Posts Tagged: Columnist
Designing with light
In my book, light is one of the greatest design tools we have. In our exhibition design projects, we try to use light emotionally, rather than simply technically, to direct… Read More >
The effect of IT development on workplace design
To workplace Millennials – and even to some Gen Xers – the sheer scope and pace of change in this field must be a complete mystery. I on the other… Read More >
Using space as a narrative backdrop
As specialists in exhibition design – for museums, institutions, art galleries and anyone with a complex story to tell – we believe exhibition design principles can also apply to the… Read More >
Getting the Best out of Design
In our work, we often find the best results come from taking a leap into the unknown, underlining how critical it is to buy properly into the idea of a… Read More >
The effect of materials & processing technology on office development
Particleboard and the ability to produce it in large sheets – cut, shaped and edged in a wide variety of sizes and finishes – was perhaps the first significant and… Read More >
Interactive Retail & the High Street
Retail is now becoming a lot more interactive, what does this mean for the high street and online outlets? Britain’s high street has been in steady decline in recent years,… Read More >
The effect of space planning theory and practice on office development
In the 70s the ideals of office landscape design were wholeheartedly adopted by a management anxious to retain employees in an era of high employment and staff mobility. Individual space… Read More >
Designing in Turbulent Times
Like me, you may be one of the many who were taught about the affects of climate change at school. You may even be a parent whose own children are… Read More >
Spectacular Speckles
The last couple of years have born witness to a seemingly unprecedented rise in the use of the speckle within the world of interiors. Noticing this set me to wondering… Read More >
The influence of New Ideas & Techniques
When I entered it straight from college in 1970, despite the relatively long intervening period, the office furniture industry was in terms of design and output only just beginning to… Read More >
Vive the entrepreneurial spirit!
What does it mean to be entrepreneurial? Well, it begins with spotting an opportunity and having clarity about what you’re proposing, whether it’s a new value, service, product or method for… Read More >
Work internationally. Travel light
Many years back, before setting up Istoria Group, I finished a particularly exhausting work run and needed to get away. I joined a yacht crew and sailed round the world,… Read More >
The Power of the People
In an earlier column on sustainability, I focused on process and waste, but sustainability is about so much more than material life-cycles. Successful sustainable businesses also need to perform financially,… Read More >