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Exploring Life-Centred Design

September 12, 2024

Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Metropolis magazine’s website with the headline “Interface Launches Guide for Exploring Life-Centered Design” as part of a content partnership.  Explore a holistic design approach that asks us to consider what built spaces would look like if we equally prioritized environmental impact, human health and wellbeing, beauty and function, and our…

Groupe Tisserin, Lille, France

August 13, 2024

Groupe Tisserin has moved into the eco-friendly Shake building in Lille, designed by architect Philippe Chiambaretta. The new 4,000 m² office space, created in collaboration with Tétris, focuses on sustainability using low-carbon, repurposed materials. Inspired by the weaver bird, the design emphasizes functionality, user experience, and a natural ambiance, incorporating biophilic elements like green walls and organic patterns. The office layout supports future workforce changes, and the project significantly reduces CO2 emissions by reusing materials like Interface carpet tiles, as well as promoting circular economy practices.

2024 Summer Games: Harnessing the Power of Reuse for a Circular Future

August 9, 2024

The world’s largest sporting competition is here! This year, the Summer Games planning committee has a goal to halve its environmental impact compared to previous Games. In connection with this goal, the committee established a bold target for 1.5 million tons of CO2 – the lowest in the history of the event. Reducing the Carbon…

Colour, behaviour, and the workplace of the future

July 30, 2024

Designing for neurodiversity: How to use behavioural design to create inclusive workplaces  In a short amount of time, we’ve seen the workplace environment change significantly, and now designers are starting to think differently. The idea of creating inclusive workspaces and embracing differences was already a movement but recent shifts in our working patterns and the…

Closing the gap: A circular approach to design and specification

July 4, 2024

Designing for circularity: A guide to taking a circular approach to specification  Circularity was the word on everyone’s lips at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week – but what do designers need to know to ensure specifications contribute to the circular economy? Our regional sustainability manager, Becky Gordon, hosted an interactive workshop from our Pennybank showroom…

Global Insurance Firm Embraces Biophilia with Interface Flooring

June 11, 2024

RSA Insurance is one of the world’s longest-standing insurance providers, offering commercial and personal cover to businesses, individuals and families across the globe. RSA prides itself on constantly innovating and improving its offering to meet the needs of its customers and needed its Dublin office to reflect this. The insurance firm turned to flooring manufacturer and global leader in sustainability Interface, alongside ALTU Architects, to revive its 42,000 sq. ft. office space.

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Oliver Heath

As a leading figure in biophilic design, Oliver is working with global modular flooring manufacturer Interface to raise the awareness of the benefits of design inspired by nature. A prominent thinker in the architecture industry and owner of Heath Design Ltd, Oliver is also a writer and TV presenter.

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