IDM 5 the Semi-final!

Three designers battle it out for a place in the final... all they have to do is create a show-stopping backstage dressing room for Wembley Arena!

What a brief, what a venue and what a perfect guest judge for this semi final, someone with real lived experience of many a dressing room — Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Certainly she had great insight into what makes the ideal space to both soothe pre-performance nerves and cheer post-performance success.

For that was the challenge of this episode. We can’t mak…