to be Smart Environments; an informal environment housed in a campus, drawing on the energies and ideas of the surrounding landscape.

DO YOU THINK CLIENTS IN GENERAL UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF DESIGN? That really depends on the client, but I do believe there has been a big shift in the client/end user knowledge. I also think the client needs to understand that the building needs to work for them, and understand the implications of spending for the future.

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M Moser's Steve Gale looks at how some relationships are mechanical, while others are emotional, demanding trust and mutual obligation.

I had a recent reminder of a concept known as the Dunbar number. Named after the anthropologist, Robin Dunbar of Magdalen College, Oxford, it describes the number of people we can have meaningful relationships with, which turns out to be around 150. After studying social animals, mainly primates, to test a hypothesis that links brain size with grooming behaviour, he has credibly suggested that in humans there is a maximum size to the cluster of people we can have genuinely trusting relationships with.

This simple idea has been tested by looking at social groups of people recorded throughout history – and the number of 150 recurs time and again.

I like this because it adds fuel to the idea that there might be similar patterns and limitations in groups in the workplace, but it raises a raft of questions at the same time, many of which Robin Dunbar has talked about in the past.

For example, how can such a small number of relationships allow us to operate in the much bigger communities of cities, workplaces and universities? And do all these people need to be in the same place, or can they be dispersed geographically?

The answer is that these close groups persist, even in cities, but we find other ways to deal with people that are outside the inner circle, mainly through acceptable behaviour and manners that persuade us to act in a civilised way. We trust others to do their job, as we do ours, and these principles operate between people who don’t know each other, but the bonds are merely mechanical, without flexibility or emotional resonance.

Also, your personal relationship group may be dispersed around the world, with some close to home and others dotted around in

places you used to work, study or play. This reduces the interconnected nature of a group where every member does not know every other one, and is a big difference between primitive groups and modern ones – and surely makes for reduced cohesion in society.

Words are slippery, but a touch is worth a thousand words any day Almost inevitably, a handful of inner circle people will be in your workplace, and some firms exploit this idea more than others.

Quite a few tech start-ups try to bond like a family, with common mealtimes, celebrations and even recreational activities. I think we all know what that looks like when it is forced a bit too far and becomes ritualised, but on the other hand it can be an unstoppable force for collaboration and team building.

An intimate group with genuine common values will create a strong identity and be likely to succeed, but the challenge is scaling up to a bigger number.

There is another framework that in my mind fits nicely with the Dunbar number – it is the Allen Curve, named after Thomas Allen of MIT, which reveals how frequency of communication in certain groups (in this case engineers) decays rapidly as the distance between people increases. This strongly implies that effective working communication between colleagues needs co-location if possible. Place them in different buildings

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and interaction falls away until people that should be working together become virtually excluded from their colleagues, regardless of the technical wonders available to improve connections.

These two concepts confirm the value, if it ever needed further validation, of face-to-face communication as the best way to get really good communication, and these conversations will work best if the participants are friends, or at least know each other a bit. The corollary is that mere functional interaction probably does not get the best out of people. It also demonstrates that Facebook friends are not really friends, and relegates emails and even phone calls to a lower position in the communication hierarchy.

The 150 people (or approximately 150, because this number can stretch or shrink a bit) in a social group has quite a strong definition and evolutionary purpose, but does not seem to have a name. It is obviously not a tribe, which can be a very big number, and it is not a community, which can mean any collection of people. Maybe someone should coin a label for this phenomenon as it is so important?

For me it reinforces the thesis that much sought after knowledge exchange in business, especially creative or scientific discovery business, benefits from the idea of conviviality.

Closely located people communicate better as they form relationships that promote social conversations, and they lower the barrier to sharing important working knowledge and experience.

Finally, as Dunbar himself says: 'Words are slippery, but a touch is worth a thousand words any day.' I think that takes us straight back to primate grooming – try it.

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In this month’s Material Matters, the team of experts at Material Lab explores a selection of surfaces that are out of the ordinary. www.material-lab.co.uk Tektura Walltalkers – wallcoverings that let your walls do the talking The writing is well and truly on the wall with Tektura’s latest bestselling surface design, which allows users to create giant mood boards through a magnetic surface and annotation-friendly whiteboard finish.

Available per linear metre, the material provides a stellar solution for offices and the hospitality industry. Installation is as easy as applying a standard commercial wallcovering, and Walltalkers can be hung horizontally or vertically to allow for optimum writing area. www.tektura.com

Designers Scaffidi & Johansen are ahead of the curve with 3000 Njord By taking a key design trend and turning it on its head, Scaffidi and Johansen pair straight lines with delicate curves for 3000 Njord.

Comprising a stylish and comfortable armchair, the wood is worked into an unusually slender frame, whilst the seat shell, entirely made of anthracite polyester felt, seduces with its organic design and the soft touch of its materiality. With four internationally recognised design awards already under their belt, the duo’s Njord armchair is guaranteed to turn heads. www.en.kusch.com

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Conor Taylor offers bold new take on timber for Foresso Foresso designer Conor Taylor has invented a new way to repurpose British timber for an original take on traditional terrazzo. Seeing extremely high-quality wood regularly wasted in enormous quantities during processing provided his main inspiration. Delicate curls of planed wood and pieces of timber would, due to their unusual size or shape, regularly be pulped for filler or fuel. Foresso reclaims these components and fashions them into a material that recreates the aesthetic of traditional terrazzo, with a rich grain and hand-of-the-maker quality. www.foresso.co.uk

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Tina Norden is Director at Conran and Partners, a young and lively architecture and interior

design studio based in London and Brighton. 'I adore our great team – so ideally I would take them all with me but that defies the purpose of a desert island!' Here's Tina's selection...

Classic iPod + Bose In-Ear Noise Cancelling Headphones Given I am a forever castaway, there is not much need to take my iPhone, which I seem to be as addicted to as everyone else. So by banning emails and no need for Uber or any other worldly connections, I'll take my beloved old school iPod that has our whole music collection on it – combined with my favourite headphones. Whilst I could take my KEF Muo speaker and blast the music out loud, given it is just me, there is no need to scare the animals – and I love how the headphones can shut out the world when needed!

And it has to be the classic version with the lovely wheel – the design has never been bettered with any of the newer versions.

Chocolate

Not the most original of choices but most definitely necessary – not sure if I could last very long without. Anything is good as long as it is not too dark – maybe Green & Blacks Sea Salt Milk Chocolate to suit the island theme! And it might have to be a crate to last for the rest of time...

Havaianas Flip Flops

The classic black ones and a size or two bigger than regular size – the most comfortable summer shoes ever made. They are so well made and designed to fit the toes, allowing them to be firm and everlasting whilst being so comfortable, one almost doesn't realise they are on the feet. And with the eternal sunshine on my island, no further footwear required!

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Casio DataBank 50 World Time

The greatest watch ever made – with a brilliant analogue world time function that has served me well over too many years to remember, travelling the world for both work and play. It is simply fantastic!

Hammock

Of course I could list any number of beautifully designed chairs to take with me but they don't have much use on a desert island – even though, arguably, they would give me something to enjoy visually! A hammock is a much better choice and always makes me smile – maybe it’s the memory of holidays past? What better than to swing below a tree, preferably of the palm variety, looking up into a blue sky (my desert island will obviously be eternally sunny), foot in the sand (ditto) and the sound of waves (or my iPod) in my ears...

Moleskine + Ballpoint Pens

Whilst being on a desert island may make it unnecessary, I am a habitual list writer to keep myself on track, my mind clear and ensure I remember everything I need to. I also love sketching and making notes of things I see, hear, taste or want to experience.

So a lovely unlined black A5 Moleskine with a good supply of ballpoint pens is indispensable. A5 is the perfect size – any smaller and my slightly expansive writing and sketching won't fit the pages and any bigger and it cannot be easily carried around.

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AMY SIMPSON BDP

HANNAH PEVY HLM

CLAIRE GOLD MORGAN LOVELL

SIAN KEARNEY SCOTT BROWNRIGG

ESTHER FERRIER MICHAEL LAIRD ARCHITECTS

ELLA FOSTER FAULKNER BROWN

LIZZIE GARLICK FDG

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MALIHA HAQUE LOM

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ADAM DURRANT SPACEINVADER

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ROSS GLITHRO, IOR GROUP I believe the speed in which technology advances still surprises everyone, of any generation. For Millennial designers, growing up with such familiarity of technology, combined with unlimited information resources at their fingertips, would seem highly beneficial. It is important to remember that this information is also readily available to clients, hence why I feel one new challenge designers face is that of increased client knowledge and expectation.

Do Mi lle nni a l a rc h it e cts / d e si g n e rs h a v e a fu n d a m e nt a lly d i ffe re nt s e t o f c h a lle n g e s t h a n t h e p re v i o u s g e n e ra t i o n?

ANDREA WILLIAMS-WEDBERG, WILLIAMS WEDBERG Millennial designers, who are facing a new breed of employee, have to prioritise understanding the ever-changing demands of the global employee. The workplace environment has become a lifestyle choice, it’s no surprise it’s playing a huge part in employees choosing their jobs. The teams are global, the demographic range is vast, best in class has been replaced with world class so, as a Millennial designer, trying to standout in a crowded market with a unique USP, it’s no longer enough.

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I think the main challenge is bridging the gap between the baby boomers and Millennials within the design arena. As designers, we need to create a hybrid – we have a rare opportunity to drive and influence change. Younger designers are fluent in technology, naturally sharing and collaborative, they place a greater value on experiences so design becomes more emotive as opposed to opulent and flashy.

Many employers expect design graduates to already possess a high level of software knowledge, presentation skills, in addition to a portfolio of work. They are expected to have a higher understanding of technology within the industry compared to generations above, however this can only improve career prospects for Millennials.

According to our UK Salary & Recruiting Trends Guide 2017, nearly a quarter of all employers said IT and digital skills are most needed by their organisations this year.

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KATRINA KOSTIC SAMEN, KKS Yes, but we all live in a fast-changing, uncertain world and that is not going to change. Technology is developing and adapting at an exponential rate – we are in a tidal wave of progress and technology has finally unshackled the workplace.

Businesses are in a constant state of flux, adapting to meet changing industry demands, increased globalisation and forceful competition. Designers today have to deliver transformational solutions, exploit technological advances and support fundamental human needs. Quite a change from the 80's!

CHIARA CANTILENA, LOM ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN While some of the more cerebral design processes we follow will not fundamentally change, the way we communicate and produce work will be challenged. In a society where people can get instant answers, the technologies supporting the way we work will have to become streamlined to allow for more effective exchanges and faster outputs. Virtual reality, software and hardware development will radically change the way architecture and design are taught at universities and practiced.

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30 ROCK Oh to be 30 again! More specifically under 30.

This is our annual look at the rising stars of the architectural and design community and once again there is a glittering array of talent and no shortage of positivity.

The journey to identify our list started pretty much 12 months ago; on average the Mix team attends a couple of events a week, peppered with lots of other meetings (case studies, profiles, roundtables etc) which means we are in a great position to collate our list. We are also grateful to the many respected industry figures for their nominations. About a month ago we started to make contact with the bosses of the long list and ask if we are on the right track. The results over the next eight pages shows we were right on track (pats on backs!).

You may know that we are not one for positive discrimination, but we like to make every effort that everyone is represented. All Mixologists will know that we do something that most other major awards fail to do – attract pretty much the gender balance from the

real world – ie. half women and half men. However, for the following feature, we have failed! Of the 30, 87% are women! We have no desire to make any political correctness statement here but it does seem to be a reflection of the industry at the moment We took the opportunity to ask a group of six (Big Question, page 31) their thoughts – in particular if the younger architects/ designers have a different set of challenges than their predecessors. Not surprisingly, the subject of technology featured in most responses.

As Katrina Kostic Samen from KKS suggested, we are on a 'tidal wave of progress and technology has finally unshackled the workplace', with designers having to 'deliver transformational solutions, exploit technological advances and support fundamental human needs'.

We hope, like us, you feel the sector is in rude health and in the hands of some terrific ambassadors, who will no doubt do their best to keep up with increasing client demands in the interior design revolution. Whilst this is very much a team game – here are 30 stand-out individuals.

LAURA NOBLE

DENTON CORKER MARSHALL Laura Noble is Denton Corker Marshall’s youngest Project Architect, currently overseeing their 20 Farringdon Street office project through complex procurement and construction phases. The client and design team are constantly commending Laura for both her eye for detail and focus on the bigger picture, whilst being a delight to work with.

KATE CHURCH AREA SQ

Kate Church is a dedicated, detail driven designer who thrives on exploring new places for inspiration, keeping up to date with design trends and methodologies to deliver a fresh perspective to each project.

Kate is currently a Senior Designer at Area Sq, working on a variety of commercial and retail projects, integrating her vast experience in workplace consultancy and interior design knowledge in each project for clients including Smeg, Vertex and Gilea.

Prior to her role at Area Sq, Kate has had a varied career in the interior design industry. Her first role was at world renowned architects Foster + Partners in 2008, working on a variety of global workplace, hospitality, educational and mixed-use projects. Following this, Kate moved to the Technology and Consulting practice arm of Gensler, an integrated architecture, design, planning and consulting firm. Whilst here, Kate has contributed to a variety of commercial projects in London and Europe for clients including Facebook, GSK and Telefonica.

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MALIHA HAQUE

LOM ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Maliha is an architect and workplace designer who is currently leading projects for several of LOM’s international financial clients. Recent work includes the National Bank of Oman’s HQ in Muscat, which opens this year, and HSBC’s new Middle East head office in Dubai.

Maliha studied at Westminster and UEL, and is now a key member of the LOM workplace team.

CATT GODON 1508 LONDON

Beginning her career at Foster and Partners, Catt has passionately led and contributed to a diverse range of interior and architectural projects. She recently joined 1508 London to further advance her career within luxury interiors. She is a creative, inquisitive and ambitious designer with a passion for eclectic and strategically crafted design, which she carries out with great elegance.

ADAM DURRANT SPACEINVADER

Since joining SpaceInvader in 2013, Adam has shown outstanding commitment and attention to detail during significant landlord works for numerous high-profile listed buildings. He was instrumental in the historical redevelopment of Manchester Royal Exchange and delivered the award-winning CAT A high-end reception and event space at 55 Spring Gardens.

LUISA RUSSO

MARIS INTERIORS A highly motivated, hard-working, multi-talented/multi-disciplined designer with a strong, competitive work ethic – perfect for the world of office design and build. Luisa is a go-to person for creativity but also for getting a job done. She is a highly valuable asset to our business and an absolute pleasure to work with.

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JOSEPHINE BRIDGES AHR

Josephine is an outstanding interior designer with a passion for creating unique and interesting environments. She employs a meticulous, enthusiastic and dedicated approach to deliver exceptional work. Recently completed projects include Huddersfield Leisure Centre, The Clinic at CityWalks in Dubai – and Josephine has just handed over a project for Staffordshire University.

ANGELA ST CLAIR-FORD JOHN ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS

Angela is head of the Workplace and Interiors team at John Robertson Architects (JRA). In just five years, she has grown the department from a one-woman operation to a 15 strong team, currently working on the 30,000 sq m fit-out of Aldwych Quarter for King’s College, London. As experts in architecture for commercial workplace, moving into office interior fit-out has been a key aspect of JRA’s long term business plan and it is here that Angela has been truly instrumental.

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SARA KEYWAN GENSLER

Sara is a creative and passionate designer, with an enthusiasm for all aspects of workplace design. She joined Gensler in 2015, shortly after obtaining her First Class Honours degree in Interior Design from Northumbria University, Newcastle, where she completed projects focusing on workplace, retail and hospitality. Sara works on projects from the initial design concept stage through to scheme and completion. A highly organised and versatile individual, Sara’s strengths include efficiency, time-management and prioritising tasks.

Mature beyond her years, Sara earns the respect and trust of clients, which has led her to work on projects in Turkey, France and Germany. With a passion for good design, Sara likes to keep up with relevant trends and materials.

SIAN KEARNEY

SCOTT BROWNRIGG Interior designer Sian has an infectious, dedicated, enthusiastic and uncompromising approach to design. Her recent schemes include Expedia in Madrid and Hamburg, EQT in Soho, Alpha FX in Reading and Gilead in Cambridge. Luxury developer, Craigewan, was delighted with her stunning design, commenting that 'Our new environment captures and reinforces the Craigewan brand to all’.

As well as being creatively minded, Sian’s relentless attention to detail when snagging strikes fear in the heart of the world’s best contractors.

AMY SIMPSON BDP

Amy has worked extensively on our large retail projects in the UK, Russia, Portugal, Germany and Canada, in addition to smaller refurbishments for Imperial College, Atrium and the recently completed National Army Museum. She has faced clients and won them over with her talent and personality and impressed us with her imagination, dedication and tenacity to see a project through – without losing her sense of humour.

HANNAH PEVY HLM ARCHITECTS

Having joined us as a graduate, Hannah is now a valuable member of our team who is developing great design and detailing skills. Working with clients such as the Intercontinental Hotel Group and Marriott, Hannah is building up a stunning portfolio of hospitality projects.

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ANNEKA SEYMOUR TTSP

Anneka joined TTSP in 2014 and immediately took on the interior design of Northwood Investors’ new London HQ, with a high quality brief that allowed Anneka to express herself through a combination of original finishes and spatial organisation, combined with her passion for FF&E selection and arrangement. Anneka’s most recently completed project is a stunning bar and hospitality suite for Chivas Brothers in Hammersmith.

GEMMA HUNT KKS

Gemma brings a combination of fine art talent and strategic and technical expertise, making her ideally suited to turning client design aspirations into reality.

She leads the studio on her sustainable finishes and furniture knowledge, which was instrumental in helping KKS’ Land Securities HQ project win the BREEAM 2017 award for Office Refurbishment & Fit-out.

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ADAM MCPARTLAND GLANCY NICHOLLS

Adam joined Glancy Nicholls Architects in June 2011 after gaining a commendation for his Masters in Architecture, becoming a RIBA Chartered Architect in January 2015. As one of the lead designers in the practice, he has a broad experience in producing visual imagery, which he uses to guide team members within the studio.

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ELLA FOSTER

FAULKNERBROWNS In just over two and a half years Ella has become a valuable member of the FaulknerBrowns interiors team. Her delightful ideas and beautiful drawings have inspired clients on award winning projects like Hebburn Hub, The Word and Den Haag Zuiderpark in Holland.

Currently, Ella is delivering a very exciting and inspiring workplace for the electrical wholesaler, City Electrical Factors.

KERRY WATTON

BUCKLEYGRAYYEOMAN Kerry has proven to be a true ‘all-round’ architect – even at this very early stage in her career. Her key project has been Central Cross – a new retail ‘gateway’ to Chinatown, leading the detailed design of new bespoke bronze shopfronts, taking inspiration from the Chinese heritage of the area.

SARAH MCIVER

M MOSER ASSOCIATES Sarah McIver got a First Class degree and then a design job with us, quickly becoming a key team member due to insight beyond her age and experience, and enough curiosity to burn a hole in a fire blanket – and that important signal of intelligence, namely being a really good listener.

MUSTAFA AFSAROGLU HLW

A distinct personality within the industry, Mustafa joined in 2012 and is now a Senior Designer/Associate. His passion and creativity for design means he is constantly pushing conceptual thinking, with innovative solutions resulting in our clients receiving effective and exciting outcomes. Recent projects include Google, Sky and Capital One.

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ESTHER FERRIER MICHAEL LAIRD ARCHITECTS

Esther is a very talented young designer, with an exceptional ability to communicate confidently and effectively with clients, design team and contractors to produce an innovative and quality end product. She is equally skilled at working with clients like RBS to influence a company’s workplace strategy and culture, to create a confident brand interior at Cirrus Logic or elegant and award-winning workplace for KPMG. Esther is on the BCO NextGen committee, actively participating in events locally, and is determined to lead her profession to be the best that it can be.

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Adriana joined Gensler in 2014, shortly after obtaining her First Class Honours degree in Interior Architecture from Middlesex University.

Before completing her studies, she interned for a year at Gensler in 2012. Passionate about conceptual and sustainable projects, Adriana has experience in all stages of the design process, from space planning though to construction and completion. She is an active member of the Design Performance Group and Media Practice Area. Adriana is passionate about the power of design to change lives and improve communities, which compelled her recently to take on a pro-bono initiative to re-imagine some of the interior space at the Stephen Lawrence Centre in South London.

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Theresa is an integral part of the Interior Design team working on some of KSS’ most prestigious projects in the sport, hospitality and workplace sectors.

She enjoys being actively involved in all aspects of the design process, delivering high levels of creativity within a client-centered approach.

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SHONA CAIRNS MICHAEL BEACH SPACELAB

Michael has an incredible thirst for knowledge and passion for design. His boundless creativity, enthusiasm and go-getter attitude has seen him consistently surpass expectations – stepping up to a leading interiors role on Boden’s London HQ. Michael has a special energy for everything he does and there is no doubt that he will make big waves in the world of interiors...probably much sooner than we think!

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Shona is a talented forward-thinking young designer working with high profile and large scale banking and legal projects in London. She has a keen eye for design and also managing the project process from concept to delivery. Shona is seen in high regard by her clients and colleagues.

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BIANCA YOUSEF 74 ARCHITECTS

We have nominated Bianca due to her dedication to the 74 team and our clients. Bianca is an integral part of our talented interiors team and is a fantastic conceptual designer. She is conscientious, with a natural design ability and scrupulous attention to detail, who, although a cliche, thinks outside of the box by delivering well thought-out, exemplary work for our clients.

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Sintija has been with Cube 8 Studio since its formation back in January 2016 She is a talented interior and graphic designer with a great creative imagination that helps us create unique identities for our clients.

Clients say she is quiet – but that's because she is always thinking, working hard in silence and letting her designs make the noise. Sintija is currently working on our new and exciting project for Sorted.com and a 15,000 sq ft fit-out for one of the fastest growing tech companies in the UK. This project is going to blow your mind, so watch this space!

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LIZZIE MULLET DV8 DESIGNS

Lizzie studied Architectural Venue Design at the University of Derby, receiving a First Class BA (Hons) degree. She has worked with us since 2014 on projects including The Old Blind School, Liverpool and Leasowe Castle Hotel – which she is currently working on. Our clients love Lizzie’s thorough approach – incorporating essential requirements while adding a creative and imaginative twist.

CLAIRE GOLD MORGAN LOVELL

Claire is a firm believer that design is more than aesthetics.

Her philosophy maintains that design can be meaningful, serve a purpose and create better workplaces – a school of thought underpinned by her research-focused approach. Tackling clients’ design briefs with an inquisitive mind, Claire’s insight links her designs to the people and brands they’ll serve. Joining Morgan Lovell from the world of high-end residential interiors, Claire is an exciting young leader who’s constantly on the hunt for inspiration from other disciplines.

STEPHANIE JENKINSON NOCHINTZ

LIZZIE GARLICK FDG

Lizzie is a valued member of our architectural and interior design teams. She is engaging with clients and colleagues alike, has a calm reliable nature, and can most certainly be relied upon to go the extra mile when a deadline is looming. She is also an active member of the Manchester Society of Architects. Lizzie is our rising star for the way she embraces new challenges, and has a willingness to learn.

Stephanie is an extremely driven, ambitious and talented member of the NoChintz team.

Her determination and great skills has her designing, detailing, procuring and project managing her schemes from start to finish, making her a very strong and valued member of the team.

Stephanie’s attention to detail, thoroughness and passion for her profession is seen in all that she does – even returning to MMU to teach and inspire the next generation.

She is a joy to work with and we look forward to helping her continue to fly.

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ANNA DEJLOVA, MORGAN LOVELL With a passion for detail developed in Canada, Anna has spent the last 12 years working with a broad range of commercial clients in central London. Important to her is the ability to challenge the obvious and stimulate through design. This has resulted in some fascinating workplaces that create striking first impressions.

Memorable Experience (ME): Finally finding my place in the world, stepping off the plane at Heathrow.

ALISTAIR SHOVE, MODULYSS Alistair has been with modulyss as a commercial business manager for over a year and is excited about the future with the new team and company’s recent direct entry into the UK market. He has over 10 years’ experience in the A&D community, representing various well-known companies. The focus for Alistair is currently design and build within the London area. 'I think my job is rather simple, I show people product I love and explain why they should love it to.

It's great to be part of something new and fresh in the marketplace.'

ME: The Gili islands off Lombok, Indonesia. If there is a God, he started his work in that place.

CHARLES SINTON, PARETO FM Charlie helps organisations run their facilities management more efficiently. Client Director for BSI and RM Education, he is actively involved in the delivery of smart working, cost benchmarking, employee development and technological innovation within FM. Pareto FM is one of the fastest growing FM Companies in Europe, with clients including London Zoo, Candy Crush King.com, and Paddy Power Betfair.

ME: Facilities management brings many memorable experiences on a daily basis!

CINDY LAU, PLP ARCHITECTURE Cindy Lau is a director at PLP Architecture, with experience covering a wide range of sectors including office, residential, healthcare and mixed use development. Cindy recently completed leading the delivery of the interiors of Sky Central in London and was the project architect for One Harbour Gate, an award-winning development in Hong Kong.

ME: Watching the glazed box broadcasting studio in Sky Central go live on television was truly memorable.

COLIN OWEN, MARIS I love my job. I’m hugely passionate about improving people's working days, given how much time people spend at work. I see it as my job to help as many people as I possibly can to enjoy being at work. I’m a problem solver; being at work is horrible… it doesn’t have to be!

ME: My birthday about 10 years ago where pretty much everyone I knew came up to Abersoch, North Wales. One of the nights, with a fire on the beach, with all of my friends, was an incredibly visceral experience, one that I’ll always

SARAH LAURISCH, ID:SR Sarah Laurisch is an Associate at ID:SR, the award-winning interior design group of Sheppard Robson, with 15 years’ commercial interior fit-out experience, successfully managing and delivering a range of commercial cross-sector projects, with particular experience in office fit-out, space planning and office strategy design.

ME: Swimming with wild dolphins off the coast of New Zealand…or sailing and snorkelling in the Bahamas… or maybe I should just say the sea!?

GILES FLAXTON, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD Giles is a regional Facilities Manager for Cushman & Wakefield, responsible for operational support to Adobe’s European offices. A chartered building surveyor by background, previously Giles has worked ‘client side’(Dixons Store Group), as a service provider (ECHarris) and in a ‘Joint Venture’ organisation (Corporate Occupier Solutions).

ME: Completing the Prudential Ride London event…100miles of cycling through London and the Surrey countryside, finishing on the Mall.

JAMES HAMERTON, AREA SQ Area Sq is the UK’s leading office design and fit-out specialist, operating throughout the UK. James has been a Project Director at the company for the last seven years and works with clients across an array of sectors in London, helping uncover and deliver their workplace goals. James is an enthusiastic and passionate person who loves getting to know the people behind a project.

Recent projects include a global roll-out for Reward Gateway and the refurbishment of the iconic McCann building on Herbrand Street.

ME: Doing the Pamplona Bull Run.

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The term productivity is prevalent in the development of the modern workplace – but many believe that even the end user doesn’t know what productivity looks like. What seems to be more relevant is a focus on the ‘experience’. In much the same way that designers in the retail sector are brilliant when it comes to creating an experience (think Adidas stores, The All Blacks Experience) many workplace designers are now realigning their focus.

We’ve gathered a panel of industry experts together at London’s fantastic Material Lab to discuss this emerging trend. Here’s a snippet of the fascinating conversation.

We start by asking our guests how the design of a successful workplace can best be defined.

CHARLES: It definitely can be defined. Each client has different requirements. Sometimes it’s about driving greater sales per employee, sometimes it’s about attracting a greater quality of candidate, sometimes it’s about increasing the variable strategic footprint… the workplace can be a facilitator of all that and what we also know is that it can be a facilitator for behaviour change. What we see is how different environments have a massive impact on how people behave.

JAMES: I think there is a more quantitative route as well. So you can look at time and motion studies, pre- and post-occupancy of the space, utilisation of the space – measurable things.

CINDY: The client’s that we have, usually come with an aspiration of what they are trying to achieve although they probably couldn’t quite pinpoint how they are going to get there. They have an aspiration of the company and the brand culture they want to embrace – and very often the workplace design is what they expect to demonstrate that. So as a company they don’t just want to showcase to their clients that this is about their corporate identity – but also to show to

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So is this a common thread? Clients talk about productivity but they don’t really know how to go about improving that?

Clients often come in and ask you to help them increase productivity – but they can’t really define it. They don’t really understand what it means.

their people that this is a company that truly embraces its core values. We look at what the client aspires to be and then we help them to get there. There is certainly a way to measure whether a scheme is successful – retention of staff is always a key thing. Every staff member lost is money lost for your client. They then have to train new people and reinvest.

ANNA: Clients often come in and ask you to help them increase productivity – but they can’t really define it. They don’t really understand what it means. So what we do is look at all the different users of the space and define how each of them works.

From that, we find their understanding of productivity and then create that definition with them – and we finally then bring that into the final design.

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SARAH: I think it’s exactly that – they can’t quite put their finger on it. Maybe the space isn’t working for them. Maybe they should stay and make better use of it or maybe they should move to a bigger space.

GILES: It’s slightly different for me. We’ve recently been working with a client who has a very well defined view of the workplace experience – it is fundamental to what they are trying to provide within their offices.

This is driven by talent – by attracting and retaining the right people. There is a very strong view of what the workplace looks like.

It is important what the space looks like, but it is equally important that we get the operational side right.

COLIN: Clients do talk about productivity – although often they don’t know exactly what it is. We mentioned time and motion studies and looking back at what people do, often if someone’s been in a space for five or 10 years, they look back at what they have done and what they’re doing now – and we’ll ask them why! That company might have started as 100 people, they’re now 200 people and then you look at changes in technology, the number of clients they’ve now got, the way they actually work – and yet they’re still sat at the same desks, using the same rooms. People get used to things, they get comfortable – and they just end up doing things that they are comfortable with. We talk about change managers – people are terrified of change. Suddenly they have a complete outsider walking in and wanting to change everything for them. You have to manage that; you have to get them to embrace it. Unless it is absolutely defined – rock solid – a project will go wrong. We call it the ‘Project Manifesto’. These are the ‘rules’ of the project and it is very easy to dilute. As workplace designers we have to keep clients on track. Otherwise they are likely to lose the thinking behind starting the project in the first place.

Suddenly they have a complete outsider walking in and wanting to change everything for them.

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CHARLES: The key thing is to lay down a set of guiding principles – this is absolutely critical. There are lots of competing interests in a business. There may be competing interests in the leadership team and there certainly will be in the middle management team – and without an agreement on those guiding principles you’ve got no means of reaching a resolution. You have to keep going back to those principles.

You have to stick to the initial concept and not allow people to water that down.

CINDY: It’s very rarely just one person making those decisions from day one.

An architectural project is a long game.

Throughout the process you get more members of the project team and you have to be very clear about those guiding principles.

You have to ensure that everyone has the same vision – otherwise you run the risk of going off at a tangent and you end up with nothing coherent.

COLIN: You do have to keep them on the straight and narrow. It’s almost like you become their personal trainer!

We recently featured the Reward Gateway project and were also fortunate enough to have the company’s Founder and CEO, Glenn Elliott, speak at our London MixInspired event. As a lead designer on the project, we ask James about his experience with Glenn and the team.

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JAMES: Glenn is an incredibly creative guy.

Their ethos and mantra is all about creating a better place to work. Our project was a big opportunity for them to have a workplace that reflected what their offering is. Glenn was very hands-on in the process and really pushed us a partner. But what’s already been said here is absolutely right – and this was our experience with Glenn. You have to stick to the initial concept and not allow people to water that down.

SARAH: It’s great to have that one strong person at the top. We’ve worked with clients who have a very different approach. You have the local teams in regional offices and you also have the operational team in London – and you often have two very opposing views.

Our job then becomes to keep both of these teams happy – and the regional offices very much want their own identity. Manchester, for example, does not want to be like London – and Leeds wants to be different from Manchester!

One thing that is clear is that, wherever a project might be in the UK, it is crucial that the client is brought along for the entirety of the journey – and that means postoccupancy as well as throughout the design process.

COLIN: At the end of the day it is about designing for humans. It’s not rocket science.

JAMES: If you look at retail, they look into understanding human behaviour – how people will react to smell, colour, the journey…they are truly trying to create an experience.

ANNA: You shouldn’t have to think – you just have to react to the space. You shouldn’t need a manual. It should be obvious what you need to do. If you look at airports, for example, they often use the floor to guide you through them rather than signage.

This gives us a perfect opportunity to bring in our sponsor for today’s event.

ALISTAIR: As well as delineating the space, we’re finding that people are using more and more textures to define space. I think there’s definitely more changes in the way that designers are using texture than there are in the way they are using colours right now. That change of texture can help

different areas provide and create different experiences.

COLIN: If you look at Star Wars – there’s a lot of sky and a lot of floor! From an experience point of view, that tactile, texture aspect is a big thing right now.

SARAH: The floor is a massive part of any project. It’s great to see that there are now so many more choices out there. In terms of texture, flooring has definitely become a lot more grown up.

ALISTAIR: I’ve seen a real change in experience of flooring with design and texture. modulyss carpet tiles have certainly become more creative and bold in our product design. We endeavour to supply those solutions to designers every day and have a lot in the pipeline for the future. I think we are working hard to create more options for designers who can then create the office and experience required for their client. It’s all very exciting for us.

CONCLUSION Increasing productivity is of course at the very top of the wishlist for the vast majority of clients. The interior designer has to find a way to help achieve this – and that means understanding how the client defines productivity, understanding the way they work, their culture and their expectations. And then they have to manage those expectations – and create the right experience.

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the wonderful world of zoe When we knew we were heading into the City of London to see

Como’s Zoe Moss, we became particularly excited. Not only were we looking forward to chatting with Zoe and finding out more about one of the industry’s leading fit-out companies, we were

also incredibly intrigued to see inside Como’s London home – on Moorgate – a building we must have walked past and wondered what lay inside literally hundreds of times.

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The impressive 155 Moorgate is actually the HQ of the Mace Group – the leading international consultancy and construction company – of which specialist retail and commercial office fit out contractor Como is an integral part, delivering projects nationally under all forms of contract, across the full spectrum of fit-out services, from Cat A and Cat B to refurbishment.

The firm principally works across the commercial office, financial, legal, technology, media and arts and culture sectors, boasting an enviable range of clients that includes JP Morgan, Microsoft, Nabarro, EY, SABMiller, Proskauer Rose, Liberty Specialty Markets, Deutsche Bank, Expedia, Quintain, Sky, Invesco, Google, BlackRock, Great Portland Estates, John Lewis and Land Securities.

Zoe is Project Director at Como – and therefore is at the forefront of possibly the

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firm’s busiest ever period. Sitting down in the impressive meeting suite here at 155, we waste no more of Zoe’s time than is strictly necessary and begin by asking about the current state of the market.

‘A big focal point of what we’re involved with right now is public sector work,’ Zoe reveals. ‘We’re currently talking with a number of public sector organisations and I think, judging by the way that they have come back to us so positively, this shows how they have realised that they need to modernise.’

Before we have to dither and awkwardly skirt around the issue of gender, Zoe does us a massive favour by addressing it directly for us.

‘I think it helps that I’m female,’ she smiles.

‘Coming in to interview a senior woman is big tick in the box for a lot of organisations! It’s funny actually – I’ve been in this business for 15 years now. I started out as a quantity surveyor – and there have always been female surveyors around – but making that leap to Project Director, and to be responsible for both delivery and commercial, is actually a leap of gargantuan proportions. I don’t even know why that is. I wouldn’t say that the industry is particularly sexist nowadays – but then again maybe I’ve got rhinoceros skin!

‘I don’t ever want to be treated specially for being a woman. I accept that there are initiatives that run both in this business and throughout the industry, but I don’t want to progress just for being female. I want to progress because I’m great at my job. I’m u

In Short Como is the specialist retail and commercial office fit-out contractor, and an integral part of the Mace family.

I don’t want to progress just for being female. I want to progress because I’m great at my job.

Leading clients includes JP Morgan, Microsoft, Nabarro, SABMiller, Deutsche Bank, Expedia, Sky, Invesco, Google, BlackRock, John Lewis and Land Securities.

Como has national UK coverage, operating out of two locations, Leeds and central London (155 Moorgate).

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no wallflower – I’ve never been backwards in coming forward – and that started way before I came into the construction industry. I believe that if you’re a leader, you’re a leader.

‘I would say that, nowadays, clients are often more conscious of the fact that diversity is a good thing – and sometimes it can certainly ‘soften the blow’ when there’s a little too much testosterone in the room! Equally, we find that our clients are represented by more and more females and I think, from their prospective, I’m sure it’s nice to employ a main contractor whose senior counterpart is another woman.’

So how did Zoe find herself in this maledominated sector. ‘We were never told about this profession at school!’ Zoe laughs. ‘Back then construction was never an option.

I’ve actually been back to my old school in Upminster, Essex, to speak to a GCSE year group about the fact that there is an industry out there that they might not even know exists – and we’re talking about professional careers here. I think that was something that was definitely missing when it came to our generation.

‘I fell into this industry by mistake, if I’m honest, but immediately felt that it was made for me. There’s a really endearing quality about the industry. You’ve got that mix – that balance – of the builder and the degreeeducated professionals who come together to deliver something that can be really quite amazing. And we deliver these things in timescales that you wouldn’t believe!

‘This is the reason that I opted for the world of fit-out. I started in fit-out, went to high-end residential and then came back to fit-out – and, like I said, the main reason u h Como's transformation of a 10-storey 1960’s building in Clerkenwell i Fit-out for an American travel company. The design incorporated various holiday themes.

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I came back is the speed, the pace at which upstream and downstream – with your clients But you are never finished. Each and every day this sector works. I love the fact that you have and consultants and also your own team and is different. You never say, ‘I’m done!’ That something tangible after 12 weeks – not two or supply chain. variety is what keeps me interested – that’s a three years. It never stops.

‘Having a background as a QS, I would say big part of what makes me hop out of bed every ‘I think you have to be someone who thrives that I’m fairly unique. Most of the guys have morning.’ under pressure – and if you are then fit-out is Project Management backgrounds – they Before we leave, we ask Zoe about one of an industry that show off your skills brilliantly.’ come from the bricks and sticks delivery side the key projects that will be keeping her and We ask Zoe to tell us a little more about – whereas I am more financially orientated. the Como team busy over the coming months. her role as Project Director at Como. ‘The I think that’s a really positive thing in this ‘We’ve recently secured the first ever HMRC reality is that the Project Director is a market – to be able to turn around to a client hub, down in Croydon,’ she enthuses. ‘It’s a strategic figurehead for the delivery team,' and tell them that I understand delivering value total change of workspace for HMRC. They Zoe considers. ‘So the tender comes in, we sit and can get them to a fixed price that really are undergoing a massive rationalisation and around the table and really start to understand means something to them. I think that really efficiencies programme, reducing all of their who our client is – the Project Director should helps me stand out from the crowd. square footage down to centralised hubs always be leading and ensuring their that process. workplaces become ‘First and places to retain foremost, it’s vital and develop their Trust is absolutely crucial in delivering this work. After all, we’re often staff. The Croydon that we know who our client is and project is an 183,000 getting appointed before clients know how much something will cost. how we’re best sq ft space with going to deliver the canteen, open project for them. plan floors, great The bidding process meeting facilities and is often just as efficient technology. quick as the construction process, so you have ‘Trust is absolutely crucial in delivering this This will ultimately generate terrific savings to really be on the money. A big part of the work. After all, we’re often getting appointed for them as an organisation and in turn the process is relationship building. If you have before clients know how much something will taxpayer. This is just the tip of the iceberg for a client talking to you about a project in, say cost. There are times when you have to be HMRC and I am sure most other government December, I should be nurturing the team both a Project Director and an agony aunt – organisations. Over the next four years HMRC right now because the truth is that you have you have to be all things to everybody. It is are looking at fitting out 2,000,000 sq ft, as much more chance of understanding your important, though, to never, ever forget that far north as Edinburgh and Glasgow and as client if you have six months rather than over you are the strategic head, the delivery head far south as Bristol. Croydon is our flagship a two-week bid period. The Project Director – and ultimately you have to get to the end project and we are incredibly proud of that has to lead that from the front. It starts with of the job and then deliver all the lessons you fact. relationship management, I suppose, and then have learnt back to your team. This is why, for 'It’s an incredibly exciting opportunity and is strategy comes next and beyond that is the me, it never ends. You can have three projects likely to be the most hotly contested suite of delivery. The differentiator here is a Project on the go at one time – but there is also one work in the fit-out market over the next four Director’s ability to nurture relationships both just around the corner and one just finished. years.’

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Je Ne Sais Lacroix

The reason for this fantastic trip is that Monsieur Christian Lacroix and ege carpets have taken their successful and long-standing collaboration to the next level, with the introduction of a spectacular collection of expressive and rich carpet designs.

Monsieur Christian Lacroix was born in Arles on 16 May 1951. After studying classical literature and art history in Montpellier, then at the Sorbonne and the Ecole du Louvre, he migrated towards costume design and created his own fashion house in 1987. Since the 1980’s, he has put his signature to the costumes and scenography of numerous theatrical, opera, ballet and museum productions. Since 2000, he has turned his talents to major industrial design projects, including interiors for TGV trains, hotels and cinemas.

As we have already mentioned, this is not the first time Monsieur Christian has worked with ege carpets. We begin by asking

about this ongoing collaboration. ‘This is the first collection,’ Monsieur Christian tells us, ‘although we have been collaborating since 2004. I first met them when I started designing hotels. It was totally unexpected for me because I was designing fashion and haute couture at that time.

‘I have always loved it in my life when I’m met with new challenges – for example I was asked to design the interior for the TGV and also the tramway for Montpellier in the South of France. This was not just the interior but also the shape of the tramway. A friend of mine was in charge of my business at that time – unfortunately he is no longer with us – and he came to me and said, ‘I have a very good connection and an opportunity for a hotel project – what do you think?’ I said to him, ‘No, I can’t – I’m too busy’. He asked me to go with him and see the building. It’s called Le Petit Moulin in Le Marais – in the oldest part of Paris. u

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Contrary to popular belief, it does take quite a lot of work to put this magazine together. Sometimes, however, it just doesn’t feel like work at all. Right now, for example, we’re enjoying a couple of days in beautiful Paris. The sun is out, there’s a chic launch party to attend and – just to top it all off – we’re heading to the Atelier of Monsieur Christian Lacroix to meet the great man himself.

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Interior design for several landmark hotels, including the Hotel Le Petit Moulin, the Hotel Bellechasse and Le Notre Dame Hotel.

Designed the uniform for Air France staff and crew in 2004.

Designed the interiors for the TGV and also the tramway for Montpellier in the south of France.

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Profile - Monsieur Christian Lacroix ‘I met with the owner and said, ‘Ok, why not – but only if you let me design each room differently from one another. They were very courageous and elegant. The owner didn’t tell me that they had already ordered a lot of the furniture and everything was supposed to be Louis XVI. It was much more expensive because all the rooms – all the bathrooms for example – were different.

I was living in the area at the time. It was the trendiest area in Paris and I wanted to capture everything that was happening on the streets – the contemporary art, young fashion designers, gay people, old people, traditional craftsmanship. I wanted the hotel to have all of this and for the customer to be surprised each time. The owner was very clever and allowed me to do all this.

‘Of course, I needed to have an astonishing floor. A girl who was working with me told me that there was a Danish company who had an office outside of Paris – a long way out of Paris. We went to see them – and it was a blank canvas. They had the carpets on the walls. They had Picasso and Monet – it was very kitsch – and I loved that, of course.

Unfortunately it was too late to do something special for Le Petit Moulin, so they provided

h For M. Christian Lacroix the carpet is a blank canvas upon which to express his passions, drawings,

collages, prints in black and white or in colour and albums of old pictures from personal archives

It was the trendiest area in Paris and I wanted to capture everything that was happening on the streets – the contemporary art, young fashion designers, gay people, old people, traditional craftsmanship.

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some plain carpet – but as soon as I started working on the second hotel we were able to do something special.

‘I wanted to have on the floor, from the elevator to each room, something to indicate the way. I wanted to use Chinese ink in black – like graffiti – and I said, ‘Let’s see if this challenge is good for these guys!’ They succeeded wonderfully. It was as though I had put ink on the carpet. From there, each time I had an idea for something special or a large scale pattern, ege was so open and so quick.’

Monsieur Christian went on to work successfully with ege on a museum project in his hometown of Arles and for a fashion runway in Paris back in 2006. ‘We started to discuss the development of a collection at that time,’ he recalls. ‘However, this was the time when I had to leave the house of my name!

I had sold my name in 1987 – 30 years ago, when I created the couture house. u

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In 2004 it was sold on to an American family.

I was an independent freelancer at that time and they wanted to make their money back very quickly. This meant no more fashion for me.

It is very complicated – it is my name but it is not me! I was not allowed, until a few months ago, to use my name – but we found that, according to French law, that if I sign my name as Monsieur Christian Lacroix it’s ok!

'It’s me – a human being. Not a brand. The logo of my house is my signature – so it’s very complicated. I was very happy to be able to have my name back and to be able to use it for this carpet collection.’

The Atelier collection features 16 designs and three design themes – Textile, Mineral and Gravure – each of which is inspired by Christian’s passions. Having clear references to fashion, the Textile designs are created from a personal archive of ethnic and foreign fabrics transformed into patterns of patchwork, u

Help to fund your innovations With a wave of innovation taking place in the world of interiors, companies developing new products or techniques need to be aware of the support available, say R&D tax relief experts Jumpstart A revolution is underway in the world of commercial interiors. Traditional methods and materials are giving way to new technologies. Architects and specifiers are increasingly pushing the boundaries and product manufacturers too are looking to innovate to reduce cost and meet demand.

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Until now the architecture and construction sectors have understandably preferred to stick to the tried and tested. Innovations have focused more on the look and style, rather than the underlying techniques.

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velvet draping and paisleys being one of his favourite design elements.

Fascinated by collecting stones, Monsieur Christian brings the beauty of this natural element into the collection in the Mineral design theme, embracing beautiful mosaics of beach stones, chaussé stones and quarry tiles.

Finally, Gravure features fantasy engraving motifs inspired by monuments from his hometown, together with 19th century fashion with birds and butterflies as well as mountain landscapes in Provence.

‘When I started collaborating with ege carpets, I discovered that anything was possible – I was entering a limitless world!’

Monsieur Christian enthuses. ‘To me the carpet is a way of communicating: it’s like words, it’s like music.

‘A carpet is like make-up too, it changes the surface. It makes the room larger, wider or smaller. It underlines what you want to express. Just as classic music gives something formal to a movie, a classic carpet adds a conservative and nice atmosphere to your room. It’s like the make-up of music. The carpet is as much an item of clothing as it is a covering. It adorns the floor in the way a wallpaper adorns the walls, or a fabric dresses the body.’

We can’t leave without asking about the forthcoming presidential election and the changing face of French politics. ‘Paris will be Paris,’ Monsieur Christian considers. ‘I’m very afraid for the South of France though. The south used to be very red – very socialist. Now they are voting for Front National. My town is not – yet. It is the last communist mire.

‘This is why I have changed my vote from Paris to my town in the south – where it is important and where my vote might really mean something!’ l

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We’ve recently realised that we’ve become quite reliant on Google Maps. Our project stories invariably take us either deep into the heart of busy towns and cities, or out into the mysterious labyrinths of modern business parks (which happen to be, almost always, a £10 taxi fare away from the nearest train station!). Without Google Maps as our guide we could be a £100 fare away without even knowing it!

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We’ve got to be honest, we don’t know Chiswick particularly well. We’ve had a couple of nights out here and have also visited the amazing Chiswick Park (a genuine exception to the ‘rule’ above) on business three or four times. This would normally be a definite Google Maps scenario. However, we definitely do not require its services today. As soon as you disembark from the District Line train at Gunnersbury, you are literally in the shadow of a tall tower that has the giant letters ‘BSI’ at its top. We’ve arrived.

BSI (British Standards Institution) is the business standards company that equips businesses with the necessary solutions to turn standards of best practice into habits of excellence. Formed in 1901, BSI was the world’s first National Standards Body and a founding member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Over a century later it continues to facilitate business improvement and organizational resilience across the globe by helping its clients drive performance, manage risk and grow sustainably through the adoption of international management systems standards, many of which BSI originated.

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In Short Formed in 1901 by Sir John Wolfe-Barry – the man who designed London’s Tower Bridge – BSI was the world’s first National Standards Body.

The original BSI committee met for the first time on the day Queen Victoria died – 22 January 1901.

The BSI Kitemark was first registered by BSI on 12 June 1903.

BS 8901 for sustainability management systems for events inspired ISO 20121, which was used in 2012 by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and by the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games for truly sustainable events.

It was a real leap of faith – and a real leap into the unknown

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BSI’s influence spans multiple sectors with a particular focus on aerospace, automotive, built environment, food, healthcare and IT. With 81,000 clients in 181 countries, BSI is an organisation whose products and services inspire excellence across the globe.

We head up to the first floor of this imposing building, where we meet Sally Sellers, HR Director for the Knowledge Solutions business unit at BSI – and the lady who was charged with overseeing the dramatic transformation of not just the look and feel of the interiors here, but also the transformation of the company’s working practices and culture.

Indeed, it is here on the first floor that this transformation is perfectly embodied, with the heart of the space home to a bright, open café facility. Taking a banquet seat within the informal meeting area, we ask Sally to give us a bit of background to the project. ‘We occupied eight floors of Chiswick Tower – which is a 17-storey building,’ Sally begins, ‘and we had run out of space. We were quite traditional – we all had curved desks, we had limited meeting areas and had simply run out of space.

Our leadership at the time said, ‘Let’s have an extra floor’. What I was hearing from our employees was that teams felt as though they were working in silos, they didn’t collaborate, u

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they didn’t communicate, it was really hard to get your job done, you didn’t know where people were and you had to get around the building by lifts. I thought that our environment was starting to stifle us. Rather than just taking another floor, there must be a whole different way that we can fit-out our floors that solves all of those issues – and also costs us less money.

‘To start with, I think some people thought I was talking rubbish – but I asked them to give me the opportunity, I was sure we could do it.

‘As it has transpired, rather than increasing it, we’ve actually reduced our square footage by 10%. We’re now using the space completely differently. We’ve made much better use of the space and as a result we’ve completely restacked.

‘We used to occupy the ground floor, first floor, floors four to eight, 16 and 17. We now occupy ground to eight – so we’ve completely changed the footprint and how we use that space.

‘It was a real leap of faith – and a real leap into the unknown. We were lucky enough to be able to go out to other sites and look at what other companies similar to ourselves – and to start to build the confidence up. We quickly realised that the benefits massively outweighed any negatives.

‘I would say that right up to the final day of the move, there were people who didn’t buy into this. What I would say is that we no longer have those naysayers. The vast majority of people are absolutely delighted with what we’ve done.’

As Sally has already told us, prior to the project, the BSI floors here were at absolute maximum capacity. ‘We couldn’t have squeezed in a single extra desk,’ she smiles. ‘Staying here in Chiswick Tower was definitely the right option and by making better use of our space we’ve been able to reduce our footprint and, when you walk around the floors, we’ve got so much extra space.

‘This is our corporate headquarters and it also houses our Knowledge Solutions business.

We are constantly growing, so our employee base was going to grow so it was important that we future proofed this project to allow more people to work out of London.’

We ask Sally to talk us through the process.

‘Interior design and furniture didn’t really come into the equation to begin with. The first step was to look at how we wanted to use the space and how employees were going to connect with the office. Did we expect people to come into the office every day? When they are in the office, what sort of environment do they need? We talk about being an innovative, bold, forward thinking organisation – and we need an environment that reflects that. u

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The first step was to look at how we wanted to use the space and how employees were going to connect with the office. Did we expect people to come into the office every day? When they are in the office, what sort of environment do they need?

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To me the carpet is a way of communicating: it’s like words, it’s like music. A carpet is like make-up too, it changes the surface. It makes the room larger, wider or smaller.

"The carpet is a blank canvas upon which to express my passions, drawings, collages, prints in black and white or in colour, albums of old pictures from my personal archives."

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‘We appointed a project manager and then we did a lot of research on what our culture needs to be with our leaders and employees – and developed a set of principles detailing how the space was going to be used, what type of environment did we want and need and what culture would that give us. From that, we were then able to work with an architect to create an environment that would give us all of this.

‘The key things that came out of this were silo working – the architect told us that this was the quietest office he had ever worked in! People were very isolated and weren’t communicating with one another other than by email.

‘We needed to bring people together, we needed to improve communication, we needed to remove silos and we also needed to reduce hierarchy – to move people at a certain level out of private offices – and we needed to get a real buzz about the place and make it more creative.

‘Actually, what people wanted was very consistent. The difficult bit was then how to do it – should we do it in a traditional office fit-out or should we go for a modern, smart working fitout? We agreed that a modern, smart, agile way of working was the way to go.

‘For many people, this was very new and we did have to convince them. Interestingly, and

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this didn’t come until later, BSI has worked to launch a standard on how to move to smart working. I have been able to say to our guys, ‘We’ve written a standard on this – we need to practice what we preach’.

‘We converted one of our wings to show people what smart working entailed and explained that if they wanted kitchens, studio space, meeting space, creative walls, well, we could give them all of that – but what it would mean is that they wouldn’t have their own desk.

Instead they’ll have activity-based working and agile working. To be honest, it wasn’t an issue in the end. Nobody was particularly bothered.’

Speaking of smart, where Sally and the team were particularly clever is that each floor is tailored to suit individual teams and departments – whilst at the same time there is a clear design language throughout. As Sally pointed out earlier, the open floors are incredibly generous and boast all those facilities that the teams here were promised, from a wide range of both formal and informal meeting spaces, through to chic kitchen/diner facilities and a host of work settings.

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Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week

C'WELL BEING As you would expect from the magazine that cares so much about our A&D readership, we have allotted a bigger than ever section to Clerkenwell Design Week (23-25 May).

Whilst you should already have received a plethora of great invites, our aim is to provide you with an overview from which you can create your plan of attack and make the most of your time in Clerkenwell.

From page 80 you will find a summary of permanent showrooms and what they have on offer to tempt you to call in – we hope this will give you some structure to your time.

Beyond the showrooms, there used to be the Farmiloe Building, of course, but following its demise as an exhibition space, the organisers have had to rethink their plan of providing additional space. Our map shows the plan of the temporary locations, which includes Design Fields, an exhibition of the latest furniture, lighting and product design from around the world (beside the excellent Exmouth Market). Platform can be found in the subterranean House of Detention and aims to show up-and-coming design talent. The Crypt on Clerkenwell Green is home to the British Collection and, as you can imagine, is focused on furniture, lighting and product innovations from these shores. In the grounds of St James Church you will find a tent, a posh one, called the Project. The organisers are promoting this as a 'leading selection of contract furniture, lighting and surface brands from around the globe'. The following are some of the brands you will find in the Project:

Knightsbridge Furniture will be showcasing its Bebop Collaborative Range, a new modular seating and table system with coordinating swivel tub chairs and coffee tables.

Moventi will be exhibiting with new designs including the lovely Taper and Metropolis collections, in addition to a couple of more established products such as Boxx and Croyd.

Furniture manufacturer Godfrey Syrett will be using the show to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Visitors to the stand will be able to see a selection of its newest products, which we are told will help you 'rethink your workspace'.

Also, you have a chance to win an Eleanor Lounge Chair.

Luxury vinyl flooring manufacturer, Moduleo, will be showcasing its popular Moods collection to the UK market, which offers designers an opportunity to combine 10 brandnew flooring formats to create up to 110 wood and stoneeffect designs.

If the 50+ showrooms and venues are not enough or indeed if you are new to Clerkenwell, we have signed off this feature with some of our own suggestions of where to meet/escape for a while (page 100).

The challenge clearly is choosing what to attend, mixing the learning, viewing and socialising – we hope our preview helps.

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1. Davison Highley is a British furniture manufacturer known for producing beautiful upholstered furniture. See our new Lacey collection, along with other brand new designs.

There is a chance to win one of three Davison Highley Allsorts Stools upholstered in Yarwood leather. Our outdoor area and expansive showroom will be open from 9am.

45-49 Leather Lane EC1N 7TJ

Pentagon Tiles, in collaboration with SchlüterSystems and Ardex, has opened a new space in Hatton Garden for their Leather Lane showroom.

Working closely with Simon Astridge Architecture Workshop, the showroom will be more than a showcase of the exclusive range of imported Italian and Spanish tiles, it will resonate with the material the firm promotes, clay.

21-22 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DY 3. The Region table system brings harmonious fusion of materials to a collaborative workspace.

Oak legs combine with a steel under structure to create a perfect look for agile workspaces.

The system is available with quality, nanotechnology surfaces with low-light reflectivity, anti-fingerprint and ability to thermally heal superficial micro-scratches. Table tops can also accommodate wireless devices for easy phone charging.

1 Albemarle Way EC1V 4JB

4. Dauphin HumanDesign UK Ltd presents a complete provider of contemporary furnishing concepts for the working environment. We will close the three day event with a draw to win the new, award-winning executive chair, Züco Signo. The doors at 1 Albemarle Way will be open to visitors every day from 9.30am. On Thursday 25th May we will host a Bavarian themed party serving traditional food and drink from 3pm–8pm.

1 Sans Walk EC1R 0LT

5. Award-winning furniture company Isomi will unveil a brand new collection at Clerkenwell Design Week – Tables by Isomi: Edition in authentic, lightweight, stain-resistant concrete and Outline in durable, seamless solid surface.

Providing the architect and interior designer with a unique solution, Isomi is known internationally for pioneering modular furniture design that is intelligent, functional and inspiring.

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20-24 Kirby Street EC1N 8TS 6. Discover an Oasis of calm in the bustle of central London.

The way we work has changed. Tranquillity is hard to find in open plan offices, but the latest collection from Frem Group offers a haven of calm, in a range of designs.

Given the success of the Oasis Phone Booth, Frem Group now proudly presents further products as part of the Oasis Collection, which will be unveiled during Clerkenwell Design Week.

Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week 65 Clerkenwell Road EC1R 5BL This year’s Clerkenwell Design Week will see Gresham introducing a number of new products to its already extensive range of workplace furniture. The new pieces combine modern and traditional materials, trend-setting finishes as well as integrated technology, and include the GC1 – a tilt-top height adjustable work table designed specifically for creative thinkers.

28-29 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DS Modus and PearsonLloyd have teamed up to develop a complete Edge portfolio, a comprehensive collection including tables, storage and soft seating in freestanding, clustered and linear formats. The huge breadth of product allows selection from the collection into vastly differing zones, clearly defining use of space whilst maintaining a harmonious common thread. Every piece shares the signature light aluminium frame, a superbly refined aesthetic and an exceptional level of detail.

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anytime, anywhere multi-purpose seating four different models oak veneer or HPL suitable for workplace stacking & bench options

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21-22 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DY Marlings Surface Design, together with The Gallery, is hosting a dynamic talk about innovative lighting solutions at CDW. Lighting designer Shiu-Kay Kan and Stewart Will will talk about 3D printing techniques in lighting design and OLED – the first generation of organic led applications.

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Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week 47 – 53 St John Street EC1M 4AN 1. PIXEL are flexible and unfussy building blocks that can be combined to create different spatial and furniture settings. During CDW the Bene showroom will transform into a dynamic playground for you to experiment with these ingenious little boxes and create your own settings. Come along and build your ideas!

33-35 St John’s Square EC1M 4DS

1. CDW sees us exhibiting a wide range of sumptuous rugs. They’re made in Britain and feature glorious British heritage yarns. We have an extensive showroom in SE1, so whether you’re looking to commission a unique piece or customise from the standard collection, we’re there to help. Pay us a Visit!

2 Northburgh Street EC1V 0AY

1. CDW will mark The UK launch of the 'Innovators at Heart' campaign, which showcases the company’s experimental and collaborative approach to material production, presenting the architectural flooring designed for Bolon

by Pritzker prize-winning French architect Jean Nouvel. The collection is defined by a bold colour palette, subtle striping and strong architectural expression.

8 & 10 Brewhouse Yard EC1V 4DG 7. Textile fluidity: weaving wool for water.

Meander through Camira’s water inspired showroom, with dynamic drapes, displays and droplets, featuring the wool-rich Synergy collection and bast fibre fabrics, Patina and Main Line Flax Stripe. Float away in a sea of colour, take part in live spinning demonstrations and learn more about Camira’s CSR work with water charity, Just a Drop.

21-22 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DY 8. For Edge Design, Clerkenwell Design Week is all about imagination and will present an exciting programme of product launches, installations and events. This year we will be focusing on Biophilic Design, Agile Workspace Acoustics, BIM Level 2, Unlocking Colour and Workspace Booking. We will also be exhibiting original Banksy's and some stunning architectural photography.

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32 Clerkenwell Road EC1M 5PS 9. ThinkingQuietly – Escape the noise; Embrace the quiet. In a noisy world, ThinkingQuietly’s range of acoustic furniture offers peaceful respite, while a stylish retro design fits perfectly in the modern office. From smart workstations and work bays to the iconic 'cone of silence', ThinkingQuietly is a soothing antidote to office din.

Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week 15 Northburgh Street EC1V 0PR 4. Situated in the heart of Clerkenwell, The Trading House is home to Nomique Seating, a British contract seating manufacturer, who designs in-house, quality, affordable furniture.

The newly opened showroom showcases a vibrant, intriguing and all-round clever workspace. Nomique will be hosting interactive talks and competitions throughout CDW. One to watch – and definitely one to visit.

7 Clerkenwell Road EC1M 5PA

2. Boss Design will be previewing several new seating and table products and unveiling its philosophy on workplace settings. A new sofa and chair collection will be launched by Lyndon, along with the 120 table range, designed by Mark Gabbertas, and a new colour pallet for Agent.

81-87 St John Street EC1M 4NQ 3. Elite returns to CDW for their 5th appearance and will be showcasing more innovative furniture solutions. With over 30 years of manufacturing and service excellence, you’ll find an eclectic mix of modern, stylish furniture that combines traditional craftmanship with innovation.

Visit Elite’s showroom to experience the forefront of design, ergonomics and technology, ranging from soft seating to sit/stand solutions.

Elite’s aim is to seamlessly blend style with comfort and to create spaces that inspire.

31 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0NA 1. Connection are specialists in developing products that ‘Make space work’. This year's CDW will see a total showroom redesign with new product development focused around collaborative and co-working spaces. The new showroom design will demonstrate the application of intelligent products integrated with colour and material trends, wellbeing design and intuitive technology.

8 St John's Lane EC1M 4BF

5. James Tobias hs been providing organisations with optimum storage solutions for 27 years.

Designed, manufactured, delivered and installed by our in-house team. Manufactured, wherever possible, using sustainable and responsibly sourced materials from here in the UK.

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18-21 Charterhouse Square EC1M 6AH 2. London-based manufacturer Hitch Mylius are very excited to launch Flix, their first collaboration with Dutch Designer Ineke Hans; a playful system that works for both formal and informal spaces, offering multiple and single seating options. A series of events will be held at their showroom, including an interview with Ineke.

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Oasissoft Introducing Frem’s NEW Oasis Collection, a complete family of products.

Space to think.

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Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week 10 Northburgh Street EC1V 0AT 1. Opening their doors to one of the largest showrooms in the heart of Clerkenwell, Allermuir have some exciting plans in store. Botanical stylists geo-fleur will get to work on the converted warehouse, highlighting the diverse environments within the showroom. Pop along to see the results and enjoy an artisan gin cocktail.

8-11 St John’s Lane EC1M 4BF

1. Northern Lights is the UK’s leading decorative lighting design and manufacturing company.

We offer a superb range of elegantly designed own brand products and our in-house design team works closely with clients to develop bespoke installations and lights to suit a multitude of projects including hotel, restaurant, bar and retail.

5 Albermarle Way EC1V 4JB

1. Casala are excited to announce the launch of three new products and also some additions to established ranges at Clerkenwell Design Week.

Casala specialise in contract furniture with functionalities such as stacking, linking, means of transport, numeration and storage possibilities integrated into the design.

56-60 St John Street EC1M 4HG

7. At CDW 2017 Mosa will present the new Mosa µ [mu] floor tiles. Designed to interact with space and time, the tiles respond to changing light. In this way, the floor can influence the atmosphere of the space: experimental and playful. Head to the St John Street space and discover the world of µ.

6 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0BX 8. Explore colour and marvellous materials with Mapei UK throughout CDW 2017. Join the Mapei experts and special guests to discover the company's world leading products for the construction industry. Expert specification advice on how to specify these colourful products for your projects is available daily.

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5 Berry Street EC1V 0AA

9. Inspiring events from Milliken will include: Design in Education – a debate with Jay Osgerby and Annie Warburton; a club night with guest DJ and legendary designer, Pam Hogg; fashion illustration workshops with London College of Fashion’s Ana Stankovic-Fitzgerald; ‘Draw a Clerkenwell Character’ workshops with the Bloody Bishop and a top-line Milan debrief from design journalist Katie Treggiden.

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1. Desso and Tarkett invite visitors to ‘pause for thought’ at CDW2017. The packed programme explores the role colour, texture and spatial planning play in creating workplace harmony and wellbeing, based around the theme of ‘Reflections’. Multi-talented designers Kia UtzonFrank and Fay McCaul will capture this theme with an intriguing window installation.

1-2 St John's Path EC1M 4DD

2. Icons of Denmark, known as the London home of Danish design, is launching new Danish design icons throughout this year's CDW. Committed to bringing the best of Danish design to the UK, each collection is inspired by the rich design heritage of Denmark, while perfectly balancing mid-century and new progressive Danish design.

21-22 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DY 4. sixteen3 are as passionate as ever about creating stylish, high quality, upholstered seating for the commercial market, which has led to their products being specified on numerous highprofile projects both in the UK and abroad.

Following last year’s success, they are returning for 2017, showing at Project as well as opening the doors of the shared-showroom concept, The Gallery, showcasing a range of both new and established pieces.

21-22 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DY 3. To celebrate the latest in smart storage, join Silverline at The Cube. Be part of a unique evolving art project, and leave your black light signature at The Gallery. Experiment with UV tattoos, painting and much more. Also head to The Gallery for the chance to win a Tom Dixon cocktail set for the best UV designs!

21-22 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DY 5. Ergonomic seating manufacturer Viasit will host a Bratwurst & Cocktail Party at The Gallery on Wednesday afternoon. Enjoy German beers, wines and original bratwurst sausage, grilled on the outdoor BBQ – with DJ Cooops on the decks.

Mixologist Thomas Schuler will be on hand to mix up a delightful selection of signature cocktails.

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6. Our Useful Beautiful Furniture is used globally by the most influential brands in commerce and culture. Our design style has a familiarity that’s understood and loved instantly. Our wide variety of finishes offer you maximum flexibility. We’ll be showcasing new products and ideas during CDW. Join us for a G&T.

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Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week 9-10 Charterhouse Building EC1M 7AN 1. BuzzİSpace started with acoustics. From there, the mission grew. Driven by an unbounded passion for solving modern design challenges, BuzzİSpace continuously reimagines furnishings to be more functional and fun. Visit the showroom to discover BuzzİFloat, the brand’s first chair by Alain Gilles, and new acoustic lighting and soundabsorbing capabilities.

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CDW will see the launch of Eva, our new task chair, which is an original fusion between physical lightness and performance durability. Our designers have evolved a manufacturing ethos centred on the realisation of a new generation of 'light touch' task seating, which requires fewer materials and component parts.

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1. Vitra will celebrate the wide breadth of its product portfolio through select on-site features and experiences – including a Secret Garden installation showcasing the spring collection, a Classics & Authenticity exhibition, a digitally integrated Task Chair Centre incorporating UK product launches, a celebration of Artek in the Office, and the Retail Systems business division will offer the latest trends in retail design.

15 Northburgh Street EC1V 0JR 8. Era is celebrating 20 years of trading in 2017.

The company originally started to fill the gap in the UK market for aluminium framed screens, manufactured simply, with great adaptability. Era has now evolved into a bespoke manufacturer, known for flexibility and service, successful in agile working products – especially booths and pods.

62-68 Rosebery Avenue EC1R 4RR 7. With the launch of no less than 11 new product ranges at Orgatec, CDW serves as the perfect event to unveil these to a wider UK audience.

Now in full production, these new additions sit perfectly within Brunner’s six core product collections. And with a few surprising tweaks, their impressive Rosebery Avenue showroom is the ideal venue to view these.

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Broad Yard Turnmill Street EC1M 5RR 9. During CDW 2017, Frövi will be launching brand new ranges of social space furniture, and demonstrating the scope to configure furniture to individual design schemes. An opportunity for creative expression, which will be enlightening and fun, the Frövi display will be focused on design opportunity.

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Ultrafabrics will be popping up on St John's Square once again in a 1950’s Airstream full of premium, sustainable, and intelligent polyurethane fabrics. The iconic vehicle named Monty will be adorned with Ultrafabrics® in the interactive Takumi Gallery, including the new range, Mokume and stunning metallics from the Pearlized collection.

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3. Following its global launch in Milan, Domus will host the UK launch of Le Corbusier LCS Ceramics Collection during CDW. An expert from La Fondation Le Corbusier will give a talk on his work, focusing on his colour system, to CDW visitors on Thursday 25th May at 1pm in the Domus Clerkenwell showroom.

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5. Humanscale will introduce groundbreaking new products in lighting; Vessel and Infinity, plus new additions to the Sit/Stand range; QuickStand Under Desk and QuickStand Eco, and the new Diffrient Smart Flex chair. The showroom will also present No Randomness by Oscar Lhermitte, an exhibition of highly engineered and functional everyday items. Re:Charge in our Northburgh Street Café while browsing the latest innovations.

77-79 Farringdon Road EC1M 3JU To succeed in the future, workers need both creative ideas and unique solutions. Microsoft and Steelcase are introducing Creative Spaces — an ecosystem bringing together place and technology to help people to generate and implement new ideas. Architects and designers are invited to Steelcase’s showroom to see how these spaces can harness creative potential.

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4. Head down to The Vault on St John's Lane to see a Bisley installation including their amazingly adaptable workplace furniture range, Be by Bisley, and the iconic, multifunctional MultİDrawer as never seen before – totally transparent. Take part in a competition to win a MultİDrawer for yourself!

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12-16 Clerkenwell Road EC1M 5PQ 2. Hansgrohe Group will be launching a selection of their latest products straight from ISH in Frankfurt, and exhibiting them for the first time in the UK. The new products will be installed at the Water Studio for CDW and visitors are invited to drop in anytime between 9am-4pm, 23-25th May. Brunch will be served 9am-11am.

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1. Umbrella Furniture will be creating a fantastic exhibition – Design Through The Ages – which will showcase a variety of iconic products and inventions through the years. Join us and enjoy cocktails in our 1920’s inspired lounge, and view iconic designs from the 1920’s to the present day through our Virtual Reality experience.

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2. Wagstaff are one of the largest independent furniture and fit-out specialists in the UK. Established in 1903, Wagstaff will be co-hosting the fantastic Design Through The Ages exhibition with Umbrella, which will showcase a variety of iconic products and inventions through the years. Join the Wagstaff team for food and drink throughout the day and celebrate with us in our 1920’s inspired lounge bar.

45 Gee Street EC1V 3RS 6. For more than 160 years, Gabriel has designed, developed and manufactured high-quality upholstery fabrics and has built a strong worldwide reputation for exceptional Nordic workmanship and uncompromising environmental awareness. Today, Gabriel is the furniture industry’s preferred partner and supplier of exclusive upholstery fabrics, furniture components, upholstered surfaces, and related services.

33 Great Sutton Street EC1V 0DX 5. Under the theme #evolvingspaces, Shaw Contract will look at how spaces are being repurposed and re-used. Hub 33 will host workshops and talks about unplanned and planned interventions in external and internal spaces.

Shaw Contract will also be previewing new carpet tile ranges A Walk in the Garden and Active.

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4. Ocee Design’s showroom will celebrate the arrival of the Scandinavian designed Four®Me armchair and the Four®US Solo Booth at this year’s CDW. With RIBA acoustic and workplace CPD’s, the full array of Ocee’s acoustic products and old favourites, such as Harc and Noah, Ocee promises an exciting CDW.

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3. VERCO will be exploring our ideas around activity based working’ It’s a school of thought around how the workplace is evolving and we hope to show you how Verco is evolving with it.

We’ll also be introducing MAX – a new, simple, elegant and ergonomic task seating solution for the agile workplace. We will be highlighting the importance of space planning and BIM families with a demonstration of Virtual Reality and live 3D visualisation presentation methods, in two sessions on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

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Preview - Clerkenwell Design Week 1 Dallington Street EC1V 0BH 1. Morgan creates design-led furniture for workplace and hospitality interiors. Morgan’s Clerkenwell showroom has been transformed into a neutral haven, emphasising the underlying geometry in art and design. Enjoy refreshments

by Aprés food, enter our geometric sculpture competition and hear from design engineers Stage One and architect Chris Eckersley. Join the team on Tuesday evening for drinks and a private view by artist Mark McClure. Launches include the Havana and Goodwood seating collections.

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1. Spacestor are creators of awesome workspace furniture, blending California cool and London design. This year’s CDW will launch the new Californian inspired Palisades range: a customisable modular system developed to create neighbourhoods and workzones using copper, natural woods and biophilia: each creation is uniquely yours!

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1. 'No limits, just go for it' has inspired this year’s CDW products. Join us and test our new height-adjustable wireless meeting tables with nanotechnology, new work/play flip meeting room tables, and our Flexiform designed meeting pod. Be inspired by talks on Biophilia, carbonfootprinting, VR, BIM and nanotechnology materials.

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7. Taking their successful and long-standing collaboration to the next level, Monsieur Christian Lacroix and ege carpets now enter the floor together with a collection of expressive and rich carpet designs. The Atelier collection features 16 designs and three design themes – Textile, Mineral and Gravure – each of them inspired by the passions of Monsieur Christian Lacroix. Stop by to see Atelier and the newly refurbished showroom.

1 Northburgh Street EC1V 0AL 8. Global modular flooring manufacturer, Interface, will be showcasing its first curated collection of luxury vinyl tiles (LVT) at Clerkenwell Design Week 2017. Throughout the show Interface will be exploring the concept of ‘Positive Spaces’ with a host of high profile speakers, interactive daily workshops and installations within the showroom.

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9. The flagship commercial design centre for Cosentino UK – Cosentino City London – is hosting four events during Clerkenwell Design Week. Cosentino will share insights into the kitchen of the future, as well as showcasing a unique piece of furniture designed by Daniel Germani and developed by Cosentino and Riva 1920.

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'WELL FED We know this is a slightly crazy notion, but their might come a time during CDW when you and your colleagues and clients need a break from the furniture, flooring, fabrics et al. So, as (more than) regular visitors to Clerkenwell, we thought we’d put together a guide to some of our favourite breakout spots – in other words, the best of the many fantastic restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes the district has to offer.

Let’s start with the higher-end restaurants (after all, you may well have a client or two to impress). Taking a left out of Farringdon station you can either head down Turnmill Street or straight up Cowcross Street towards Smithfield Market. Turnmill Street boasts Jason Atherton’s Japanese izakayastyle restaurant and bar, Sosharu, and the superb Spanish restaurant, Iberica.

A walk up Cowcross Street will bring you to the no-frills, but all the better for it, Portuguese restaurant, Polpo, whilst almost opposite you’ll find the fantastic Hix Chop and Oyster House. Oh, and there’s also Gordon Ramsay’s ‘guilty pleasure’, Leon.

If you have carnivorous leanings, Smithfield is definitely for you. There’s Gaucho and Café du Marche for awesome steaks, while Smiths of Smithfield provides not just meat, but two floors of tasty dining, cool bar space and is also a good spot for a spot of breakfast.

Heading back into the heart of Clerkenwell, St John Street boasts Fergus Henderson’s famous nose to tail eating experience, St John, the hip (and extremely tasty) Foxlow, Vietnamese loveliness from Pho and the relatively new, very chic Italian hotspot, Luca.

Moving up to Clerkenwell Green, Granger & Co is (justifiably) a real industry favourite, however – if you’re looking for something a little speedier – take a walk up

to Exmouth Market where there is a whole host of amazing places, flavours and culinary experiences to enjoy.

Moving on to liquid libations, if the weather’s good then there’s few better places to be than The Fence’s popular garden space on Cowcross Street. Hidden just a little further up, you’ll find the brilliant Farringdon Sports Bar – which boasts screens galore showing all the major sports stuff, from football to IPL cricket, as well as pool tables and dartboards. Speaking of pool, Great Sutton Street’s 19:20 has an entire floor devoted to tables.

If it’s a pub you’re after, then we suggest you stick on Great Sutton Street. For the hip and trendy, there’s the always popular Slaughtered Lamb, whilst across the road you’ll find the Sutton Arms, where you can enjoy the company of just about our favourite all-time publican (favourite all-time Clerkenwell character, come to think of it), Little Micky.

A couple of well-worn industry haunts sit hidden either side of Clerkenwell Road, in the shape of Artisan and Clerkenwell Social (although we’re still calling the latter by its former name, The Bear in the Square!). Both will be buzzing throughout the evenings, both have decent outdoor space and both are firm favourites of Clerkenwell locals.

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Clerkenwell Green is home to two great bar/pubs – The Crown Tavern and The Green, whilst The Bowler (on Bowling Green Lane, next to the Orangebox showroom) is a great all-rounder.

Finally, for the real night owls, you’ll (hopefully!) be able to find a late drink on Charterhouse Street (opposite Smithfield Market), with both Be At One and Bedouin usually serving until the early hours. A new favourite, however, is a brilliant coffee shop/ café/restaurant and late bar called Grind, just at the bottom of Old Street. Well worth trying, night or day.

If you simply fancy a brew, here are a couple of our regulars. Just around the corner from the Sports Bar is the Bench Café, part of the Goldsmith Centre, which is excellent on all levels. At the crossroads between Clerkenwell Road and St John Street is Workshop Coffee, which always has a nice buzz and outstanding coffee. Heading back up towards Exmouth Market (towards Design Fields) you’ll see the Artisan Bakery, which offers cakes galore.

It is directly opposite the park entrance (or exit if you are coming the other way!). Finally, you’ll find Dose on the far side of Smithfield Market.

If we’ve missed your favourite, let us know at editorial@mixinteriors.com

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HIGHLIGHTS NOT TO BE MISSED...

Tuesday 23rd May • Philips Lighting CPD (RIBA accredited) – explore a creative future for lighting (12.30-1.30pm) • Colour in the Workplace – with colour experts Pantone (6-10pm) Wednesday 24th May • ‘Colourful People’ Workshop – personalities and working styles in the office (12.30-2.30pm) • Drawing at Work with Trevor Flynn – a creative extravaganza (7-11pm)

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Thursday 25th May • “In Conversations with…” – design journalist Katie Treggiden discusses different perspectives on the new workplace, with guest speakers (12.30-1.30pm) • Open Mic – join Tarkett and Desso for a jamming session in the showroom (7-10pm)

To pre-book your place email CDW-events@hattrickpr.co.uk to make sure you’re on the guest list.

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The Residency The true benefit of the presence of different generations in and around the workplace is diversity, BDG’s Andy Swann tells us in the first of his ‘residency spots’.

Alternative perspectives are where creativity comes from – and what better way to stimulate them than by bringing together people who have completely different understandings of the world they inhabit.

The word millennial has become over-used and very easy to stereotype as, in many cases, a set of behaviours. It’s not always helpful, particularly with the abundance of articles on why your company should hire millennials and a general assumption that this new fickle generation holds all the answers. They don’t – any more than the generation before them, or the one that’s already hitting the workplace in their wake. Generation Z, the post-millennials, are coming.

The flow of people into the workplace, or culture, or politics – wherever they contribute – is essential for progress. Younger people who haven’t known an analogue world are able to combine with older colleagues and peers to balance their experience with a youthful outlook.

The wider the diversity of age groups, the greater the balance and the larger the chance of ideas sparking through cross-perspectives.

At Clerkenwell Design Week this is wholly evident. All in one place, the most experienced people in the workplace and furniture industries rub shoulders with inquisitive students, providing inspiration to the next wave of talent – who are

just learning their trade. In turn, they will enter the industry, bringing with them a freshness and abundance of new ideas and approaches that create momentum. Generational diversity is what creates success and it’s great for cultural development that multiple generations can

The most exciting ideas all have influences, drawn from what went before. Without The Beatles there would have been no Oasis. live and work side by side, rather than come in, plateau then retire. People with their diversity – whether generational or otherwise – spark from each other. When they connect, things happen.

It’s this positive friction that creates real value for us all. Whether inside a workplace, in and around an industry, or in society as a whole, the diverse interaction of diverse people is what shapes our cultural future. The most exciting ideas all have influences, drawn from what went before. Without The Beatles there would

have been no Oasis. The entire Britpop scene of the mid-90’s was driven by a new generation plugging into the last generation’s attitude and making it their own, in their own way.

Many still see that time as the last great mainstream cultural movement Britain has seen. If we’re to get another, we need the next generation and the one after to step up, but we need them to have access to the context of what went before. Out of context, nothing makes sense after all.

Experience equates to insight and that acts as a platform for creative progress. So maybe it is that the great uprising won’t come in popular culture, but in pockets of creativity, where new ideas are allowed to thrive. By enabling that is how we’ll keep our industry and businesses at the top of their game. When people thrive, organisations thrive too, but we have to let them.

Denying younger generations access to insight blocks progress, just as handing over all responsibility to the inexperienced with nobody on hand to steady the ship creates huge uncertainty. Unless we enable this positive friction to occur, we’ll never benefit from it and in an age where ideas are a premium, we need to do all we can to allow creativity to happen.

The best way to do that Is by bringing people together.

Andy Swann is a Human, an Over-Excited Work Explorer and Change Maker at BDG architecture + design. andyswann@bdg-a-d.com

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ZÜCO SIGNO – ELEGANCE IS NOW COMFORTABLE

The main focus of the latest innovation from Züco is on design, comfort and quality. The upholstery of the backrest is not based on conventional upholstery materials but on a frame structure covered with flexible material. Thus, a very slim cushioning system and the high seating comfort can be achieved.

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With more and more devices using USB the demand for traditional sockets on the desk is falling. Chip is a stylish and fully integrated 4A USB charging module that simply connects to your under desk power, using a Wieland or plug, to offer 2 USB power supplies capable of charging all leading phones and tablets.

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