Multi Story Thinking

First in the series of our Meet the Supplier podcasts, which introduce key suppliers to the Interior Design industry.

Foscarini is an Italian lighting company, originally from Murano and now based close to Venice on the mainland

I spoke with Simona Giroldini, Head of Global Marketing and Communication, in a rooftop garden above the Oneroom gallery, a large Victorian warehouse in Shoreditch, where their M...

Welcome to Podcast no 1, the inaugural, our opener, our maiden trip into the world of Interior design where I'll be interviewing Naomi Cleaver.  Naomi is an interior designer, writer, TV presenter and keynote speaker.

In today's episode we get her definition of Interior Design, find out how she made the transition from Design Agent to running her own practice via TV celebrity designer dome. She reve...

In this episode, we meet Ergonomist Kirsty Angerer. Kirsty studied Ergonomics and Human Factors at Loughborough University and has dedicated her career to helping her clients live pain-free and healthy lives

We discover her top three tips for improving your workplace, how exam disappointment led to a career sidestep, how she developed her brand, and how a few simple changes to your desk set up can remedy...

Anna Hart

Anna Hart is a furniture and interior designer based in Cornwall where she runs Hart Miller Design (http://www.hartmillerdesign.co.uk/) – and the furniture manufacturing brand MARK Product (http://www.markproduct.com/).

Anna began her career working for furniture supplier Coe...

In this episode, we meet Julienne Webster who owns Industry Publicity.  She specialises in marketing and PR support for businesses in the interior, architectural and built environment sector with clients including Viaduct, Toto, Focus and Foscarini.

Julienne Webster.  Industry Publicity
https://www.industrypublicity.co.uk/

Images of our Boundary Estate refurbishment ...

In this episode, we meet the architect Adam Parsons.  Adam is a director of Architects APG.  An architect and a keen surfer, Adam led the design team responsible for the Wave, an inland surf centre based near Bristol, which opens this month.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamparsonsarchitecture/
https://www.apg-architecture.co.uk

Rachel is an interior and product designer and……of course….my sister.

Rachel runs Forster Inc (https://www.forsterinc.co.uk/), which is an architectural, interior, furniture and product design agency based in Shoreditch. 

She studied Interior design at Kingston University, spent some time in Paris working for the Conr...

Dr Craig Knight

Craig is a workplace psychologist who runs Identity Realisation, a psychological organizational consultancy that helps people and companies maximise their impact

https://www.identityrealization.com/

Craig's research is leading the industry in its analysis of the impact of design. Craig has developed Led Design, which turns the design pro...

This week we feature Caroline Buckingham, an architect with over twenty-five years of experience working in the industry in both the public and private sectors.

Caroline established her independent architectural firm, Caroline Buckingham Architects, in 2013. She was a Director and the Head of Educational Design at HLM; was Non-Executive Director at Llewe...

This week we feature Caroline Buckingham, an architect with over twenty-five years of experience working in the industry in both the public and private sectors.

Caroline established her independent architectural firm, Caroline Buckingham Architects, in 2013. She was a Director and the Head of Educational Design at HLM; was Non-Executive Director at Llewe...

Tim trained as a chartered surveyor and runs office interior fit-out company called Space based in Exeter. https://www.betterworkspace.co.uk/

He's been responsible for raising the profile of good quality office design with numerous refurbishments across the region.

In 2019 set up the Space Design Awards for office interiors in the greater Exeter area. The awards cele...

Iris is the director of The Interior Design School in London, http://idschool.co.uk/

She's been a pioneer of Interior Design both in her practice and with her passion to promote Interior Design she's been instrumental in moves to professionalise the Interior design industry.

She's a former president of the British Institute of Interior Design (https:...

In this episode, Kay Hanson and I discuss the return of the Multi Story Thinking Podcast, with Series 2 set to publish in a few weeks, and we reflect on the highlights from Series 1

How to be a kick-ass Interior Designer.  Come and join us on the Interior Design BA(Hons) course at the University of Plymouth.https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-interior-design

T...

IVC is a Belgium flooring manufacturer who specialise in Vinyl flooring and carpet tiles. They manufacture heterogeneous vinyl, LVT and carpet tile floors for commercial projects from their Belgium factories.  

I met with Ivo Schintz, President of Commercial Flooring, at their headquarters in Waregem in the Belgian province of West Flanders.  

In this episode, we discover how IVC made the shift fro...

Kirsty is an ergonomist founder of ergonomics and human factors consultancy The Travelling Ergonomist and host of the eponymous podcast.

https://thetravellingergonomist.com/

https://thetravellingergonomist.com/podcasts/

She's dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing by educating people to adopt.

Kirsty appeared on the Multi Story Th...

Marianne is Creative Director of Dulux UK and Ireland and founder of the Colour in Design awards.

She's a passionate advocate of the power colour and its positive impact across the design world and particularly in the interior design sector.

I spoke to Marianne via a Zoom connection during the Covid-19 lockdown

In this episode, we discover how intelligent use of paint can be u...

Ella Doran

https://www.elladoran.co.uk/

Ella Doran is a designer, textile mark-maker and photographer, who has created a wide range of highly-acclaimed projects and objects across product and textile design, furniture, and interiors.

I interviewed her via Zoom at her London studio during the first few weeks of the `Covid' lockdown.

In this...

Cathryn is an interior designer and educator who set up and directs Cornish Interiors, (https://cornishinteriors.co.uk/) who specialize in high-end interior design for both residential and commercial clients, and is the course leader for the Interior Decoration, Design and Styling course at Plymouth Art College.

In this episode, we discover the importance o...