How I grow business – recession to pandemic 11 – Crisis
The Brexit referendum was announced in 2016 and turned this country upside down. Many clients of design studios which I work with are investors. They are very sensitive about political…
The Brexit referendum was announced in 2016 and turned this country upside down. Many clients of design studios which I work with are investors. They are very sensitive about political…
I also started having business with Warlon who supplied PVC laminated washi paper for shoji sliding doors at Kyubi restaurant. I thought it would be a one-off deal because it…
My cashflow was tight. I picked up some mid range interiors design jobs which had nothing to do with Biden’s product range in order to quickly inject some cash. I…
I thought superyachts were dream projects. I liked the glamour. It seems they have bottomless budgets. I was convinced as I had a little peep into a life of one…
After Decorex 2012, I was approached by an interior supply company in India. They offered to take up all the collections except for furniture and screens, however, I was not…
In that year, I entered the Woven Wood Wallcovering collection into The International Design & Architecture Awards. I was so excited to learn it was shortlisted. I was, in fact,…
I was still struggling in the third year into the business in 2011 and could no longer afford Hugo after he put me onto the right track. However, I was…
I became more ambitious for the display for Decorex 2009, inspired by the photo shoot. I wanted to create a stand which showed Japanese crafts fused with a western…
In spring 2009 at a gymnastics competition at the school where my daughter went, I recognised Judith Wilson who came to lecture at KLC as an interiors author. I found…
Biden Designs was launched at Decorex at Royal Hospital in Chelsea in 2008. Decorex back then was more of a design festival than a trade show; a grand stand of…