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October 2022: Issue 222
In this issue
Welcome to Mix Interiors issue 222! Inside we explore the notion of home as it relates to commercial interiors, asking in our latest Mix Roundtable: is the ‘homeification’ of the office a positive or a problem? Elsewhere, we speak to ID:SR’s Helen Berresford to discuss designing for people and the practice’s mammoth projects for the BBC and BT, and sit down with Zoe and Layo Paskin - responsible for some of this country’s most celebrated hospitality destinations. For project inspiration, we look inside BBC Studios’ new Bristol HQ from HOK, Clockwise’s latest coworking outpost from Hawkins\Brown, an eco-prototype hotel by Gran Melia and the Mayfair stay that everyone’s talking about, The Twenty Two. In our regular Positive Impact feature, we talk sustainability with Foster + Partners, charting the practice’s role in leading the industry; touch upon the dark side of the metaverse; and look back at London Design Festival, curating the highlights from a bumper year. A big thank you to Ekho Studio and Karndean for this issue’s psychedelic cover artwork - inspired by the post-pandemic creative reset and reflecting the trend ‘random chaos’ using abstract shapes, disjoined patterns and clashing colours.
The logo
“We were thrilled to be involved in this edition’s cover with Karndean, which is a bold and different feel to some of the more muted colour trends to date. Influenced by the 70’s aesthetic and the fluidity of liquid lava lamps to create a fun, colourful and ‘groovy’ design to inspire use of colour.”
The cover
Inspired by the post-pandemic ‘creative reset’, Karndean Designflooring have reflected the trend ‘random chaos’ through the use of abstract shapes, disjoined patterns and clashing colours. Intended to instil a sense of happiness and optimism, the random and abstract nature of the front cover further reflects that flooring designs has no bounds, promoting individuality and endless possibilities.
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A new era for wayfinding design
The way we use spaces is changing — it's time for wayfinding to catch up. Design agency DNCO discusses navigating an evolved time.
08/12/2022
5 min read
Shaping the BBC: in conversation with Sheppard Robson's Helen Berresford
Sheppard Robson’s Partner and Head of ID:SR Helen Berresford discusses shaping the way we see the BBC and creating spaces from the inside out.
06/12/2022
6 min read
Positive Impact: Mike Holland, Foster + Partners
Mike Holland, Foster + Partners' Head of Industrial Design, discusses the practice's pioneering approach to sustainability and its vision for the future.
01/12/2022
5 min read
Gran Melia combines sustainability and luxury at Villa Le Blanc
At Villa Le Blanc, Menorca’s carbon neutral Gran Melia hotel, style and sustainability meet – paving the way for a new vision of conscientious design.
30/11/2022
3 min read
Town and Country: in conversation with the Paskins
Layo and Zoe Paskin discuss the launch of their own creative-collab studio and taking Gleneagles from the Perthshire countryside to Edinburgh.
15/11/2022
5 min read
Mayfair's The Twenty Two invites a fresh, creative crowd
The Natalia Miyar-designed boutique hotel aims to ensnare London’s well-heeled creatives.
08/11/2022
4 min read
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