In June, I put myself forward for election to the British Institute of Interior Design's Council of Directors. Each year, ahead of the AGM, Registered Interior Designer members are invited to nominate themselves if they'd like to volunteer on the Council of Directors for a term of two years. You...
Is animal testing outmoded? I discuss the current status with charity the Naturewatch Foundation...
Creating an effective sustainability plan for interior designers, architects ...actually anyone!...
My business is eighteen. I'm am completely grateful - it feels a big achievement for a small business and I'm very thankful to the very many people who have supported what I'm doing over the years. Here's my half yearly check in on progress usings some of my GIVING BACK (handprint)...
July was bonkers. After years of dearly wanting to win both, I won my professional body BIID's Continuing Professional Development award swiftly followed by PETA's Compassionate Designer 23 award. I admire the dedication and endless ways the People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) work...
Me with my BIID CPD award '23 on the terrace at the RIBA HQ in London yesterday ✨🎉 I'm a big advocate for education. My retired parents worked in education. This profession is a pretty scary one without one. Interior design is unregulated, anyone can be an interior designer. It's a...
For the last year I've been studying the Living Building Challenge curriculum - which is a whole host of courses on Regenerative Design... Living Building Challenge - Full, Imperative and Petal certification - for new, existing buildings, interior and landscapes Living...
Interior Design Declares - one year in! The end of March '22 marked the end of our first year as a community working together to improve our industry's shocking impact on the climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. "The UK construction industry contributes 25 million tonnes of waste to landfill...
I've just been to the super inspiring Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. I last went in 2014 and it's just as brilliant. The mission of this yearly gathering of minds is to shape a better future, with urgency. There is so much clever innovation was on...
Five takeaways from The Interior Design Business podcast 'Sustainability: Your Questions Answered' It was great to be invited on to The Interior Design Business podcast again. A little different to last time which was mid Lockdown and via Zoom.... this was a live...
What an enlightening time at FOOTPRINT+ the inaurgural Built Environment event held in Brighton, UK. Here's my FIVE TAKEAWAYS:1. Take a look at what's happening in Leeds During the Lockdowns the city council collaborated with business and existing planning applications to 'green up' the city...
It's been VEGANUARY - have you given it a try? It's what finally nudged me to be fully vegan 4 years ago - but it's not an 'all or nothing' thing! Maybe it's encouraged you to swap out the occasional meal or ingredient for a vegan alternative? My...
The Sustainable Specification Guide which I co-wrote with my fellow committee members from the British Institute of Interior Design was launched at the brilliant Planted design show at Kings Cross, London.I was so fortunate to have an excellent grounding in sustainable design during my time at The...
Each year a date is calculated per country and combined to give us a combined Earth Overshoot Day. This year is was 29th July. It means it's the point where our use resources and services exceeds what the Earth can provide - so the tipping point where we start to use the resources in...
I have a huge interest in MATERIALS. So much in fact it influenced how I named my company. I studied Furniture & Product Design in the late 80s / early 90s - that was A LOT about materials (and processes). One of my degree projects was a piece of furniture made from a board...