Something old, something new...
Published on:27/07/2005
The British Interior Design Association (BIDA) is celebrating a double success this month. This summer saw the creation of the 10th BIDA show house at the Daily Telegraph House & Garden Fair at Olympia. This year’s show house took the theme of ‘Smart Space’ to highlight innovative design and the use of new materials and technology. For the first time, the BIDA show house included an interactive area where visitors could try out a range of interior products from lighting controls to home gym equipment. The room sets were designed by a broad range of BIDA designers from long–standing industry figure, George Bond, to associate members Emma Sims-Hilditch and Cara Louise Cunniff.
As well as having a very positive reception from the public, Smart Space proved extremely successful for those designers and suppliers who took part. Cara Louise Cunniff’s bathroom attracted dozens of leads, including an international project and corporate member Reed Harris Tiles reported that a large percentage of enquires on their own stand was generated from visitors seeing their product in the show house bathroom.
Susan Crewe, editor of House & Garden said, “As ever, the BIDA apartment was one of the most popular and inspiring elements of the Fair. The celebratory 'Smart Space' combined sophisticated interior design with integrated technology and enabled visitors to experience for themselves the fusion of these two elements”.
BIDA’s second celebration is for the instant success of the RIBA/BIDA Form of Appointment for Interior Design Services (ID/05). In today’s increasingly litigious environment, this model contract covers all aspects of an interior designer’s services for a client and has been flying off the RIBA bookshelves. Discussions are already underway for future joint RIBA/BIDA publications.
July 2005 ENDS
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