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Exceptional experience: Basha Franklin crafts scheme for Myo with tailored glazed partition package from Radii.

Radii collaborates with Basha Franklin for Myo.

Colour psychology in practice: Designing inclusive commercial environments.

Crown Paints: Colour psychology in practice.

4 views from Gensler on EDIB marking International Women's Day.

IWD: 4 views from Gensler.

Behind the Delivery: How do you balance sustainability, tenant needs & viability?

Behind the Delivery: Landsec & Fletcher Priest.

Interiors for LSE Robeson House - a home for global minds - completed by Jasper Sanders + Partners.

LSE Robeson House by Jasper Sanders + Partners.

Making Matters now open at our MCR Studio.

Martyn Evans, creative director, Landsec, on authentic places, understanding people & why storytelling is everything.

Martyn Evans, creative director, Landsec.

Workplace: What is it 6-years after Covid?

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Workplace: What is it 6-years after Covid?

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Karndean Designflooring launches new acoustic format, bringing quiet confidence to shared residential spaces.

Karndean Designflooring: New acoustic format.

Fabric brands to explore in 2026 at Material Source Studio.

Fabric brands at Material Source Studio.

Candy colour and curves for Nodi ceramics studio & workshop by Franz Brannaschk.

Nodi ceramics studio by Franz Brannaschk.

First look: Flexible Business Interiors delivering fit out for Protector Insurance expansion.

Flexible Business Interiors x Protector Insurance.

Milliken launches actionable guide to designing a neuro-inclusive workplace.

Milliken: Guide to the neuro-inclusive workplace.

Intervallo by Hannah Drakeford Design celebrates the art of the aperitivo.

Intervallo by Hannah Drakeford Design.

Agua provides rich, textural fabric selection for Tricorn Cafe by DP Designs.

Agua Fabrics: Tricorn Cafe by DP Designs.

Love Made Us Do It: How Sheila Bird Studio fell for 24–26 Lever Street, twice.

Love Made Us Do It: Sheila Bird on Lever Street.

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Making Matters Exhibition - 2nd-26 March (walk-in)

Manchester

Making Matters Exhibition - 2nd-26 March (walk-in)

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Redefining risk, resilience & regeneration

Glasgow

Redefining risk, resilience & regeneration

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Playing the Long Game in Design

London

Playing the Long Game in Design

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Neurodiversity Week: Karndean CPD Roadshow

Glasgow

Neurodiversity Week: Karndean CPD Roadshow

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Manchester Architectural Walking Tour

Manchester

Manchester Architectural Walking Tour

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EDI & Belonging: Culture or place?

Glasgow

EDI & Belonging: Culture or place?

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Neurodiversity Week: Karndean CPD Roadshow

Manchester

Neurodiversity Week: Karndean CPD Roadshow

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Making Matters: Casting Workshop with Maz Weineck

Manchester

Making Matters: Casting Workshop with Maz Weineck

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Making Matters Festival Day: In The Making

Manchester

Making Matters Festival Day: In The Making

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Sound bath experience

London

Sound bath experience

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Terrarium making for designers with Interplan & Benholm

Glasgow

Terrarium making for designers with Interplan & Benholm

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Circular Mixer - Glasgow

Glasgow

Circular Mixer - Glasgow

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Easter Wreath Making

London

Easter Wreath Making

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CPD: Colour Insights 2026/26 - Manchester

Manchester

CPD: Colour Insights 2026/26 - Manchester

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CPD: Colour Insights 2025/26 - London

London

CPD: Colour Insights 2025/26 - London

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CPD: Colour Insights 2025/26 - Glasgow

Glasgow

CPD: Colour Insights 2025/26 - Glasgow

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Monthly Book Club

Manchester

Monthly Book Club

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Acoustics reimagined

Manchester

Acoustics reimagined

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Louise Emmott, founder & MD, Kingsdene on becoming Chair of WiP NW, mid-market demand, and being heard.

Interview: Louise Emmott, Kingsdene & WiP NW.

Parkside Architectural Tiles bolsters flexible Nesite Raised Access Flooring range.

Nesite Raised Access Flooring from Parkside.

EDIB: What does beyond bare minimum look like?

EDIB: What does beyond bare minimum look like?

Making Matters: AiM & Manchester Society of Architects bring acclaimed exhibition to our Manchester Studio.

Manchester Studio: Making Matters with AiM & MSA.

6 furniture brands to explore in 2026 at Material Source Studio Manchester.

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6 furniture brands to explore in 2026 at Material Source Studio Manchester.

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BIM-ready hardware: Consort makes a leap for construction specification.

BIM-ready hardware from Consort.

What do specifiers need to know about the ISO TS 17870-3:2023 standard for porcelain facades?

ISO TS 17870-3:2023: What should you know?

Jenny McVey, director of Ingo Interiors on re-visiting The Place for Yorkshire Housing.

Jenny McVey, Ingo Interiors on The Place, Leeds.

EDIB: Too complex, or just considerate design?

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Wedge transforms quartz sand into enduring, digitally fabricated pieces of furniture.

Wedge fabricates 3D printed furniture from sand.

Russwood's Timber & Taste event explored how materiality can support Scotland’s transition to low carbon design.

Russwood Timber & Taste event: Low carbon design.

Cigarette filters, shells, and hair extensions will all be transformed for Green Grads London.

Green Grads London: Transformation for the future.

Russwood on five things you may not know about timber cladding.

Russwood: Timber cladding.

Future Materials Library™ launches at Material Source Studio.

Future Materials Library™ launches.

Future Materials Library™: How do we define sustainability?

Future Materials Library: Defining sustainability.

Surfacing by Heather Gibson: Ceramic stoneware rooted in materiality and memory.

Surfacing by Heather Gibson, County Hall Pottery.

Graduate spotlight: Milly Vine, bio-based textile design.

Graduate spotlight: Milly Vine, bio-based design.

Bespoke door designs and high-end office partitions by Radii for Goodwin Procter.

Radii bespoke solutions for Goodwin Procter.

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