Founded in 1973, Interface is a global leader in the design and production of carpet tiles.  Its products combine beauty and innovation with functionality and environmental credentials to help customers bring their design vision to life.

To serve its customers in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India, the company has manufacturing facilities in the UK and the Netherlands, as well as sales offices in most major cities.

Sustainability Leadership

In the mid nineties Interface became one of the first companies to publicly commit to doing business in a more sustainable way when it set a bold target – Mission Zero – to achieve a zero environmental footprint by 2020.  Mission Zero inspires the company to continually innovate in order to achieve its goal.

Design leadership

Interface’s award-winning products reflect the latest design trends and include a number of innovations and industry firsts stemming from the company’s Mission Zero focus.

This year at Clerkenwell Design Week, Interface will be creating a thought provoking interpretation of the topical apocalyptic and rebirth design trend at its London showroom to celebrate the launch of its new collection, Metropolis.

Metropolis, inspired by a number of colliding prophecies and predictions surrounding the apocalypse in 2012, echoes Interface’s interpretation of this dramatic event as the end of the world as we know it, but more importantly, the rebirth of a new future.

In addition to showcasing  this stunning new collection, Interface has developed  a programme of seminars and interactive discussions with leading industry experts, which will explore current design issues, the importance of innovation and the role of sustainability in design. 

EVENT SCHEDULE

Trends and Inspiration in

Design and Colour

Tuesday 22^nd May

British Interior Design in the 21^st century

11.45 – 12.45

Hosted by Vanessa Brady, President of SBID.

‘Are we in a state of transition, what are the

Implications for next decade?

Panel: Victoria Redshaw – Scarlet opus, Sally Storey –

Lighting Design International, Hannah Harper – Interface

(In Association with SBID)

The influence of fashion trends on interiors

13.00 – 14.00

Nicola Palmer, University of Central Lancashire.

- Winners of Graduate Fashion Week 2011

Metropolis

15.45 – 16.30

Interface concept designers present the

inspiration behind the “Metropolis” collection

putting it into context of colour and design.

PechaKucha

18.30 – 21.00

PechaKucha is an informal gathering where

Creative people get together to share ideas,

Inspirations, favourite works and thoughts. All

washed down with a nice glass of wine, and a

nibble or two.

Speakers include: Alan Crawford – Crawford

Partnerships, Gem Shandy – Features Editor at DE

Magazine and lecturer at University of Brighton,

Vanessa Brady – SBID.

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Co-Innovation: Challenges

and Opportunities

Wednesday 23^rd May

Challenges & Opportunities of Co-Innovation

11.45 – 12.45

The Challenges & Opportunities of Co-Innovation hosted by

David Simoes-Brownfrom 100% Open.

An interactive discussion with

introductions, panel contributions and Q&A.

Panel: Nigel Stansfield – Interface, Peter Handgruber –

Bene, Rowena Preiss, Philips

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Design with Purpose

Thursday 24^th May

Sustainable Interiors

Where are we heading, what are we working together to achieve?

Hosted by Elina Grigoriou from Grigoriou Interiors

Panel: Yeshwant Mudaliar - M&S, Patrick Laine - WWF-UK,

Paul Scrivener - MCM Architecture, Kelly Grainger - Interface

Biomimicry as a design principle

13.00 – 14.00

This workshop will explore how nature solves problems,

and how we can use the principle of Biomimicry in design.

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