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Director and Designer at Spark & Bell Lighting, a B Corp™ certified handmade lighting business based in Brighton, UK
I was going to write out a long post, but Bridie James wrote it so eloquently, I'm going to share her thoughts. What a great day we had in Bournemouth yesterday at the first DAB.UK event on sustainable style in the built environment. Thanks to the organisers, what a great first event, thanks to Roddy Clarke for being an engaging and excellent chair and to the other great speakers, Chloe Bullock, Scott Lewis from The Bide and Summer Obaid. The more we share, the more we inspire, the more we learn, the more we can work in a sustainable, responsible way.
Interior Architectural Designer at Shore Architecture | Sustainable & Wellbeing-focussed Design | Interior Design Declares Steering Group member
Yesterday, Sustainable Style came to Bournemouth - an inspiring afternoon of discussion and networking for professionals across the Design and Build industry. A few take-away for me from the afternoon: MATERIALS Explore alternative materials such as Hemp (flooring & insulation), Cork and re-using resources already created. I’m a huge fan of Spark & Bell’s beautiful lights - many designs from post-consumer waste. HEALTH & WELLBEING Sustainability and wellbeing are intertwined. Materials with a lower environmental impact often release less noxious chemicals and therefore contribute to better air quality in a space. There is more about this inside Chloe’s book Sustainable Interior Design. SCALE Questioning how large an additional space needs to be. 20% smaller space = 20% less embodied carbon. This was illustrated perfectly by Scott - Designer of the beautiful Bide Cabin. MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE It was reassuring to hear that there is no need for sustainable ‘perfection paralysis’, and that the solution for our industry is for many professionals to create ‘small moments of impact’ within our circle of influence in order to create real change. Thank you to my passionate and highly knowledgeable colleagues Chloe Bullock FRSA, BIID Reg ID, BA (hons) and Emer Gillespie from Interior Design Declares along with the brilliantly engaging Roddy Clarke for coming all the way to Bournemouth along with the speakers Scott Lewis from The Bide and Summer Obaid from Abstract House ® The UK’s Most Sustainable Art Gallery. Thank you DAB UK and KTM Design team for a brilliantly organised afternoon. DAB.UK KTM Design Interior Design Declares - UK #sustainableinteriors #sustainabledesign
Experienced care home interior designer. Design consultant with specialist knowledge in dementia and sight loss and the role the built environment plays to support and enable. SBID Professional.
4mo“The more we share, the more we inspire, the more we learn, the more we can work in a sustainable, responsible way.” Absolutely this. I often say similar in healthcare design. There is no room for ego - we are all working towards the same goal. Sharing is so so important.