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Peach Fuzz: Pantone Reveals its colour of the year for 2024 and it’s just peachy.

Supersized sheets of Spectra contribute to showstopping surroundings at Dezeen Awards 2023

The Return of Black Dapple

News / Retail / Sustainability

Green materials – in every sense

Wonderful Waste: a Limited Series by Never Too Small

Brand / Events / News / Sustainability

LDF 2023: Smile’s material highlights

Where can I spot Smile this Autumn?

Ocean Plastic to Fantastic: Making waves with Surfability UK

Right royal recycling: An ocean plastic pedestal fit for a King at London Climate Action Week

Events / News / Sustainability

Hello ISO: What do our manufacturing certifications mean to you?

News / Plastics Unpackaged / Sustainability

Is the devil recycled plastic?

Brand / News / Sustainability

Introducing four new additions to our ‘Heronry’…

Events / News / Sustainability

CDW 2023: A Smile, in every sense

Materials reimagined: our superstructure plinths at Workspace Design Show

SDS 2023: Smile Plastics x MONC x Nina+Co are crowned winners

SDS 2023: First sneak peek at Geometric Superstructure

Widening the circle: A new HQ for Smile

Viva Magenta: Pantone’s COTY 2023 evokes strength and empowerment

Heron takes flight: New material in stock & available to specify now

Events / News / Plastics Unpackaged / Sustainability

Plastics Unpackaged, LDF22 Special: Life in Plastic

LDF 2022: From colour to curves to putting the fun in functional

Events / News / Tour

LDF 2022 x Material Matters: Be the first to see our brand-new material

Cities By Design / News / Sustainability / Tour

Stuttgart by Design: Rosalie McMillan & Adam Fairweather

Milan Design Week 2022: Top interior trends

CDW22 Trends: Curves, Colour & Indoors Out

News / Sustainability / Tour

The Road to The Harewood Biennial 2022: Collaboration & Custom Configuration

CDW22: Smile Plastics X Another Country – Furniture fit for the future workplace

It’s showtime: Smile’s spring/summer dates for your diaries

News / Sustainability / Tour

What can we take from the Design Museum’s Waste Age exhibit?

News / Plastics Unpackaged / Sustainability

Plastics Unpackaged, SDS22 Special: Natural vs synthetic – do both have a place in a sustainable future?

SDS22: Top trend spots

SDS 2022: An exclusive first look at our event activity

News / Plastics Unpackaged / Sustainability

Plastics Unpackaged: The wonder material, with a green future.

Bathrooms / News

2022 Bathroom Trends: Bold, Balanced & Pared Back

Very Peri unveiled as Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2022

Cities By Design / News

Manchester By Design: Liz West

Brand / News / Sustainability

Smiles all round: Products now in situ at Material Source Studio, Manchester

News / Sustainability

COP26: Recycling Plastics “Not The Answer” To Climate Crisis?

Cities By Design / News

London By Design: Smile Plastics

LDF 2021: Top Trend Spots & Style That Made Us Smile

Web and Brand Launch