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Tag: Sustainability

  • Fossilize by Doreen Westphal

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    Doreen Westphal is a designer of East-German origin whose work has a distinct focus on sustainability and the repurposing of materials to create unusual and playful objects. With the Fossilize collection Westphal invites us to think about the changes we make to the world we live in and which of those changes we should keep…

  • John Makepeace – Enriching the Language of Furniture

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    A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing furniture designer and maker John Makepeace about his illustrious career, his involvement in sustainability and education, and his forthcoming exhibition at Somerset House in London. The interview was published today in Inside the monthly newsletter produced by World Interiors News.

  • Sustainable flooring

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    For the January issue of Designer magazine I wrote an article about how the tough economic climate has prompted consumers and specifiers to opt for more long-lasting, better quality flooring products that have a reduced impact on the environment. Flooring manufacturers are stepping up to meet the sustainability challenge and we are now seeing a…