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Lauren Holmes

  • Beautiful surfaces that work hard

    Drawing on its 20 year-expertise in the stone industry and responding head on to current trends in work surface design, CRL Stone offers porcelain and quartz surfaces. Continue Reading

  • ArtSiO gallery organized first ever under water exhibition of crystal sculptures

    ArtSiO gallery in cooperation with Crystal Caviar company and prominent Czech glass artist Mr. Vlastimil Beránek organized first ever under water exhibition of Bohemian crystal sculptures. The exhibition for divers happened for the first time in Mediterranean Sea near the place called Punta Negra in Mallorca at the end of June 2017. The name of common project is „Protect the fragility“ and the main goal of this exhibition is to point out to the fragility of the ocean environment and as well as fragility of glass and tradition of glass craftsmanship. Continue Reading

  • Alice James: At the cutting edge of the textile industry

    The first rolls of Alice James fabric have hit the virtual shelves and are already proving popular with discerning interior designers and high-end upholsterers. The website launch brings a family-owned company, with history dating back to the founding fathers of the textile industry, right into the 21st century. Continue Reading

  • Hereford is celebrating its blacksmithing heritage

    Hereford is celebrating its blacksmithing heritage with a new design led event in the city centre, Ferrous 2017, which starts on Friday 20th October 2017. In its inaugural year Ferrous2017 will see two major exhibitions of contemporary blacksmithed works Continue Reading

  • Corian® in Deep Nocturne sets the scene for a stylish retail experience at Victoria Gate and Victoria Quarter in Leeds

     

    How do you make a strong yet elegant and cohesive design statement that will connect a historic Victorian arcade with a modern retail setting? This was a key challenge for Object Space Place, the architects commissioned to create landlord furniture and kiosks for the Victoria Gate and Victoria Quarter shopping centres in Leeds. In the search for contemporary yet timeless materials and finishes, Corian® became a key solution to forming welcoming yet robust installations. Continue Reading

  • Kingston’s new DoubleTree Hilton welcomes LED filament lighting

    Efficient lighting technology reduces energy and maintenance costs without compromising on style

    The DoubleTree, an upmarket 146 bedroom Hilton hotel located on the edge of the town offers stylish and contemporary accommodation, state of the art conference facilities and the hotel’s signature restaurant, Hawkers Bar and Brasserie, which is themed around Kingston’s extensive aviation history.  It is an Art Deco-inspired area with an open-plan kitchen and an enclosed outside dining terrace. Continue Reading

  • Smart becomes mobile

    The smart home becomes mobile: with the Jung KNX Smart Visu Server, the occupants control their intelligent home via smart devices.

    Smart Visu Server – simple visualisation for the smart home with the Smart Visu Server from Jung, it is possible to implement KNX functions both quickly and cost-effectively. It is operated via the Smart Visu Home user interface with its clear design. Continue Reading

  • Unique Calacatta from COMPAC – Perfection of the soul

    The beauty of the purest white quartz contrasts with dark, sinuous veins, giving rise to an elegance and luminosity like never before.

    This innovative worksurface from COMPAC makes it possible to decorate homes, apartments, hotels, restaurants, bars and public spaces with elegant overall compositions that transmit serenity and harmony imbued with personality and style. Continue Reading

  • London Design Museum Chooses MEROFORM M6 for Display Walls

    The California: Designing Freedom exhibition at the Design Museum has sought to chart the development and global impact of Californian-based design on the modern world, with the theme of personal liberation and communal freedom that has lay at its heart as far back as the 1960s.

    Exhibition designer, Brian Studak, recognised that the simple lines and spheres of the Meroform M6 System had an obvious connection to the displayed geodesic dome of famous architect and designer, Buckminster Fuller.  It’s slender contemporary look, versatility in form and structure, and attractive glossy white finish proved ideal in providing dividing wall structures and signage support in keeping with the overall theme of the exhibition.

     

     

     

    Manufactured in Germany and sold exclusively by SystemsXL in the UK, this aesthetically pleasing and versatile system is available in polished chrome, satin and bold colours, and is customisable to suit specific design intention. There are many extra components available to extend its capabilities and usefulness, including ring nodes, fabric tensioners, LED panels, stainless steel cables and adjustable feet.

     

     

     

     

    As well as being used for open space frames, it is very useful in forming structural frames for custom designed cabinets and reception counters.  Several of these are illustrated in the accompanying photos, together with examples of glass tables and pedestals.

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    And if the M6 system is too small for your next project, why not check out its larger and equally stylish siblings: M12 Plus and M12 Midi Systems.

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