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Skopos Fabrics has more than 50 years of experience of supplying flame retardant contract fabrics and made-to-measure, flame-retardant soft furnishings for commercial interior projects across the globe.

With expertise in textile design, print and manufacturing, Skopos supplies products into commercial spaces, including hospitality, leisure, healthcare, office, student environments, cruise and more recently, schemes for co-living spaces and build-to-rent apartments. The Skopos brand stands for design, expertise and service with the additional offer of a bespoke design service and on-site manufacturing.

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With knowledge and expertise across print and woven fabrics, the design team can create something unique for a given project, to create distinctive interior solutions. Each year Skopos also designs textile collections, which are brought into the portfolio, readily available for Skopos customers. With a choice of thousands of fabrics in the current collections, the possibilities are endless when it comes to Bespoke design.

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The recent addition of Skopos STUDIO has provided an additional comprehensive library of printed designs, which are all readily available across a wide choice of FR base-cloths, including velvets, blackout, dimout, linen-look qualities and fabrics for contract upholstery, all produced using our own print facilities, providing another way of story-telling within an interior space.

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Design accounts for one part of the story of Skopos’ success and the second part of the jigsaw is the skilled team of manufacturers, delivering finished soft furnishing products, all MADE here in the UK. The Skopos team produce approximately 25,000 made-up items each year, including bed-throws, cushions and pairs of curtains, all manufactured by a highly-skilled team of machinists, cutters and pattern makers; items that are delivered and installed into different contract environments.

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The company’s full service or fabric only option provides choice for our customers, offering fabric from the or made-up product (curtains, cushions and bedding), with fitting and installation.
Skopos is proud to have been accredited as a carbon-neutral organisation. The focus on processes which are sustainable has also been coupled with a focus on launching new recycled products, which promote the ideas of RETHINK, RENEW, REUSE.

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The team at Skopos understand specialist fabrics, developing waterproof and anti-microbial upholstery fabrics geared towards high-risk care environments, through to fabrics with acoustic and thermal properties and luxury velvets for high end hospitality. The brand’s fabric qualities cover all bases; upholstery fabrics (faux leathers, velvets, care options), sheers, blackouts, dimouts. Its products are all developed with the end user at the forefront.
Its fabrics are all tested to ensure compliance with contract standards, including IMO for Marine interiors, and Skopos is committed to a strict programme of due diligence to ensure product standards are always maintained. Skopos is an ISO 9001 company, focussed on delivering the best for its customers.

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Fun fact: I’m usually the person friends rely on to organise trips, schedules, and group plans.

Workhighlights: Successfully coordinating events from planning through to delivery and seeing everything come together on the day.

Fun fact: I’m a keen cyclist and will happily bore people with copious amounts of cycling chat. My top cycling experience (so far) would have to be riding in the spectacular mountains of Crete.

Work highlights: Charles joined Forum Events in 2022. With a background in publishing, editorial media and events, Charles brings a wealth of experience to his role as Senior Production Manager. Having being involved with SPACE from the outset, he is excited to see the brand grow and develop.

Fun fact: People tell Sienna she gives off Bridget Jones vibes, and she loves to bake, always making sure there are shortbreads floating around the office

Work highlights: Sienna joined Forum Events & Media Group while studying Communications and Media, starting in the sales team where she managed and helped launch the first the PA Life Leading Venues of London SHOWCASE, where she built relationships with luxury venues across the capital. Drawn to the stories behind these spaces, she naturally transitioned into the editorial team, creating social media and editorial content. Upon graduating in June 2026, she is excited to be joining as Assistant Editor for Hotel Designs and SPACE.

Fun fact: When not working, Jess can usually be found tending to her kitchen garden in the Sussex countryside or foraging for herbs in the nearby woods. A keen grower, she recently studied a RHS Level 2 Diploma in the Principles of Horticulture during her spare time.

Work highlights: Jess joined SPACE magazine in 2022 and has since progressed from Assistant Editor to Editor. During this time, she has worked across many aspects of the publication – from shaping editorial strategy and overseeing operations to contributing to art direction and representing the brand on stage at industry events including Surface Design Show and WOW!house.

Alongside her role at SPACE, Jess has built a creative career spanning the arts, culture, design and travel sectors. Prior to joining the magazine, she spent more than a decade in the commercial art industry, in artist liaison, gallery management, and curating collections for the hospitality sector across hotels and cruise ships. During this time, she also worked on freelance projects as a writer, photographer, and creative content producer.
 
Jess studied photojournalism at London College of Communication and the Danish School of Media and Journalism and holds a first-class BA (Hons) in Culture, Criticism and Curation from Central Saint Martins.

Fun fact: Katy has spent years perfecting all kinds of accents and loves a good impersonation!

Work highlights: Katy has been with Hotel Designs since the beginning, way back in 2015 when Forum Events & Media Group acquired the brand.

During this time, she has fostered many meaningful relationships with clients from across the hospitality spectrum, as well as playing a pivotal role in the launch of The Brit List Awards, Hotel Designs MEET UPs, client-led roundtables and panel talks, brand and website redesigns, HD Wellness Sets, DESIGN POD podcast, Hotel Designs LIVE panel talk series, Accessible Design Talks and more. Katy is always on the lookout for the next opportunity to help grow the Hotel Designs brand even further.
 
Most recently Katy has stepped in to the role of Publisher at SPACE magazine, the printed bi-monthly publication focused on hotel design, architecture, and development.

Together these platforms offer a comprehensive 360-degree service encompassing digital media, print publishing, and live events – providing unparalleled value to advertisers, partners, and readers alike.