Door:David Venables in Environment
Last year I was fortunate enough to introduce the award winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at an event for the Hay literary and Arts Festival in the historic Spanish city of Segovia. During his interview with the...
Door:David Venables in Environment
I am always apprehensive when it comes to the regulation of business practice, especially at European level. But this time it appears common sense has prevailed. The European Commission's proposed "illegal logging...
Door:David Venables in Events, Architecture and Design
What do the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, the Forestry Commission and the American Hardwood Export Council all have in common? The answer is a commitment to promoting excellence in wood craftsmanship and design through their...
Door:David Venables in Events, Architecture and Design
The new deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, Stephen Fry, Monty Don, Phillip Pullman, Chris Evans, Jerry Hall, Bianca Jagger and Ed Milliband were just a few of the famous bottoms that adorned the special custom made American red...
Door:David Venables in Comment, Events, Architecture and Design
An interview on prime time national Spanish TV today was certainly a first for me. Despite the significant profile we have achieved over many years of hardwood promotion in Spain this kind of opportunity does not come along very...