December 27, 2018
It is now recognised that we spend 90 percent of our time inside buildings. And yet often, too little attention is paid to what buildings really have on people. However, says Sustainability Provocateur Martin Brown, we are seeing a real increase in interest and application of biophilia, biophilic design and connecting with nature to create…
December 19, 2018
Can waste be turned into a source of wealth? Yes. According to more than 80 business, government and academia leaders who have made a Waste to Wealth Commitment to help collectively double the UK’s resource productivity and reduce avoidable waste by 2030. At the recent Waste to Wealth Summit in London, HRH The Prince of…
December 4, 2018
When we began this journey to renovate what has since become Base Camp, one of the biggest questions we faced was how to create a collaborative and inspiring space for our designers. In continuation of our blog series on the construction of Interface’s new global headquarters, this post features a behind-the-scenes look at the environment…
November 29, 2018
Biophilic Design interventions play a key role within many hospitality spaces. They can help us to relax, sleep better and feel happier – so much so that we’re willing to pay significantly more for a room with a high presence of biophilia (even if we don’t realise that that’s what we’re paying for!) A room…
November 20, 2018
When it comes to buildings and interior spaces, sustainability efforts should be about more than just minimising our negative impact, but exploring how to have a positive impact on our planet.
November 15, 2018
At Interface, we want our surroundings to reflect who we are as a company, with a healthy blend of our personalities, passions and products. In designing our global headquarters, we took this approach to new levels by considering our customers, a critical audience, in our decision making.
November 1, 2018
Pre-Fall, End of Summer. Whatever you call this transitional time of year, it’s a major moment for fashion, art and design. Throughout the months of August and September, fashion weeks are staggered in major cities around the globe, followed by Paris Design Week, Maison & Objet, the London Design Festival and the increasingly fascinating Frieze…
October 23, 2018
Corporations around the world are taking dramatic actions to impact our climate. More ambitious than ever, the focus goes way beyond reducing our carbon footprint, pushing for net zero emissions and even becoming carbon negative. States and regions, cities, businesses and investors are leading the charge on pushing down global emissions by 2020, setting the…
October 18, 2018
An Interview with Kari Pei, product designer Louis Kahn famously told his students to interrogate their materials for design inspiration. The modernist architect would phrase this advice as hypothetical dialogue: “You say to a brick, ‘What do you want, brick?’ And brick says to you, ‘I like an arch.’ And you say to brick, ‘Look,…
October 11, 2018
In the article Using the BRE Biophilic Office Project to Study the Benefits of Biophilic Design published in September 2017, we discussed the aims and objectives of this ground-breaking project and why a comprehensive, credible study was needed.
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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