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Art For Art’s Sake? It started with stainless steel light switches and before you could say “form and function”, premium electrical accessories were featuring in schemes like the international Red Dot design awards. Were they any better than their predecessors, or was it just art for art’s sake? Probably the latter, but they looked good on the wall. Meanwhile in the mass market, the pressure on prices was leading us down the path of bulk offshore manufacturing, with fractions of pennies shaved of the unit price by minimising tooling and materials costs. So, even when the industry was really bringing exciting technical and energy saving innovations like low-cost LED lighting to you, not just cosmetic improvements, the irony was that they often look exactly the same as their predecessors because re-tooling was too expensive in a price-led market. All too often, that fractionof-a-penny pinching extends to componentry and, at the end of the day product quality and reliability. At Timeguard we have always traded on superior branded quality and a few years ago we decided to buck the trend and to reinforce our investment in superior componentry with superior designs: better performance AND better looks. In all honesty, we (and probably most other manufacturers) were accelerated along that road by the latest generation of designers to our R&D teams – this new generation has been reared on the likes of Apple, Ikea and Zara Home, and take good product design in every aspect of life for granted. The evolutionary design of our electronic Programastat wall thermostats and heating controllers marked a watershed in our approach, but the real revolution was our approach to outdoor LED lighting. We simply could not see the point of the industry presenting what was revolutionary technology that looked like the dinosaurs it was replacing. So we gave our London-based designer free rein to tear up the rule book – but with one key proviso. We did not want design for design’s sake: each design feature had to have a function. Conversely, each new function we were adding provided a design opportunity: so essential cooling fins (missing from cheaper products!), became rows of pins making up featured metallic backs of new design LED lights. The need to diffuse LED beams for courtesy lighting and expand the beam for effective security became diode arrays and reflector plates. Thus we achieved the magic trick of keeping both the engineers and the product designers happy at the same time – no mean feat, I can assure you. More importantly, this approach helps us – and you – to visually communicate the benefits and value of the energy saving technology you are offering to your customers. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear – you’ll get caught out soon enough. So, it stands to reason, design with assured, branded quality are the true artform for today’s market. www.timeguard.com 106
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Design Buy Build M A G A Z I N E Is
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Contents Issue 16 2015 Features 4 -
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The facilities of this building inc
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OKI ROBUST & RELIABLE Offering true
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46dB Sound proofing Triple glazed u
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Editor’s Choice SCHÖCK MEETS HIG
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KÖSTER TPO WaterproofingSystems SI
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Design, Build & Renovate Architects
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A Guide To Securing Planning Permis
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Patalab Architecture a new façade
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Editor’s Choice Low Carbon, High
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Fire Touchscreen. Remote Control Te
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Winkley Workshop Kirkwood McCarthy
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One Under Three Roof BYTR architect
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ARCKIT MODEL SYSTEM Arckit is a gro
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Bathrooms & Kitchens Grundig’s GE
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Bathrooms & Kitchens The Award Winn
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We provide the highest quality engi
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Variable appearance: Livinhome offe
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Discover aïr Whether building new
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Victoria Park, E9 / Scenario Photog
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Everybody’s Going To UK Construct
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Testimonials Lee Newton, CEO of Med
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Lindab Rainline The only steel rai
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Page 60 and 61: An $80 million investment in nature
Page 62: WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROLLABLE PANEL
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Page 70 and 71: In the centre of Workplace, and the
Page 72 and 73: Interiors & Interior Design LUCTRA
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Page 82 and 83: January Furniture Show Set To Be A
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Page 89 and 90: Interiors & Interior Design SIGNBOX
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Page 95 and 96: TERRAM GEOCELL The ideal solution
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Page 99 and 100: Landscaping & External Works M&M’
Page 101 and 102: Landscape IT’S INDOORS MEETS OUTD
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Page 117 and 118: PRESENTS STOCKINGER UNIQUE WATCH WI
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Page 123 and 124: Tools, Plant & Equipment D & R Simm
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Page 129 and 130: Design approach and implementation
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