Webinar: Ethical Luxury; Interior Designers Leading the Change

Learn how interior designers can be thought leaders and affect change in the industry’s campaign to deliver ethical and sustainable interiors for a healthier and happier future.

What is ethical luxury and how do you achieve it? Join BIID members and professional interior designers, Dee Gibson, Harriet Forde, Henry Prideaux and Brian Woulfe in conversation, as they each discuss their approach to ethical, sustainable design, and how this ethos has permeated their whole practice.   

WHAT TO EXPECT

In our discussion we will be asking our panel the following types of questions as they detail how they met their sustainability goals through four unique projects

• In an ideal world, a design project would run in a circular economy, so how do you start a project and inject these principles?
• How do you measure the ethical/sustainable aspects in your projects?
• Re-defining luxury to be something positive associated with ethical production and mindful/conscious design is a difficult challenge, how have you dealt with your high-end clients to achieve your goals? Has there been any pushback?
• What are your top tips to deliver, source and educate for a sustainable and ethical luxury interior?

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This webinar is open to everyone with an interest in design. BIID members can access this seminar for free, non-members can purchase a ticket for £5 + VAT.

Please forward any questions you would like added to the Q&A for our panel to info@biid.org.uk by Wednesday 4th November 2020.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Dee Gibson
Dee Gibson is an award winning residential interior designer and founder of Velvet Orange, she has nearly 2 decades of experience working with private, residential clients. Her testimonials speak of beautiful, individual, functional designs and an approachable working style and her work showcases sumptuous, luxurious, tactile interiors incorporating individual style relevant to each client. In 2017 Dee built luxury hotel Kalukanda House from scratch using an 'Emotional Design’ approach. Kalukanda House was built with a circular economy in mind and is a recent addition to the Hip Hotel collection, one of only 3 on the island. 

Harriet Forde
Harriet Forde is an experienced interior designer and the founder of London-based practice Harriet Forde Design. Recognised for her work with commercial, hotel and residential clients, she is regularly commissioned to work on projects across the UK, continental Europe, and the Middle East. Harriet is Past President of the BIID and continues to play a key role in the strategic development of the BIID, working on the BIID Council.

Henry Prideaux
Henry Prideaux Interior Design was established in 2014 to provide a personalised interior design service for both private residential clients and commercial projects. Henry honed his skills within some of the industry's most recognised interior design practices and is proud to include Nicky Haslam's NH Design and The Studio at Harrods in his professional repertoire. Henry strives to develop beautiful, original, bespoke design and has a great knowledge of different interior styles, an understanding of space and proportion alongside a sense of good taste.

Brian Woulfe
Brian Woulfe founded multi award-winning London interior design studio Designed by Woulfe. With over a decade’s experience he has overseen projects throughout Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific regions creating modern, classic designs reflecting his intrinsic understanding of the international property market. He is passionate about creating comfortable, luxurious yet playful interiors.

Additional information

Once you have registered for this event, you will be emailed the Zoom Meeting link. 

Prices are not inclusive of VAT

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