New Generation Fast Food

Happy Little Dumplings at The Barracks is part of the new revolution on fast food that is good for you. Made from fresh ingredients, the dumplings are steamed and not fried so that you can indulge and steel feel good. Chinese dumplings have been around for as long as, well,  …

Food Can Make You Feel Happy

Many of us have been so conscious of what we eat that you could say that it has become an obsessive disorder. Coupled with the lack of time that many of us suffer from means that our choices in looking after our health when we are on the run is …

The Split Second Speechless Elevator Speech | RETAIL DESIGN LAB

As humans advance and become more sophisticated  in their communication so does their subconscious sense to decipher clues in their environment. Designers are becoming more important than ever as they brand businesses to compete for attention starved shoppers as they go about their day. Technology has meant that our attention …

Seeing The Light – Part 2

In Part 1 of Seeing The Light, I highlighted the importance of good lighting and how this can affect your bottom line retail business profits. In Part 2, you’ll find lighting tips and tricks that can help attract customers like moths to a flame. Set The Mood Great lighting design …

Cuschieri Design Winners of Staron Design Awards 2013

Cuschieri Design has just won first place in the Commercial Category of the Staron Design Awards 2013 for our design of Crema Espresso in the high fashion precinct at Westfield Shopping Centre Carindale. Crema Espresso has positioned itself as the premium brand in the cafĂ© market offering the ultimate coffee …

Seeing The Light – Part 1

In this two-part article, I discuss the importance of proper lighting in a retail business and how it can increase your bottom-line profits if utilised correctly and valuable lighting tips and tricks to ensure that can make all the difference. Lighting in a retail environment is one, if not the …

Thank You

Today I received a lovely little email from a Client I recently completed a facelift to their jewellery shop in Westfield Chermside thanking me for the service I provided. I had designed their shop over 5 years ago and surprisingly it had weathered well and only needed a minor facelift …

Designing With The Environment in Mind

Recently I have come back from a trip from Madagascar. It was a research trip as well as our honeymoon to find out more about the unique biodiversity of this island and the incredible environmental destruction that has put its endemic species of animals and plant at risk of extinction. …

Feast For The Senses

As the world becomes smaller with the access to the internet and the opportunity for us to be exposed to new ideas and experiences, our tastes have become more sophisticated and our expectations when eating out have become more demanding. It isn’t enough anymore to provide excellent quality fare and …

Calling All Creatives

This is a call to all you budding artists and creatives out there. We have teamed up with our good friends at Tandem E. Tandem to launch their first project in their Art With Benefits initiative, Madagascar 2013. The Project We are working together to improve the environmental conditions in …