January 2020: Issue 200

The 5G mobile technology is all about speed, but it sometimes looks like the super-fast revolution is happening in slo-mo. Tracey Westall, who is helping lead the UK’s biggest 5G trials, tells us it’s picking up speed.

This month, Surface Design Show (SDS) celebrates 15 years of the best surfaces in interior design. Held at London’s Business Design Centre, from 11-13 February 2020, this year the show’s focus is centred around the thought-provoking topic of ‘Close to Home’, which looks beyond aesthetics and into manufacturers’ impact on the environment.

Wellbeing: Why do we continue to value engineer something so priceless? We’re at Assmann’s amazing new Spring Gardens Design Studio in Manchester, where we’ve gathered a brilliant panel of leading designers and developers, together with representatives from our sponsor, Altro.

As you're probably already aware, January 2020 is a rather special issue (happy 20th birthday to us!) We asked an array of the UK's finest interior design firms to contribute to our fantastic commemorative front cover, as well as asking them about their own journeys and stories over the past two decades. 

An awful lot has happened to the interiors world since the inception of Mix Interiors. Here, we've asked a selection of industry friends to tell us their favourite projects, products and major changes in the workplace over the past 20 years.

Willmott Dixon is the leading privately-owned contracting and fit-out group, who have enjoyed another busy and prosperous year. We speak with their Group Chief Executive, Rick Willmott.