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Two industry bodies serving the design industry, the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and the Interior Design Association (IDA), are to merge.
Photo: Charles Leon and Sue Timney photographed by Greg Funnell at Roca Gallery, London on 22nd October 2013
The IDA, the business association for designers working in the commercial sector, will be incorporated into the BIID, the professional institute for the interiors sector.
According to the BIID, the new merger will create a new body for interior design that will 'set national professional standards, promote learning and debate and champion the value of interior design on the national and international stage'.
With immediate effect, the IDA's design practice members will make the transition into the BIID membership of almost 2,000 individual and practice members and Charles Leon, the current IDA Chair, will take a position on the BIID Council of Directors.
President of the BIID, Sue Timney comments: 'I truly believe this is a historic day for the UK interiors profession. With our shared vision, the only way forward is to join together as a larger collective voice for the whole interior design community. By merging our memberships and expertise, the renewed BIID will go from strength to strength.'
Whether you’ve checked out Indigo’s latest print collection, attended BlogPodium 2013 or have just been obsessively checking out stephaniesterjovski.com like us, you will quickly recognize the woman behind SS Print Shop – Stephanie Sterjovski.
Working with bloggers is a wonderful part of my job and allows me to indulge in my love of design. Coming across Stephanie’s blog, I was instantly crushing on her style and prints (I love me some typography and gold foil!). If you haven’t checked out her work, please do because it will only make you all the more excited for this fabulous giveaway!
After profiling her for our Inside Design section, we decided to celebrate with our readers! Stephanie has generously offered to give away THREE of her gorgeous prints so we will be picking three winners and each one will win a print of his or her choice.
How to enter:
Check out Stephanie’s interview here and leave a comment below answering the following question: What is Stephanie’s favourite coffee table book?
Three correct responses will be chosen at random to each win one print of their choosing from the SS Print Shop.
Contest closes November 15, 2013 at 12pm EST. Open to all residents of Canada. Not open to any Transcontinental Media employees, their families, or any other persons with whom they reside.
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A former furniture refurbisher, this now house flipper and blogger shares the inner workings of her home and life on In The Fun Lane. What began as a chronicle of her new family life has become an ongoing written adventure of home decor, food and fashion spread among the life and times of blog founder and author Holly Baker. We've been enjoying seeing her DIY projects revealed on the blog as much as she revels in unveiling them. We got to dig a little deeper and find out what inspires Holly and learn a few tips and tricks from her, too!
1 What motivated you to start your blog?
Holly Baker I was 24 years old, we had just bought and started renovating a new home, and we were expecting our first child. It seemed like life was busy and I needed a little corner of the Internet to call my own. Over time it has evolved but it still feels like my own private getaway when I sit down and work on my blog. I definitely feel a passion for blogging!
2 If you could shadow any designer for a day, who would it be?
HB I just love Atlanta Bartlett’s cool, casual style. If anyone has mastered casual minimalism it is her. I would love to learn just a few of her secrets and get motivated to edit back more.
3 Where do you look for an obscure source of inspiration?
HB I find food styling to be so inspiring. There are a handful of truly amazing chefs/stylists on Instagram and in the blog world that give me tons of inspiration for a lot more than just food. Linda Lomelino is one of my favourites – she will wow you daily!
4 Favourite restaurant?
HB A dinner at Gjelina, in Venice, California, was one of the very best meals I’ve ever had. It may have had something to do with the amazing girlfriends I was with, but we ended up ordering almost everything on the menu that night. It was life changing!
2 Add the tomatoes to the pot along with their juices, 4 cups water, 1/2 cup white wine, saffron, thyme and kosher salt. Simmer gently for about 30 minutes.
3 Meanwhile, in a large skillet, steam mussels in the remaining 1/2 cup wine just until they open. Cool slightly, remove the mussels from the shells and strain the steaming liquid.
4 During the last 5 minutes of cooking, add the mussels, steaming liquid, shrimp and halibut to the tomato saffron broth. Stir in zest.
5 Sprinkle with chives and serve with baguette crisps.
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Just because it’s a hospital, it doesn’t have to be institutional-looking or a turn-off for would-be patients. Pamela Buxton looks at new moves in the provision of healthcare buildings, and what may be ahead for the sector
Sixty-five years after it was founded, the NHS is under pressure like never before as it struggles to respond to the impact of an ageing population. We're all now expected to live into our mid to late 80s - approximately 10 years longer than 50 years ago. Huge changes are afoot in funding and service provision, and the role of design within hospitals will be fundamental to how these affect patients, from the rise of single-bed wards to the idea of NHS hospital 'hotels'. And what of smart mobile technology - how could that revolutionise the hospital experience in the future?
Outsized play items at the Royal London include a walk-in TV set and a part-sunk hideaway space in a world globe Photo credit: Tom Cronin
Below, we get the long perspective from Mike Nightingale of IBI Nightingale, who has been designing for health clients for more than 40 years. We talk to him about the many changes he's seen along the way, and then go on to look at some of the fresh and witty design thinking taking place in healthcare environments today, plus the crossover of ideas to healthcare from the other sectors such as the workplace and hotels.
The long view
As someone who's worked in the health sector since beginning his career in the early Seventies, Mike Nightingale has seen it all - public, private, UK, international, building up his own health design firm Nightingale Associates and since 2010, operating as part of the huge Canadian design, infrastructure and systems group IBI.
'The client has changed so much. Thirty, 40 years ago central government would produce the briefs and regional health authorities would hire the architects. Now, since PFI, architects work for consortia led by contractors so have a double-headed client [contractor and hospital client].'
'We've had to learn to work in consortia with contractors. But in the private sector we're still working traditionally with clients,' he says, adding that although design could be the differentiator between the consortia bids, the PFI system did not encourage design innovation because it was so risk adverse by nature.
Mike Nightingale, designing for healthcare clients for more than 40 years
Nowadays, as one of the biggest hospital building programmes ever in the UK comes to an end, there is a lull in the domestic market as spending is cut. 'Normally when there's a squeeze on the public sector, the private sector flourishes. but the UK market is pretty flat at the moment,' he says.
As a result, IBI Nightingale is currently concentrating more on its international work as well as proactively developing new opportunities through research arm IBI Think. One such venture is the BedPod (pictured below), a prefabricated bed unit developed with Billings Jackson Design and SAS International, which won a £25,000 award in the Design Council's Design for Patient Dignity Challenge. BedPod is designed to improve patient dignity by giving patients more control over their immediate environment. It includes better patient controls for lighting, plus a modesty curtain that allows patients to select to be either completely secluded, or to open the curtains without getting out of bed so that they can interact as part of a larger ward.
The concept is now installed in two NHS hospitals for evaluation, and Nightingale believes it has great potential for quick, cost-efficient roll-out during hospital refurbishments. 'Installing the BedPod doesn't disrupt, is done in a tenth of the time at a tenth of the cost. It's very good value for the client,' he says.
Looking to the future, Nightingale is excited about the cross-fertilisation prospects of combining mobile phones and intelligent systems in health applications in a 'smart hospital'. Externally, this could lead, for example, to a car-parking system where vehicles entering the car park are directed to a free space.
But the biggest impact would be in the hospital, where waiting areas would be freed up because those waiting to be seen would be sent a message half an hour or so before they were due to be seen, allowing them to spend the time leading up to it wherever they want. 'It's time for people to think and get some innovation going for when things pick up,' he says.
With so many changes afoot, such as the huge issue of whether and how to maintain the traditional concept of the NHS, the key challenge for designers is how to create something that is timeless and flexible enough, with a universal appeal so that it can adapt to changing future needs.
Nightingale anticipates more crossover between NHS and private heath sectors. For example the Monefiore Hospital in Brighton (see cast study) is a private hospital but will, says Nightingale, sometimes provide services for the NHS. So although the hospital has an environment akin to that of premium hotels, it must not seem off-putting to any part of the population.
After all this time, Nightingale is happy to keep tackling the new challenges of the changing health design landscape. 'It's so rich and broad and interesting. I'm a complete addict,' he says.
Playspaces at Royal London Hospital
Architecture: Cottrell & Vermeulen
Graphics: Morag Myerscough
With giant furniture and a television you can walk into, the new indoor play space at the Royal London Hospital provides a fun environment for child patients and their siblings to enjoy away from the more medical setting of the ward.
This double-height, 12m x 15m playspace was created on the seventh floor of the hospital by architecture practice Cottrell & Vermeulen, which also designed an external playspace as part of the same project.
Photo credit: Tom Cronin
The indoor room - known as the Ann Riches Healing Space - plays with the idea of domesticity by installing out-sized pieces that create different play settings. A submerged wooden dome, decorated with a map of London on the outside, provides secluded seating on the inside, and the space also contains a giant lampshade, tepee, chair and TV set, all created by Paragon Creative. The TV can be used for screenings and interactive games, with a blue den inside it providing a more secluded gaming zone.
'We're dealing with the home environment in an other-worldly way,' says project architect Maria Westerståhl, who said the priority was to create a variety of spaces to inhabit interspersed with moments of detail.
The room is enhanced by graphics by Morag Mysercough, who created an animal wallpaper design and animal characters in collaboration with her mother, textile artist Betty Fraser Myerscough. Their characters populate the room in giant form and are also animated in an interactive game, created by artist Chris O'Shea. Myerscough also created colourful giant spinning tops and a projection for the floor beneath the lampshade.
All areas are accessible for wheelchairs and hospital beds as is the outdoor play space, where the architects endeavoured to introduce as much natural materials as possible given the constraints of weathering and windloads. Here they took a flat-roof site and created a gently undulating landscape to enhance the views over London. A partially covered timber pergola-like structure unites the space, with a treehouse in one corner covered in wood shingles. There is a raised stage area with lighting and power source for music, a steel and PVC patterned tepee, other seating, planting and a mini allotment.
All materials had to be brought up in the passenger lifts. This led to modular structures with units of no more than 2.3m in length.
Burrell Street Sexual Health Clinic, London
Design: Urban Salon
Two railway arches at Bankside have been converted into the Burrell Street Clinic Photo credit: Gareth Gardner
When Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust commissioned the UK's first open-every-day sexual health clinic, it was keen to work with designers and architects from outside the healthcare sector to bring a fresh perspective to this taboo subject. Urban Salon, best known for its retail and exhibition design, won a limited competition for the project and has tackled the tricky brief with aplomb - and a touch of innuendo.
The challenge was to create a welcoming, relaxed environment that would encourage use of the clinic and ensure that clients were at ease, but at the same time respect their privacy. Rather than being sited in a hospital complex, the clinic occupies two railway arches in Bankside, and is a huge contrast with the institutional quality of many in-hospital clinics. 'People [coming to the clinic] are in a heightened state of emotion,' says Urban Salon's Alex Mowat. 'We have to provide a welcoming, calm environment.'
A communal table and more separate seating is provided in the waiting space Photo credit: Gareth Gardner
Every stage of the client's journey through the clinic has been designed with this in mind, from the booking in to the consultation and examination process. At reception, a cafe-style waiting area features colourful seating and a long communal table as well as seating for those who prefer to sit apart. Magazines and coffee add to the relaxed ambience. An opaque vinyl 'fog' applied strategically to the double-height window ensures privacy for those waiting, but allows passers-by limited glimpses of the colourful reception.
Some of the artwork that has been deployed throughout the clinic, adding a light touch to the ambience Photo credit: Gareth Gardner
To increase daylight views at either end of the site, the designers created two double-height circulation slots the length of the space - one in each arch unit - and cut through the central dividing wall in two places to unite the two and create a continuous circulation loop. Off this route are 16 consultation rooms, eight in each arch, with a lab visible at the rear of the right-hand arch. The first floor mezzanine contains a 112-seater presentation room and staff office, with a break-out space overlooking the waiting area.
Some of the artwork that has been deployed throughout the clinic, adding a light touch to the ambience Photo credit: Gareth Gardner
To keep down noise and echoes, the space has a perforated acoustic lining throughout. Doors to the consultation rooms are covered in blackboard laminate so that staff can chalk up their names when they are using the room in a step away from more formal name plates.
These consultation spaces are long and narrow, which the designers turned to their advantage by using a sliding door to divide each into a relaxed consultation area at the front with the clinical examination area - which not all clients will use - beyond. Examination equipment likely to increase stress levels, such as rubber gloves for example, is therefore kept out of sight until needed.
Some of the artwork that has been deployed throughout the clinic, adding a light touch to the ambience Photo credit: Gareth Gardner
Where the clinic scores most highly is its witty use of art, which not only visually embellishes the space but provides a distraction and talking point that contributes to the relaxed ambience. Large-scale vinyl illustrations by Alison Dring adorn corridor walls and the ceilings of examination rooms, inspired by colloquial terms for sexual organs - hence a giant cat and the crown jewels.
'This brings out the humorous side of sex, which lightens the mood a bit,' says Mowat, adding that staff take their lead from clients who may or may not get the various references and want to comment on them. Continuing this theme, mobiles inspired by the form of sexual organs hang in reception, designed by artist Arnold Goron.
The perforated acoustic lining applied to walls and ceilings Photo credit: Gareth Gardner
Even the signage is treated more informally than is usual in healthcare environments. Functional graphics with a friendly tone of voice for everything from mop cupboards to drop-off point for samples were created by Martin McGrath. These are implemented using a 17-colour palette created by Goron.
Feedback has so far been positive, with the hope that the non-institutional design will help encourage a higher take-up of the clinic's services in an area with an above-average prevalence of sexually transmitted infections.
Montefiore Hospital, Brighton
Architecture & design: IBI Nightingale
The crossover between hospitals and hotels is clear at the Montefiore in Brighton, a private hospital featuring artworks by Brian Eno and a stylish reception more akin to a boutique hotel than a healthcare facility.
The reception is more hotel than hospital Photo credit: Richard Chivers
Montefiore, run by the Spire Healthcare, is a 21-bed hospital occupying a century-old former furniture depository-turned-call centre. It was converted to its new hospital role by IBI Nightingale in a £35m project that retained and refurbished the neo-classical facade but extensively changed the building internally, adding a new steel frame and staircases and ensuring level access throughout each of the four and a half floors.
The overall aim was to create a serene, calm hospital environment, according to IBI Nightingale's Richard Richard Ager. 'The volume of the Victorian building was exploited to the max. We had the luxury of space where we could exceed design guidance,' he says.
All paitent rooms have huge windows and tall ceilings Photo credit: Richard Chivers
The reception sets the tone, conceived as a rich layering of textures and materials visible from the street. Furniture is a combination of leather, vinyl and fabric and although it may look like an upmarket hotel or airport lounge, it is robust, washable and antimicrobial.
Behind the reception desk is a damson glass backdrop while above is a bamboo 'wrap' around the inside of the ceiling and down the walls to signal the transition between the reception and moving further into the hospital for treatment or visiting. Selected materials and colours from the reception palette are repeated as appropriate throughout the hospital. 'We wanted most of all that it should be very simple, with very rich, beautiful finishes in very small amounts,' says interior designer Lynn Lindley.
Patients progress either to the ground-floor outpatients' spaces or up to the in-patients' on the first floor. Here each bedroom, some as big as 25 sq m - has a large semi-circular window with full-length curtains in bespoke colours, a walnut veneer bedhead and wood-patterned cushioned vinyl flooring. Lofty floor-t o ceiling-heights of more than 3m add to the pleasant ambience.
Recovery bays Photo credit: Richard Chivers
Two Brian Eno light and sound installations are incorporated into the design, one in reception the other in a 'quiet room' on the lower ground floor, and are intended for the enjoyment of patients, staff and visitors alike. 'We're trying to get people to slow down and have a bit more contemplation,' says Ager.
The chemotherapy suite on the lower ground floor has access to a landscaped courtyard. IBI Nightingale also plans to create a roof garden and hospitality space with sea views and a beached raft folly.
T7 Mobile Data Carts
Design: Humanscale
Ergonomics has long been recognised as important in the office workplace. Now, as changes to patient-record keeping begin to impact on the NHS, this thinking is being increasingly applied to hospitals.
Plans for an NHS-wide computer system were scrapped in 2011. This year the Government challenged hospitals to change to paperless records by 2018, leading to opportunities not just in developing the appropriate IT systems but in delivering an ergonomic, physical interface with the information in a ward setting.
The T7 mobile data carts could be integral to the move to paperless medical record keeping mooted for the NHS
Ergonomics specialist Humanscale is among those exploring the potential for using mobile data carts and monitors in ward settings, giving quicker, more efficient access to records and, in the long term a reduction in space and costs of maintaining paper records.
While the use of iPads and other tablet-style devices is a potential option for hospitals, Humanscale's data carts, already installed in three UK hospitals, offer a more robust medium with better screen definition and washable keyboards. Humanscale is now launching Touchpoint T7, available as a wireless doctor's cart and medical cart for both PCs and laptops. 'It has to be easy to get to grips with ergonomically,' says Colin Scott, healthcare EMEA operations manager at Humanscale. 'It's stable and is quickly and easily operable.'
These carts can be charged up to last a shift then moved around the ward as needed. As they will be typically used by between 20 to 30 users a day, they need to be ergonomically adjustable and stable. Users programme in their height and whether they want a standing or seated position and the keyboard height adjusts automatically.
The T7 mobile data carts could be integral to the move to paperless medical record keeping mooted for the NHS
The heavier medical cart, which is designed to accommodate clip-ons for medicines, label printers and other equipment needed on the ward, has powered steering for one-handed turning and pushing. The keyboard can be easily disinfected and washed.
A typical ward will require three or four carts, allowing for two to be charging at any one time. As hospitals consider the best way of moving to paperless records, the market for well-designed carts and wall stations is substantial.
At the moment, says Scott, most hospitals are delivering 21st-century healthcare with 19th-century record systems and this, he adds, has to change.
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If it's true that we eat with our eyes then it stands to reason that the design of the world’s best restaurants must be as delicious as the food they serve. We choose 10 sumptuous eateries from around the world where design and food come together in perfect harmony.
Photo: Joyce Wang
Inspired by Jean-Luc Godard's classic science fiction film noir Alphaville, designer Joyce Wang has made industrial materials such as copper plumbing pipes into beautiful, intricate design details including chandeliers shaped like spiral staircases.
Photo: Joyce Wang
Photo: © Héctor Santos-Díez
With its minimalist design and tree-like structures of blonde wood, this canteen looks more Scandinavian than Spanish. Even so, its layout is inspired by traditional Galician cantinas and evokes through its stylish design the feeling of dining outside during rural summer festivities, according it its designers.
Photo: Santos Diez
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Photo: Paul Winch Furness
With some of the most spectacular views in Europe, this restaurant in London's mighty Shard hasn't scrimped on interior design. Inspired by gin and tea - both of which have a history in the local area of Southwark - it has dark green and brown leather, black marble herringbone and a dark oak floor.
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Photo: Paul Winch Furness
Photo: SPACE Copenhagen
Occupying an old warehouse which had been used to store dried fish, whale oil and skins, Noma - three times voted the world's best restaurant - looks like it has been shaped by the elements rather than the hands of interior designers. The starched white tablecloths that are de rigueur in many luxury restaurants are ditched here in favour of bare wood that will grow even more beautiful with age, and the use of natural materials, such as scarred wooden beams and furs draped over chairs, mirrors chef-proprietor René Redzepi's obsessive approach to locally sourced and foraged ingredients.
Photo: SPACE Copenhagen
Photo: © Galvin La Chapelle
Situated in a converted Grade II listed 19th Century girls' school, the third Michelin-stared restaurant to be opened by brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin has also won several awards for its design, including the Restaurant and Bar Design Award in 2009/10. The interior, by designLSM gives breathtaking vistas across the 30 metre-high cathedral-like space. Understated details complement the stunning Victorian period conversion.
Photo: © Galvin La Chapelle
Photo: © Galvin La Chapelle
Photo: © Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Pertners Inc.
With the awsome Mount Fuji as a backdrop, this igloo-like noodle restaurant is open to the elements, except in the strongest winds. It is specially designed so that natural breezes do the job of air conditioning and give the diner a feeling of being inside and outside at the same time. The interior, minimal with simple wooden furniture, creates a feeling of tranquillity.
Photo: © Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Pertners Inc.
Photo: © Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Pertners Inc.
Photo: ® Roland Halbe
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Photo: ® Roland Halbe
Photo: ® Roland Halbe
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Photo: Jeffrey Beers
Reminiscent of Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner, this restaurant features digital mapping projections whereby images can be projected directly onto sheer screens and also onto the mirrored panels of a fractal ceiling weighing some 1500lbs. Bespoke projections can be created meaning the restaurant can change its look depending on the occasion or time of year.
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Photo: Jeffrey Beers
Photo: Aurélie Blanchard
A copper bar, copper light shades and even copper vases on the tables make this restaurant interior glow with sophistication. It also features lots of green, inspired by the Basel tradition of painting the front doors of houses green.
Photo: Aurélie Blanchard
Photo: Aurélie Blanchard
Photo: Asylum
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Photo: Asylum
Photo: Asylum
Photo: Asylum
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Japanese architecture practice Moriyuki Ochiai has designed the interior of a store for the Dream Dairy Farm, a working farm that produce made from the farm’s own milk.
For the 86 sq m store, set in Chiba, Japan Moriyuki Ochiai used milk as its inspiration to create the store's unique interior, with layered resin boards (the same material used on cowshed roofs) to filter the light in order to create what it describes as a 'milky luminosity'.
The glass display below has a milky-white base with a rippled material, evoking images of a milk puddle. The walls have been painted green to reflect the meadows and forests that surround the dairy farm, and an aluminum light fixture moulded using organic curves hangs from the ceiling.
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2 Place the beans in a medium pot with the sprig of rosemary and 1 bay leaf; cover with 2 inches of water. Set over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and gently simmer until the beans are tender, about 30 to 35 minutes.
3 Remove the bay leaf and rosemary; drain the beans and set aside. Beans can be cooked one day in advance, cooled and refrigerated in their cooking liquid until needed.
4 Heat the olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Add the pancetta and cook until fat has rendered and the pancetta is golden brown. Remove the pancetta with a slotted spoon and set aside.
5 Add the leek, carrots, garlic and chopped rosemary to pancetta oil and cook over medium heat until the vegetables start to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining bay leaf and the chicken broth, scraping any flavourful browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Add the drained beans and simmer for 15 minutes, until the vegetables are soft.
6 Return the pancetta to the pot, add the Swiss chard and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the bay leaf.
7 Serve in warmed soup bowls and garnish with Romano cheese.
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For soup
1 Heat 1 tablespoon butter and olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add next nine ingredients (chopped apples through black pepper). Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
2 Add the water and apple juice; bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are very tender. Working in batches, purée the soup in a blender until smooth. Return the puréed soup to the pot and set aside.
3 In a separate saucepan, heat remaining 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the milk and stir until the mixture thickens, about 2 minutes.
4 Remove from the heat, add the grated cheese and stir until smooth. Pour the cheese sauce into the soup and warm over low heat until hot; do not boil again.
5 Serve in warm soup bowls and garnish with the sage croutons.
For croutons
1 Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2 Heat the butter and oil in a small saucepan over medium heat until the butter is frothy.
3 Stir in the sage. Pour over the focaccia pieces in a bowl, tossing to coat. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
4 Spread bread cubes in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and toast in oven until the croutons are crispy, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring halfway through. Set aside until needed.
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2 Reduce heat to medium and cook until the rice is soft and beginning to burst, 35 to 40 minutes. Drain and reserve.
3 Cover porcini mushrooms with the boiling water and allow to soak until they soften, about 30 minutes. Squeeze the water out of the mushrooms and chop finely. Strain the mushroom-soaking liquid, discarding any gritty bits; reserve the liquid for the soup base.
4 Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shiitakes and saute until golden, about 5 minutes. Add the chanterelles and porcinis and cook just until softened, about 2 minutes. Pour in the brandy and stir for 1 minute, scraping up browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Set aside.
5 Melt the butter in another large pot over medium heat. Add the garlic, shallots, celery and kosher salt. Cook for 5 minutes, until the vegetables are beginning to brown slightly. Add the flour and stir for 1 minute to make sure the vegetables are evenly coated. Pour in the strained mushroom- soaking liquid a little at a time, stirring to prevent lumps.
6 Add the butternut squash and let the soup simmer gently for about 7 minutes. Add the reserved rice, the mushroom mixture, and the cream, nutmeg and thyme, cooking just until soup is heated through. Serve immediately.
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