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Planting wellness With Spring around the corner, Ambius, the workplace enrichment company has revealed its top plants for workplaces based on both feedback from its customers and the suitability of plants for different office environments. The list has been produced as part of Ambius’ focus on supporting employee well-being and engagement through the use interior planting, artwork and scenting. Plants that make a bold statement: Monstera deliciosa (Cheese plant); Dracaena fragrans and Dracaena 'Janet Craig'; Phiodendron scandens and Epipremnum aureum - colourful vining plants that are usually trained around a pole but will sometimes be unwound and trailed around desks and filing cabinets; Philodendron 'Red Emerald' or Anthurium 'Jungle King' – both big leafy, fleshy plants and Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana) - an ageless classic that is great in almost any type of design environment from retro to ultra-modern. Plants that brighten spaces: Aspidistra elatior - old Victorian favourite, sometimes called the Cast Iron plant for its robustness; Chamaedorea metallica. A small, bushy palm with metallic-looking foliage will tolerate near darkness and Rhapis excelsior - the Lady Palm. Expensive but elegant and pretty robust in low-light areas. Plants that improve air quality: Spathiphyllum species and hybrids are good; Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Butterfly palm) is also implicated in good air quality experiments and some ferns are good too, such as the Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata). For areas where space is a premium, tall thin plants are good - most Dracaenas would fit the bill here. For further information visit
www.ambius.co.uk/wellbeing
The Natural House
Shaws of Darwen have supplied their traditional Original and Classic fireclay sinks to the Prince’s Foundation’s Natural House being built at the Building Research Establishment in Watford, near London. The Natural House is a low carbon home designed by The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment using natural materials in a traditional design that reflects the character of its local area.
The same styles of individually, hand-made fireclay sinks were also installed in the re-creation of the house at the major consumer show in London, the Ideal Home Exhibition. From our Original, Classic, Inset and Undermount Collections, there will be a sink for everyone, available in both white and pergamon finish, to co-ordinate with other kitchen fixtures and furnishings. For further information telephone 01254 775111 or visit
www.shawsofdarwen.com
It’s always the
quiet ones Lindsey Gardiner’s textile label “Quietly Eccentric” is sending her screen-printed pups to new homes worldwide! From a small studio in Dundee, Scotland to Selfridges in London and Anthropologies’ flagship store in the Rockefeller Centre in New York, these quietly quirky K9’s are marking their territory. Lindsey’s product range is inspired by the
love of dogs and drawing. Better known by toddlers for her lively children’s books, the author/ illustrator was doing her Masters in Textile Design when she fell into the publishing world. “Quietly Eccentric” sees Lindsey returning to her love of textiles and features her quirky but sophisticated dog drawings combined with graphic florals on cotton bags, dog- shaped woolen cushions, mugs and her newest product, printed wall panels. For further information telephone 07941898711, email
contact@lindseygardiner.comor visit
www.lindseygardiner.com
ROYAL COLLEGE TO INTRODUCE NEW INTERIORS MASTERS PROGRAMME
The Royal College of Art, London is to introduce a new interiors masters degree, which will begin with its first intake of 40 students in October 2012. Although the MA is still waiting to have validation finalised, it will hopefully officially launch this Autumn. This is the first interior design programme the RCA has offered in some years so it is a very exciting time for the programme leader, the college and its prospective students. The RCA had an Interior Design Course for
many years before it became Architecture & Interiors in the 1980s, to later become Architecture in 2004, so this is a welcome move from the College. The RCA is currently recruiting a new Head of Interiors, as well as a new Dean of the School of Architecture, which will house the new Interiors programme along with a new
M.Arch and the current MA Architecture (RIBA Part 2). For further information visit
www.rca.ac.uk
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