Fringe Thinking: Debates, Seminars and Presentations

12:30-13:15
          

What makes a sustainable fit out
Hosted by Association of Interior Specialists
CHAIR: David Frise
Speakers: Elina Grigoriou, James Pack and Paul Tinton, Prowaste.

What makes a sustainable fit out?

• Should sustainable fit out start at strip out?
• Can sustainable design be cost effective? .
• How do you measure sustainable fit out?

Corian Exterior Cladding: Modern Solid Surfaces for Rainscreen Façades 
Speaker: Phil Hutfield, DuPont™ Corian® Design Consultant
RIBA CPD assessed session
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From the inventors of DuPont™ Corian®, Solid Surface material for use as a rainscreen facade is
a relatively new market segment. This seminar details the product characteristics of solid surface material that make it particularly appropriate to this performance and design. It gives an overview of the installation process, especially focusing on fixing systems available; outlines the design potential, showing specialist features of solid surface material; and provides a history of solid surface material as a rainscreen façade through the use of projects and photographic examples of applications.

11:45-12:45

Panel Discussion: Seeing the Light

A Conference on Lighting and Sound
Hosted by: SBID

CHAIR:  Chris Littlemore, Chief Executive of Archial
Panellists:
Peter Broome, Director of Rako Controls
Martin Morecroft, Director of Redline
Richard Newman from A T and C
James Wates, Deputy Chairman of Wates Group
John Easton, Head of Sustainability at Archial

Seeing the Light unites installers and products with design professionals through skills and technology in disciplines that affect and effect the interior environment.Design specifiers learn how to marry appropriate finishes 'fit for purpose' to independently technical and factual knowledge with independent intelligent wiring installations for sound and light disciplines.

Form, finish texture and colour - Techniques to achieve the variety of forms, finish, texture and colour possible with concrete
Speaker: Elaine Toogood, London Architect, The Concrete Centre

15.45-16.30  

                            

Material Trends: Key surfaces and materials for Spring Summer 2013
Hosted by Mix Trends
Speaker: Hannah Malein - Colour Trend Creative

An inspirational seminar giving a summary of the Mix Trends for Spring Summer 2013 including colour, material and surface outcomes. The seminar will highlight the trend Reflect being exhibited on the Trend Wall.

At the end of the seminar the speaker will invite the audience to meet at the Mix trends wall for a further in-depth discussion of the Reflect trend and its material applications

11:30-12:15
                            

A Guide to Partitions
Hosted by Association of Interior Specialists
Speaker: Joe Cilia, Technical Manager

11.45-12.45

Material Trends Key surfaces and materials for Spring Summer 2013
Hosted by Mix Trends
Speaker: Sally Davis - Colour Trend Creative

An inspirational seminar giving a summary of the Mix Trends for Spring Summer 2013 including colour, material and surface outcomes. The seminar will highlight the trend Reflect being exhibited on the Trend Wall.
At the end of the seminar the speaker will invite the audience to meet at the Mix trends wall for a further in-depth discussion of the Reflect trend and its material applications.

Thinking outside of the box seminar series: Low Carbon Concrete
Hosted by The Concrete Centre                  
Speaker: Elaine Toogood, London Architect, The Concrete Centre.                          

Low Carbon Concrete - Exploring the sustainability of concrete with guidance on low carbon specification. John Orr, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath.  Fabric Formwork - Inspiring, extraordinary forms using materially efficient concrete structure

New Designers…Annabelle Filer meets the designers whose products are featured on Future Thinking
Host and Chair: Annabelle Filer, Founder, SCIN

Annabelle meets the designers featured on the Future Thinking area to discuss their work and what inspires them to develop new materials. Participants will include: Patrycja Domanska and Tanja Lightfoot, creators of Edgy Tiles, Alicia Tam whose 'invisible' project explores the modern notion of privacy, particularly in urban environments and  Eric Barrett of Graphic Relief suppliers of textured architectural concrete surfaces and products