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...
In a nutshell - it's because there's milk in some potato crisps! Animal products are in so much of what we buy and consume - even if we think we are managing to avoid them. Food and drinks mostly have labels, as do products. But would you check the label for a...
I've been fortunate to help local company Kings Colleges with the design of their college buildings for many years. It's such a lovely team of passionate and creative people there. I've worked on most of their UK buildings and helped to create a template to apply to their buildings...
I’ve been a member of the interior design professional body The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) for 8 years. The more I get involved in it - the more I love what they are doing for our industry and those at all stages within it. So many members volunteer their...
Interior designer Angela Cheung and I meet online each fortnight to discuss interior design. We thought this week it would be helpful to discuss our own paths to having our own design businesses to help anyone considering starting in the industry. EDUCATION For me that was the...
Last year I was asked on a panel discussion at the annual residential interior design show here in the UK, Decorex. I sat alongside designer Sue Timney to talk sustainability - we spoke to a room with about 50 people in it. The response was very good. Looking at stands of the show itself - I...
I want to write about being an ethical business and what that means to me. I've been very fortunate to experience the inner workings of a successful ethical business in action during my 10 years for The Body Shop International’s head office - so it's natural for me to carry these values on into my...
My 6Rs - based on zero waste guru Bea Johnston's 5Rs but including REVIEW and REPAIR Fellow Brightonian interior designer Angela Cheung and I have decided to have regular conversations following the feedback we had from our one last month. We have lots to talk about and to compare...