Interface, the global flooring solutions company where everything is certified carbon neutral, and these industry changemakers:

• Oliver Heath, biophilic design expert
• Victoria Jackson, senior researcher and biophilic design consultant
• David Kirkland, award-winning architect
• Dr Shira de Bourbon Parme, urban development planner and social anthropologist
• Kara de los Reyes, earth-centred strategist in architecture and design
• Dr Gemma Jerome, director of Building with Nature
• Rachael Owens, head of sustainability at BGY and co-ordinator at Architects Climate Action Network
• Ali Stuart, associate director, BGY Interior Design

What: In a series of seminars and events, Interface brings together forward-thinking design experts at Clerkenwell Design Week to explore life-centred design, a burgeoning approach that places the needs, values, and experiences of all life forms at its core. Events will cultivate a conversation about how this interconnected approach creates new opportunities for architects, designers, and the built environment.

Where: The Interface showroom at Pennybank Chambers, 33-35 St John’s Square, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 4DS.

Events: Tuesday 23 May at 09:00 and Wednesday 24 May at 09:00 – Biophilic design strategist Victoria Jackson joins our concept and product designers to discuss why nature remains central to a more holistic approach to design.

Tuesday 23 May at 18:00 – Biophilic design expert Oliver Heath will moderate a lively seminar exploring the momentum behind life-centred design and its potential impact on the design process. Featuring David Kirkland, Dr.Shira de Bourbon Parme, Kara de los Reyes and Dr Gemma Jerome.

Wednesday 24 May at 18:00 – Becky Gordon, regional sustainability manager at Interface, will host Rachael Owens, co-ordinator of Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), for an interactive session examining how designers can overcome aspirations of ‘doing less bad’ and instead find ways to actively do good. This event will provide designers with practical suggestions on the questions to ask of suppliers, the metrics to understand and consider, and how to integrate positive action within their work.

Tuesday, 23 May – Thursday, 25 May from 11:00 – 16:30 – Clerkenwell Design Week attendees can also visit the Interface showroom at Pennybank Chambers throughout the week for an exclusive first look at Interface’s new biophilic carpet tile collection, Upon Common Ground, which will be installed throughout the Clerkenwell showroom. For more information on Interface’s programme of activity at Clerkenwell Design Week, visit: https://www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com/exhibitors/interface-europe-ltd