Is This New A Sci-Fi Movie? Orb, is this a new sci-fi movie. No. Orb is a great new material created by Biohm in the United Kingdom. This sustainable material is made from naturally bound organic waste, comprising food and agricultural waste. According to Biohm, ...
Lighting for Health & Wellbeing Sustainable Interior Design Part 1 Lighting, what makes this element, whether it be natural or artificial light, so important when designing the spaces, we live and work in? Natural light is necessary for promoting both our physical and mental ...
Materials in Design. We all have the right to live and work in healthy, sustainable and animal friendly spaces, but what if the materials we are selecting are not good for our health or planet health? It is recognised, that the inside air quality of the buildings we live and work in may be ...
Let’s get Plastered, Part 2 Clay Plaster Wall Covering. Like Shukkui plaster, identified in part 1 of this 2-part series on ‘Let’s get Plastered’, clay plaster has been used in interior design for many years. When I think about clay, I automatically think ...
Japanese Lime Wall Covering Sustainable Interior Design Let’s get plastered, nope I’m not talking about alcohol but refer to the type that can be used to adorn our walls and ceilings. How many of you, like myself, have spent many hours walking around DIY stores looking at paint ...
Sustainable Biophilic Design Are you captivated by nature, its tranquillity, its serenity? How you feel when you are walking through a forest or sat watching the waves break on the shoreline? Does it create a feeling of being at peace with yourself, forgetting everyday stresses, which you are ...
Sustainable Wallpaper & Sustainable Wallpaper Adhesive Decorative wall coverings were first introduced into interior design by the Chinese in 200 B.C and initially, comprised rice paper. Nowadays, wallpapers are available in a number of different types and styles from non-woven wallpaper ...
Why Mushrooms Taking the Design Industry by Storm Sustainable Interior Design Every time I think of mushrooms, it reminds me of a memory of Florence, Italy: sitting in a quaint Florentine restaurant, on the fringes of a sunny piazza, eating a delicious plate of mushroom ...
Interior design ‘Wisdom is not that you can live sustainably, if you help the natural world, the world becomes a better place for everybody’ David Attenborough Shockingly the United kingdom, alone, creates 200million tonnes of waste each year. It is estimated 12 million tonnes of ...
There is nothing like getting out of bed in the morning and feeling the softness of a carpet under foot. There is something about its texture, which stimulates a sense of calmness and relaxation. Texture can affect our impression of situations and objects, whilst also influencing how we react ...
In this constantly changing world of interior design, practising ethical methods for purchasing furniture, to create our ultimate dream home or work space, can seem like an endless challenge. We all have that vision on how we want our homes and work spaces to look and are constantly ...
Rachel Fowler – October 2020 Flowers, inject colour and add positive vibes to an interior with their varying shades of hues. However, in some culture’s flowers are not just for brightening a space but are a key element of certain rituals, like prayer ceremonies. This is particularly true in ...
Image: Getty Images With the introduction of Ikea’s new facility that enables customers to return furniture to selected stores globally. Does this mark the advent of a new movement towards sustainable product design for the Interior Design industry? Designing spaces, for both living ...