Parkside celebrated 40 years at Clerkenwell Design Week

With a cocktail party and the Parkside 40 Years x Lois O’Hara commission, Parkside reportedly marked its 40th year in the tile specification business with “quite some style” at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week.

The Parkside 40 Years x Lois O’Hara commission wrapped the company’s sustainability and design studio in the Brighton artist’s colourful graphic print throughout the three-days of Clerkenwell Design Week. Alongside, the tile specification business also held brunch & mimosa sessions and inspiring talks from designers and material innovators. The company reportedly welcomed hundreds of visitors through its doors to begin conversations and discover its range of sustainable material choices.

Parkside was founded in 1983 by Peter and Georgina Edmonds with a Leicester showroom. When the pair’s daughters began customising tiles in the kiln and expanding distribution sales, Parkside began its transformation into a tile specification company. In 1985, it started directly importing tiles from Spain and Italy, ordering with Telex machines. Fast forward to 2023 and Parkside is now a carbon balanced business with a range of more than 20,000 commercial tiles, including what the company describes as some of the most sustainable tiles in production.

During the event, Dr Alasdair Bremner talked through the development of one such tile, Principle. Said to be the world’s first mass produced 91% recycled content tile, the product has been made with recycled materials from post-consumer glass and pre-consumer vitrified ceramic. James Journet, sales design director, Parkside, said: “We’re delighted to have taken part in another fantastic Clerkenwell Design Week. With a cocktail party to celebrate our 40th year, cheese and wine with Planq and The Mosaic Factory, as well as serving brunch and mimosas every day at 11; the studio welcomed in people from right across the design and specification industries. It was a great atmosphere and felt hugely positive, we’re already looking forward to doing it all again.”
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