The Design (Maestro) Dream
For so many, a career in Design is the dream they’ve had their whole life. It might start in your youth, or strike you in your later years but the passion to make things beautiful draws you into an industry that can be competitive and require your own ideas of beauty to be put to … Continued
Milan Design Week- Which trends should you look out for?
SALONE DEL MOBILE – 2022 Design Week, in which ever country you choose to attend it in, is a showcase of the best that the industry has to offer. An exhibition of what trends you’ll be encouraged into trying over the next few years. Trends tend to start in fashion and trickle their way down … Continued
What to expect from an Interior Designer – part 2
From the initial meeting, to the contents of a drawing package, here we give you detailed information about what you can expect to receive when engaging with our studio for your project. These stages and contents will vary depending on the designer and studio, but generally speaking you can look out for plans showcasing … Continued
9 Tips to Keep Your Newly Renovated Space Clean & Tidy
Renovating your home is an exciting process for home improvements. However, the aftermath of dealing with post renovation cleaning can leave you feeling a little deflated. Before you can sit back and relax in your new space, you’ll need to start a post-construction clean. Construction work produces dust and debris that gets into every small … Continued
What to expect from an Interior Designer – part 1
Now let’s be real. Many of you, including professionals in our industry often think of Interior Designers as the ‘cushion fluffers’; the ones that pick the colours, wallpapers and soft furnishings for your home, the ones that prettify spaces with accessories. While true, there is much more than meets the eye, and a lot … Continued
Office design post Covid-19
Offices post covid-19 are changing; How? For the better part of the past year most of us have been working from home; a luxury or a hinderance? Whilst most of us have enjoyed the ease at which working from home invites, a number of people are desperate to get back into the office, … Continued
Patterns in Design
Design, whether it’s on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It’s mixing different colours, different textures, and unexpected patterns – elements that you wouldn’t often put together in an interesting way. Pattern crosses over many different mediums when it comes in interior design. Patterns can be seen in the … Continued
Milan 2018 Review
FRESH FROM MILAN – SALONE DEL MOBILE REVIEW 2018 Sunshine and heat welcomed us at the start to a spectacular week in Milan. Arriving early for the press previews on Monday was the best strategy to enjoy uninterrupted views of the key exhibitors before the crowds descended. With a record number of visitors, about 430,000 … Continued
LDF 2017 Review
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL Now that the London Design Festival (LDF) has completed for 2017, we can take a look back and review what we saw. There were several new exhibitors such as Iona Crawford from Glasgow showing colourful textile and ceramic collections. LDF consists of several stand-alone events all over London for its duration. This … Continued
Tile Trends
In the Spring I had the pleasure of being invited to the tile empire of Domus in South West London, for a very inspirational talk on ‘Emerging Tile Trends’. I felt the talk was extremely relevant for us in our day-to-day designing life but also because we have designed tiles in the past for Artesia … Continued
Peckham – Our Home!
Our new home. We are proud to be able to say that we have moved to Peckham! We have settled in and we can’t get enough of the area. Here is a run down of the very best of Peckham. Peckham is a bustling area of southeast London, a place that has as many different … Continued
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016
During an ordinary week in London every year, the doors of Clerkenwell are flung open for the masses to celebrate the visionary triangle at Clerkenwell Design Week. Situated at the edge of the east end, Clerkenwell is a home of creative businesses and architects, the most per square metre than anywhere else in the world. … Continued
Planning Permission vs Building Control Regs…
It’s not the most exciting subject I know, but it is a crucial topic of conversation that needs to be had every time a client is looking to have something more complex than a decorative overhaul. It is generally recognised that some form of consent is needed for building work and/or … Continued
My visit to Refin
Last month, I was kindly invited to visit Refin Ceramics at their factory in Modena. We have worked with them on a number of projects already and have been very impressed with their original ideas, quality, service, friendly attitude and overall approach. So it seemed like the natural step to take to further strengthen our … Continued
Trend report May: Milan ’13
Throughout the next few months Matteo Bianchi Studio will take you through prominent trends for 2013 straight from Milan From the 8th of April throughout the week at Salone del Mobile, the world famous and leading design week in Milan, Matteo Bianchi studio explored all there was to offer in the up and coming design … Continued