Category Archives: Interior Design

Divide and Rule!

It has become evident in today’s globalised, highly competitive market that innovation is at the centre of business growth and development. Being open to innovation doesn’t solely imply making use of the new technologies available, but also entails re-defining the roles and responsibilities of the various parts involved in the process of interior design. According to Health and Safety Executive, an interior designer is defined as “an organisation or individual whose work involves preparing or modifying designs for construction projects, or arranging for, or instructing, others to do this.” In principle, anyone who specifies and alters designs as part of their work is classified as a “designer”.

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Using Copper in Interior Design

Using metal in interior design has been a tradition dating back to medieval times, and there has been a flurry of trends ever since – silver at the turn of the last century, chrome in the '20s, Brutalist metalwork of the '70s, and gold and brass in the 80s. But never has metal been as versatile as it is today — appearing in furniture, lamps, accessories, but also wallpapers, fabrics and even flooring.

London interior designer René Dekker, has incorporated the use of copper in his stunning interior designs, and adores the warmth and subtlety of tone that it can convey within a scheme. It can bring glamorous accents or create striking centrepieces to transform modern interiors from stylish to stunningly elegant.

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