July '10

assembly hall

We love people who dare to be different - and new media agency collaboration The Assembly do different with a difference!

georgia on my mind

The most comprehensive review of the fabulous festival that was last month's inaugural Clerkenwell Design Week.

word of mouth

It's off to London's famous West End for us, and a look at the new home of digital marketing agency Bigmouthmedia.

mart and craft

What could be better than Chicago in June? We head out to the Windy City to check out the USofA's finest furniture show, NeoCon.

laser class

We bring you the full review - including all the awards winners, leading DJs and laser show - of the recent Mixology 10.

clemens time

Rumours that the furniture market is dead have been greatly exaggerated, and Teknion UK's top man Chris Clemens can prove it.

June '10

present and correct

Two for the price of one as we take a look at specialist installations at the City's One New Change and the West End's Charlotte Building.

all's 'well that ends 'well

The most comprehensive review of the fabulous festival that was last month's inaugural Clerkenwell Design Week.

you can call me al3

Heading out to Switzerland, we take a look at the genesis and development of Girsberger's stunning AL3 seating range.

role models

We're very much back on home soil - Clerkenwell's Morelands to be exact - as we take a tour of Next Model Agency's new facility.

hull's kitchen

We visit Goole's finest, Elite Office Furniture, and take the opportunity to sit and talk with the man behind the brand, MD John Hull.

spot on

We're definitely spoiling you here as we bring a second Focus - this time looking at the development of Okamura's amazing Leopard chair.

May '10

tata source

Tata is one of India's largest and most impressive companies. We look at the fantastic new Uxbridge home of the Group's Beverages division.

super maria

It's been a long time since we spoke with anyone as refreshing as Woods Bagot's Head of Interiors Rosina Di Maria.

the week shall inherit..

Check out our comprehensive guide to this month's inaugural Clerkenwell Design Week. We can't wait.

sweet sixteen

We've got one of the best views in London and clear skies (even clear of planes!) as we visit RGA's high-flying new London home.

wardrobe week

HKS top man Mark Simpson puts the anxieties of getting a flight home behind him and concentrates on bringing us the best of Milan Fair.

dublin up

Following on from our review of BNY Mellon's Canary Wharf home, we take a look at the bank's latest project in Dublin.

jeremy spoke

We travelled to Bolton to spend some time with Jeremy Bennett, head of Imperial Office Furniture and tropical fish expert.

April '10

medal detector

We headed to Charlotte Street in the heart of London to visit the new home of the British Olympic Association and find out more about the organisation's role in preparing and supporting Team GB.

the reel neel

InterfaceFLOR's Georgia-born Senior VP Sales and Marketing for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India and wannabe bull rider, Neel Bradham took time out to give us his reflections on life on the other side of the pond.

gene genies

We took a jaunt from Mix Towers to Chesterford Research Park, near Cambridge to visit Illumina's 42,000 sq ft HQ and the people behind it.

crossin' blackwell

We travelled to Surrey to spend a thoroughly enjoyable few hours in the company of Bisley's Sales of Marketing Director, Richard Blackwell.

springer's in the air

We made the short trip to Gray's Inn Road to visit the London workspace of global scientific, technical and medical publisher, Springer.

state of the union

We crossed the Severn Bridge and headed to Cardiff to visit the headquarters of the Welsh Rugby Union located at the city's Millennium Stadium.

March '10

'mark of quality

Landmark Plc is considered by many to be the best 'boutique operator' in the business centre industry offering stunning office environments in beautiful buildings. We headed to the City of London to visit Landmark's latest addition.

fearon rolling

We travelled to St Martin's Court to chat with Peter Fearon-Brown Building Consultancy Director for CB Richard Ellis - the world's largest commercial real estate services firm.

surface elevators

As you know, we do like sourcing new product innovations and therefore we were in our element at the recent Surface Design Show held at the BDC.

gods put a smile upon your face

We headed to Radar Design's HQ in east London to meet David Williams and Roger Carr and discuss the duo's Appollo and Pegasus table ranges developed for Boss Design.

luminairy

We dined with Jason Thawley and took the opportunity to 'grill' the British eco-designer and creator of Paviom's brilliant Lofoot lighting.

you raise me up

Clerkenwell's very own auction house, The Gate, hosted the 7th annual Mix Do Charity auction.

February '10

hotel inspector

We are not letting up when it comes to bringing you the planet's biggest and brightest brands as we head to Buckinghamshire to tour IHG's new global head office.

nota bene

We travel to Vienna to meet Bene supremo and discuss the result of the company's collaboration with PearsonLloyd: the PARCS range.

brand turismo

We visit Forbo Flooring Systems to find out how the company has handled the amalgamation of several leading flooring brands.

suite disposition

We head into the heart of the City of London's financial area to view the Jaguar of serviced office facilities owned by Esselco.

capitol idea

Fast growing home delivery specialists Hermes outgrew their previous home so we journeyed to Leeds to meet Europe's leader in the market sector and give their new HQ the once over.

sparkling water

With sales of £2 billion and a FTSE100 listing United Utilities is a major organisation by any standards and as we discovered on a trip to Warrington, have office facilities to match.

January '10

special agent

We head to Clerkenwell to explore the offices of that most unique, cool, carefully considered and of course, provocative of brands, Agent Provocateur.

johnny b: good

We chat with former Formula One racing driver, 7th Marquess of Bute and Chairman of the high quality fabric manufacturer, John Bute.

winter palace

Manchester's majestic Palace Hotel hosted Mixology North for the first time and proved an instant hit with our guests. Here's a chance to review the evening for anyone whose memory may have, 'faded'...

phone number

We return to London to visit the London HQ of TalkTalk and find a space which does full justice to the company's status as a leading provider of home broadband and phone service.

livingstone, i presume

We're consistently impressed by the quality of speakers and debates on offer at The Surface Design Show and this preview of the 2010 proves this year is no exception

avon calling

We packed up our wagon and headed west to visit the new Bristol offices of leading national property consultants GVA Grimley.

November '09

you got the look

New Look is one of the most dynamic young brands in fashion. We visit the equally stylish and fresh new headquarters.

hall monitor

We chat with Clive Hall – one of the Directors who have helped BDGworkfutures become one of the leading practices in the UK.

black's & gold

We head into London’s exclusive Mayfair to visit the fantastic new home of that most exclusive of chocolate brands – Green & Black’s.

barber exchange

With Mixology North almost upon us, it’s appropriate that we chat with TSK’s influential Design Director Martin Barber-Redmore.

chancery reign

We’re back in London, and in the legal centre that is Chancery Lane to look at the quite brilliant new offices of The Berkeley Partnership.

bicester brightside

We’ve probably never visited a space where function is so key; we look at the new operations centre of the South Central Ambulance Service.

open and shut case

Norwich is our final destination for 2009 as we take a look at Open – a new youth facility with a genuine X Factor.

October '09

guardian angle

Read all about it – sorry, couldn’t resist. We visit the Mixology award winning new home of Guardian News & Media.

life through a lens

We speak with the top man behind one of the country’s top companies. The man is Steve Elliott and the company is Morgan Sindall.

a brief history of tyne

Heading north, we visit Newcastle’s latest architectural wonder; the quite remarkable new city library.

ten out of 100

Bored of show reviews? Well, we’ve made things easy by giving you just the best of the best from the recent 100% Design.

mark of distinction

It’s about time we got this fella profiled. We sit and chat with Mixology judge and HKS Interiors top man Mark Simpson.

cross trainer

Back in the capital, we take a look around the new vibrant and brilliant Malvern House language school facility in King’s Cross.

September '09

five star

We take a look at the fantastic BCO award winning scheme for Superbrand Microsoft.

beastall boy

Seeing as his firm wins more Mixology awards than they can carry, it's about time we spoke with TP Bennett co-chairman Richard Beastall.

devon cream

We head off to London's Tavistock Square to see the brilliant new home of leading PR agency Cohn & Wolfe.

on call

Focus: we take a look at the story behind the development of Wilkhahn's groundbreaking ON seating range.

local news

Local council offices have certainly changed. For the better. Just ask the staff at the London Borough of Newham. We take the guided tour.

diamonds and earls

We bring you a comprehensive preview of one of the industry's must-see events - 100% Design.

dental as anything

Smiles all round as we take a real shine to the stunning new home of Advanced Dental Seminars & Practice.

cathays specific

We travel to Cardiff University to take a look around its stunning Trevithick Library facility.

July '09

new york's cosmos

More than just a case study, we discover the design strategy behind one of the world's leading institutions - The Bank of New York Mellon.

want that one

Some business thrive even through economic downturns. Wantdontwant is one such company. We talk with Director Adrian Preston.

sexual healing

If you have a predetermined idea of a NHS interior, take a look at 56 Dean Street - the next generation sexual health clinic.

morales booster

The full pictorial story of the industry's biggest and best night out - our very own Mixology.

power of one

We sit and listen to the inspirational story of David Gilbert - the self-made founder of Powerdesk.

chicago bare

Oh well, another trip to bloomin' Chicago is in store as we take a look at the latest innovations to be unearthed at NeoCon.

land ahoy

We take a guider tour of the bright and frankly quite brilliant new headquarters of Land Securities.

June '09

cisco fever

We take a look at the brilliant funky and cost-effective scheme for Cisco, one of the world's largest organisations.

the man who rocks...

Michael Braungart is very possibly the most important man in design manufacturing. We speak exclusivley to the Doctor.

regards to broadway

Leading advertising agency Billington Cartmell allows us to take a look around its fantastic Fulham home.

prima consciousness

As ever, we bring you a comprehensive review of this important three-day Islington event.

into city 125

Back in the City of London, we are given the guided tour of DTZ's brilliant headquarters building.

blackburn rover

We sit and chat with the facinating and exremely likeable Darren Clanford - Creative Director of Burmatex.

rose hip

It doesn't take a great deal of persuasion to get us to head up to Leeds. We take a look at Leeds Metropolitan University Business School, the city's latest fantastic educational facility.

old school

We borrow an hour or so of Wallis Office Furniture MD Tony Old's valuable time.

May '09

personal effect

We take a look at the quite remarkeble new offices of leading City law firm Taylor Wessing

talking italian

Grant Gibson packs his bags for us once again and takes in the sights, sounds and smells of the recent Milan fair.

karen language

Not only is Karen Warner one of the best, she's also one of the nicest people we've met in this industry. We chat with the leading marketeer.

design pri-view

get yourselves ready for another assult on Islington as the Design Prima circus rolls into town

stills life

We chat with the facinating Chris Carpenter - the creative brains behind the brilliant Stills Design.

management sweet

We take an in-depth look at Cranfield Management Research Institute - the latest impressive facility at the forward-thinking Cranfield School of Management.

April '09

class and a half

Heading up to the famous Bournville site, we take a look around the fantastic new Cadbury headquarters.

RS turbo

Arup’s Rebecca Stewart tells us about her varied career to date, including her time with both Ford and Aston Martin.

rouble shooter

We avoid the G20 protest barricades and visit the awesome new City home of leading Russian bank VTB Capital.

stef records

Stef Kranendijk is a top entrepreneur – and a top man with it. We ask the Desso CEO what the future holds.

aim for perfection...

Cradle to Cradle is the hottest thing on the designer’s block right now. We look at how Orangebox has adopted the policy for its latest development.

shipping yarns

We head back to the City of London to take a look at the brilliant new home of specialist shipping organisation Golar.

severn up

We're sent to Coventry - in the nicest possible way - as we view the new experimental facility of water company Severn Trent.

March '09

dress shirt

We take a look at the brilliant, unique scheme recently completed in Leipzig for clothing company Spreadshirt.

ken commandments

With the economy teetering, we ask Gensler's Ken Baker how he's helping steer the ship through these rought waters.

to the four?

Staying with leading design companies, we take a tour of HKS' fantastic new London home.

the real deal

It's been a while since we've been in the City of London. We return to take a look at the ING Real Estate facility.

the guns of navarre

We speak to the man behind the a fast emerging brand from a fast emerging nation - Dynamobel MD Alfredo Troyas.

lovin' understanding

Focus: last year we took a look at the incredible Halliwells development in Manchester. now we take an in-depth look at the process behind it.

copier cats

We visit a company who knows a thing or two about gadgetry - Konica Minolta - and take a guided tour of the company's new home.

raiser lights

A big thankyou to everyone involved and a pictorial review of the recent Mix Do 09 charity auction

Feburary '09

relations ship

Recently dubbed 'the office of the future', we take a tour of the stunning new London offices of leading PR company Edelman.

peters' borough

We chat to CBS and MADE double agent and all-round good guy Peter Bosson - the man known in some circles as 'the creative one'.

cable guys

It's off to the most royal country of Berkshire for us, as we take a look around the bright and brilliant new Bracknell home of Cable & Wireless.

at your surface

We bring you the most comprehensive review of BDC's recent Surface Design Show you'll find this side of the moon!

gate ways

Edinburgh's Waverly Gate is the new Scottish home of little known SME Microsoft (yes, that is sarcasm!). We take a look at this amazing facility.

gospel of mark

China, market trends, technology innovations and much more is disscussed at length as we talk with Muraspec MD Mark Costello.

kings of e.on

We pay a visit to the Enfield Power Station - now the impressive new home of energy giant E.ON.

January '09

hair to the throne

We train it up to the fine city of Leeds to take a look at the fantastic new headquarters of hair styling products specialist ghd.

koehl face

We chat with one of the coolest young designers around, and collaborator with the stars of design, Angelika Seeschaaf.

ec one

Bristol is our latest destination as we take a tour of the market leading build assest consultancy EC Harris' new facility.

northern rocks

We take a look back at all the glitz, glamour and gongs that made Mixology North 2008 a night to remember. Even if you can't!

max factor

A hop over to Milan takes us to the door of leading Italian industrial designer Max Pajetta - and he's more than happy to chat with us.

studio lines

Back in London, we visit the new Hammersmith studio of achitecture and design practice MWA+D.

bonjour surface

With a wider selection of exhibitors and products than ever before, the Surface Design Show is a must-visit. We bring you the preview.

November '08

values added

A new standard of office space has been set in Liverpool by leading law firm DWF. We're on Merseyside to investigate.

by royal appointment

Roger Croft meets with one of the countrys' best known specifiers - Swanke Hayden Connell Associate Diana Monkhouse

axis all areas

We visit The Axis in Nottingham - the impressive new home of the Driving Standards Agency.

daisy duke

Brian Daisy knows a thing or two about succeeding despite a recession. We chat with the man who started and runs the Frem group.

embody talk

The publisher makes us re-live the five days of 'networking' and furniture that is Orgatec. Here's the most comprehensive review you'll see anywhere.

eoos full

Still in Colonge, we visit the Bene stand at Orgatec and chat with the brilliant Viennese design team EOOS.

willing and label

Back in London, we head to Euston for a look at the fantastic new offices of leading branded packaging design agency LFH.

October '08

gold standard

We take a look at the award-winning new Surrey home of leading technology comany Siemens.

the frost report

Trendy Hoxton is our desination as we chat with leading brand and graphic design firm Frost Design's Vince Frost.

the future's bright

Back out in the beautiful home counties, we take the tour of the impressive new Future Electronics facility.

heaven cent

now in it's 14th year, we bring you a full review of the Earls Court extravaganza that is 100% Design.

royals servant

We sit and chat with Nick Fletcher - Managing Director of the impressive Harmsen Group and loyal Reading FC supporter.

fresh tracks

We head into the great city of Cardiff to see the new headquarters of leading PR and marketing company Freshwater.

bok's of tricks

Karen Tranter runs the sucessful FileWorks company. We grab an hour or so of the South African entrepreneur's valuable time.

weak end

The assorted hosts of Designers Saturday put on quite a display, and the sun shone throughout. So did the specifiers also come out to play?

September '08

scouse and home

George Baily visits the European Capital of Culture - Liverpool, of course - to view the new home of law firm Hill Dickinson.

withnell and i

We stay in the north of England to meet up with the dynamic first lady of Nethercoats, Jacqui Withnell.

medicene show

Across the water and into Ireland we go to visit the incredible new and technologically advanced home of pharmaceutical company Wyeth.

bitte sweet symphony

We bring you a full 12-page preview of Cologne's forthcoming Orgatec fair; complete with new products, quotes and an exclusive or two.

king of the castle

Continuing our tour of the UK and Ireland, we head off to Cardiff to see the amazing new facilities of leading care home D&B firm Castleoak.

earls aloud

September means showtime, and we bring you a comprehensive preview of leading contemporary show 100% Design

when saturday comes

Now here's a genuine exclusive for you. We sit and discuss the forthcoming Designers Saturday with, wait for it, all 11 colaborators at once.

reading festival

Heading in to Birmingham we hear the remarkable story behind the remarkable facility that is Handsworth Community Library.

coming of age

Completeing our event preview special, we take a look at what Kortrijk's Interieur might well conjure up for its 21st birthday.

July '08

the real deal

We take a look at the fantasic new london home of leading property devlopment and investment company Hemmerson.

welcome matt

Heading to trendy Shoreditch, we speak with Buckley Gray Yeoman's personable Director Matt Yeoman

research lights

Staying in the Capital, we take a plesant stroll through Borough to look at the striking new home of leading research agency Synovate.

hella good

The full review of last month's amazing Mixology 08 - which featured superstar DJs Roger Sanchaez and Joey Negro.

all quiet...

The halls of the Merchandise Mart where unusually quiet at this year's NeoCon. We head to Chicago to review north America's premier show.

alexi's tale

We speak to Alexi Marmot - one of the leading figures of evidence-based design in the country.

fringe thinking

The festival might be making all the news in Edinburgh, but Freddie Steele is far more interested in looking at the Edinburgh College of Art for us.

manifest destiny

Bristol is our desination as we pay a visit to see John Sulzmann, MD of the innovative Artworks Solutions.

June '08

a cunning plan

We take a look at the amazing new Pall Mall home of high planning consultancy DP9.

short story

Modus Group continues to rise above its D&B counterparts. We talk with company's Matthew Short to foind out how to do it.

space ship

Nothing beats a walk along the South Bank of the Thames. We take a stroll into Sea Containers House and discover a fantastic new office project.

moving on upper

We bring you the biggest and most comprehensive review of the recent Design Prima show in Islington.

beautiful south

It's been a while since we visited southhampton. The coast is our destination however as we take a tour of Skandia UK's impresive HQ.

university challenge

Due west, we take a trip to Cardiff to see the remarkable new facility at the University of Glamorgan.

tiles of the unexpected

We bring you a preview of the Tile & Stone Show, which returns to ExCel at the end of this month with a number of exciting new features.

May '08

spinning tops

Back in the Mix spiritual homeland of Manchester, we take a look at Halliwells awsome new Springfields home

simon le bon

Roger Croft meets up with old friend Simon Jackson - Gensler Principal and all-round top man.

fair and just

We talk to InterfaceFLOR about the flooring giants' latest socially responsible programmme, Just.

business as usual

As ever, we bring you the most comprehensive Design Prima preview you'll see soutside our own Prima Guide!

the new order

Still enjoying the sights and sounds Manchester, we pay a visit to the latest innovations to leading law firm Cobbetts' workplace portfolio.

original gansters

We take a look at the much talked about subject of copying in design. we got the idea from this other magaz...only kidding!

the webb master

Roger Webb is one of the most prolific UK product designers in our sector. We sit and chat with the man himself.

carnevale

Grant Gibson takes a look at the hottest innovations and trends to come out of this years Milan Fair.

district lines

We're in picturesque Gainsborough to see the impressive new working facilities of West Lindseys District Council.

April '08

medical marvel

We take a trip to Burgess hill and look at the fantastic new home of Roche Diagnostics.

bo derek

Now making waves with Dovetail, we meet up with prolific product designer Derek Treadwell.

rio grande

Having looked at the new offices of hydrogen Energy last month, we now visit the impressive working environment of parent company Rio Tinto.

tile council

A doy out in Glasgow beckons, and a tour of Precelanosa's brilliant new showroom and office facilities.

lyon heart

We meed up with Rodolphe Wittlin, Bonar Floors' charismatic and determined new Head of Sales and Marketing.

winds of change

We focus on the process behind The Breeze - Mixology North Company of the year Claremont Group Interiors' new facility.

house of stewart

2iQ is a company on the move. Top man Stewart Colborne tells us why and how.

upper class

We head into sunny Islington to look around the recent Surface Design Show. And Well impressed we are too.

March '08

ten storey love song

We head up to the fine city of Liverpool to critique the brilliant, forward-thinking new home of Brabners.

northern exposure

Mark Eltringham braves the chill of Stockholm in Febuary to bring us a review of the Furniture Fair.

back to the future

With converstation at the forefront of minds right now, we couldn't have picked a better time to meet Artillery top man David Back.

spanish ayes

It snowed last time we visited Madrid's Ofitec exhibition. Would there be a sunnier outlook in 2008. Read on.

energy boost

We return to Weybridge's historic Brooklands site and take a look around the impressive new Hydrogen Energy Facility.

sheikh, rattle n' roll

While Eltringham braves the sub-zero temperaturs of Sweden for us, we sun it up in style at Dubai's eye-opening Office Show.

kley models

We meet with leading Dutch product designer - and the man behind much of Artifort's recent success - Michiel van Der Kley.

revel yell

Continuting our tour of nations, we head to Newport, Wales to see the smart new facilities of Yell.

bill of rights

Back in good old Clerkenwell, we sit and talk with the man known as Mr Milliken - Bill Latham.

February '08

brighton rocks

Enjoying a bracing trip to Brighton, we take a look around the Study Group's brilliant new Study Centre educational facility.

greco wrestling

there are few bigger characters in the design industry than Forme UK Director Franco Greco. We sit back and enjoy the chat.

boyes don't cry

Leading Welsh practice Boyes Rees talks us through its relocation from Newport to Cardiff.

wordsmith

There's been plenty of talk about the future of the Samas brand in the UK. Following the recent MBO, Paul Smith tells us whats really happening.

prime and reason

The intrepid Roger Croft heads up to Worcester to visit the impressive new facility of Prime Plc.

geneva convention

Focus on the incredible furniture design and specification programme undertaken by Macay + Partners for Merck Serono's Geneva HQ.

magic number

We take a look at the redesign of the corporate headquarters of Numerical Algorithms Group in Oxford

wheres there's a will...

We bring you a comprehensive preview of next months Islington-bound Surface Design Show.

January '08

laud of the wings

We take off for Gatwick Airport and fly around the fantasic new South Terminal refurbishment.

philosophy

Phil Hutchinson is one of the most respected people in the UK market. We speak with BDGworkfutures Joint Managing Director.

ball skills

We take a fond look back at the amazing November night in Manchester that was the inaugrual Mixology North.

far from conservative

Leading architectural firm ERP has recently relocated to Millbank. We visit the Tory Party's new neighbours.

'case of 'well being

In this month's Focus, we look at Steelcase's recent move into Clerkenwell and, of course, the Pearson Lloyd designed showspace itself.

pompey chimes

We head don to the South Coast to learn the story bbehind Portsmouth University's incredible nwew library facility.