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August 2012 Summer’s here – or is it? The
recentweather has done little to dampen the spirit of the nation as we head straight into the big summer events thatwill define 2012 for Britain. Jubilee
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Celebrating 35 years of design excellence, Decorex 2012 is bursting with design flavour, including an entrance by Dame VivienneWestwood
CONFERENCE REVIEW19 BIID celebrates a successful conference day at the
RIBA HQ where design minds met to discuss great British design
PROJECT GALLERY 20 View the latest project completions
40 OFFICE DESIGN Mark Howorth of Callender Howorth discusses the recently completed Flamingo International offices with other office news to follow
43 PRODUCT INNOVATIONS From rock and roll door handles to stylish blind solutions, our product selection has it all
48 LASTWORD SarahWard, Founder of SarahWard Associates discusses that all important wow factor in design
50 CLASSIFIEDS A buyer’s guide to products in the marketplace
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unique sense of quirkiness and appreciation of our history?Or is it somethingmuch simpler? I’d love to hear fromIDT readers aboutwhat they think is so integral to great British design. As an attendee of the conference, I can testify that itwas certainly a day of celebration, turn to page 19 formore on the event. This issue ourmain features include
bathroomdesigns and heating designs. The first sees five designers give their thoughts on those tricky design situations and leads into a fab product featurewith a trend report by the teamat Seymourpowell.Heating designs looks at the history of the humble radiator and howfar we have come in heating technologies aswell as a focus on newproducts in themarketplace
AUGUST NEWS 4
A news update including the latest events to attend and recently completed projects
INDUSTRY NEWS 6
Whether it’s award winners, student designers or trade show previews, we’ve got it covered
at themoment. On pages 36 and 37 Karen Rosenkranz from
Seymourpowell reflects on the influences driving this year’sMilan show, including some appreciation of Japanese designs and howthis particular style is influencing other areas of
design.MarkHoworth ofCallenderHoworth discusses office designwith particular emphasis on their recent completion of the Flamingo International offices andwe round up the issueswith another hot selection of products.
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28 BATHROOMS Our first spotlight feature includes trend reports from Seymourpowell and designer conundrums
36 RENEWED PERSPECTIVE Seymourpowell discuss the influences conjured from Salone delMobile inMilan
38 HEATING DESIGNS Feature two delivers a trend report on heating through history and some fabulous designs
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