NEWS News brief...


BIID announces honorary fellowships


Thomas Heatherwick and James Dyson will be presented with their Honorary Fellowships at the 2013 BIID Annual Conference, “Design Invention: Where Art and Science Collide” at RIBA HQ, Portland Place, London on Thursday 27th June 2013. The day-long conference will explore the dynamics and changing creative landscape in design, through the experiences of global experts and practitioners.


SBID joins 'The Acronyms'


This summer will see SBID launch an exchange program to create


educational opportunities and professional exposure for Interior Design Students from both sides of the Atlantic.


New Outreach exec


A new ‘Outreach’ position has been introduced at The Furniture


Ombudsman to help build relationships with retailers, consumers and other stakeholders. Natalie Williams, who has been working for the Ombudsman since 2009, will take up the new role, alongside some of her existing case


management duties.


Top interiors expert joins uni


Leading interiors practitioner David Fern, design researcher Professor Anne Massey and interior education expert and writer Graeme Brooker, have joined Middlesex University, following a major new investment in academic talent and a plan to fuse interiors with fashion.


Harrogate interiors New office interior


Margolis completes interior for Baker Tilly Fit-out design and build specialist Margolis Office Environments Ltd has completed a new interior in Guildford, Surrey, for Baker Tilly, accountants and business advisers.


13,500 sq ft of office space to delight aesthetically without being overly opulent. Termed by Baker Tilly as one of its key


M


argolis successfully met the client’s requirement for the


offices in the South East, the Guildford office has been fitted- out to a sophisticated standard and in a professional tone that is in keeping with the practice’s other recently refurbished offices. The project, which was the second Margolis has completed for Baker Tilly, was completed in eight weeks and was delivered on time and within budget. Baker Tilly has since asked Margolis to deliver further office interiors in Stoke and


Gatwick. Warren Margolis, Project Director, said, “This was an important project for Baker Tilly following its move from its former Guildford location of 25 years to a new office that had to meet the demands of 125 team members as well as significant numbers of visiting clients. The designs have met the requirements of the firm and its staff and the very positive feedback from the client is testament to this.” www.m-oe.co.uk


venture succeeds Richard Grafton Interiors has announced turnover in excess of £1m for its first year of trading from April 2012 to March 2013, 35 per cent ahead of budget. The retail and commercial interior design business last year acquired Harrogate interior design business, Janet Sandles Interiors, and in December, the company joined forces with interior installations contractor Andrew Freestone to launch a new joint venture firm called Grafton Freestone. The joint venture handles all bedroom, bathroom and wet room design and project installations.


6 | Interior Design Today | idtmagazine.co.uk


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52