COVID-19 Design Havens For Heroes

Episode 5 • May 15, 2020 • 00:33:50
COVID-19 Design Havens For Heroes
The Interior Design Business
COVID-19 Design Havens For Heroes

May 15 2020 | 00:33:50

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Show Notes

We talk to interior designer, Francesca Rowan Plowden who, in trying to find a way to show her appreciation for NHS workers, alighted on a brilliant but simple idea. What if she could bring the interior design and construction communities together to give our NHS heroes the sort of beautiful rooms that would become havens for them from the stresses and fatigue of their daily working lives? The result was new charity Design Havens for Heroes. In this episode, Francesca tells us about the charity and how designers, brands and others can get involved to support this fantastic initiative.

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