20 September, 2019
Breathing Life Into Contrasts
With her latest collection, Look Both Ways, Interface VP of Product Design Kari Pei knew she wanted to contribute to spaces where people can function at their best.
Textures, Materials & Patterns
Interface 1 August, 2019
An Interview with David Oakey
David Oakey is known for his sustainable design principles. In the interview he reveals what he associates with the Bauhaus era, what significance people have in interior design and what his vision for the future looks like.
5 June, 2019
What We Saw at Milan Design Week 2019
Milan Design Week is the most influential design showcase of the year – a week-long spectacle overflowing with inspiration and innovation. What’s shown in Milan inspires and evolves over the next 12 months into new products, colour direction, merchandising and styling.
Gretchen Wagner 13 March, 2019
Spotlight on Scandinavian Design
Design shows like SFF are of course mechanisms for companies to showcase their latest products, hottest trends and freshest colour palettes. But more and more, companies are using this arena to talk about how they’re tackling broader design issues such as wellbeing, sustainability and community in the office environment.
Donna Dent 24 January, 2019
Pantone Colour of the Year 2019: Living Coral
After the glitter settles on another year, we step hurriedly into January hoping to leave some habits behind and embrace all things shiny and new. Right on cue, Pantone marks the start to a new year with a new Colour of the Year. In 2019, we are celebrating and surrounding ourselves with the bright and…
1 November, 2018
From London & Paris, With Love — Autumn 2018 Trends Report
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…
18 October, 2018
Materials in Design
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,…
25 September, 2018
Analogue Meets Digital
David Oakey’s latest global collection for Interface, Visual Code, celebrates technology and handcrafted products in that vein.
21 August, 2018
Revaluing Waste Material
By revaluing existing materials and exploring design options using items that others consider to be waste, business can protect its long-term future.
Luca Achilli 20 July, 2018
Colours Clash and Influences Mesh: Design Trends from Clerkenwell to NeoCon
2018 design trends spotted at Clerkenwell Design Week in London and NeoCon in Chicago featured a modern mash-up of both strength and softness. Read more.