Shopping centres have stringent retail design regulations in order to ensure a consistent customer experience. These regulations ensures that the shopping centre maintains a quality of finish throughout the centre. Recently, we completed a cafe design that broke these rules in order to find a solution to an area of …
Crema Espresso has positioned itself as the premium brand offering the ultimate coffee experience. The Westfield Carindale high fashion area required a specific kind of design that delivered the WOW factor yet in an understated and elegant way. The position required that the colour and finishes palette be subtle and …
Foodies Heaven Ambarella Fine Foods is a veritable oasis of farm fresh, wholesome healthy foods and delicacies including escargot, dolmades, pickled artichoke hearts, and delicious freshly baked French sticks. It has been designed with the feel of a French Provincial market place with black and charcoal striped awnings over fruit and …
Merrill J. Fernando, the founder of Dilmah Tea flew out especially for the opening of t-House at the new gourmet food precinct, Harbourside Markets. Mr Fernando made a heart warming and inspirational speech about how he started Dilmah Tea and revolutionised many aspects of the tea industry. He spoke of …
Posh Pets at Carindale follows on from the success of their Marina Mirage store that we designed a few years ago. As it was going to be part of the redeveloped stage of Westfield Carindale, the expectations from the Landlord for the design and finish required were high.The Client were …
t-House at Harbourside Markets is our latest project that has just opened. Whether you are a tea connoisseur or just wanting to find a wonderful place to relax over a cuppa, t-House is the place to be. t-House however, offers much more than your average cup of tea. In fact, …
We were approached last year by the owners of Loot Homewares, Karl and Rene, to renovate their existing store. It required a major ‘freshen up’ in order for them to be able to renew their lease. After many years the store was looking old, tired and decrepid. This young at …
Yes it is that time of the year where the days get shorter and the temperature starts to drop and good hearty food is on the menu. Our latest wholesome design, Country Fresh Kitchen, at Runaway Bay Shopping Centre on the Gold Coast is sure to get your eyes to …
The concept behind Le Gassick was to create a sense of the feminine. The majority of customers are women, yet the hard shiny surfaces and strong lighting of many jewellery stores are at odds with the feminine mystique. This project was a bit of a juggling act to ensure the …
After so many years designing it still ceases to amaze me how ‘much’ can fit into a small tenancy.What I mean by ‘much’ is the ‘magic’, the ‘ambience’, the ‘atmosphere’, the new ‘spirit’ of a place, that begins life as a seed of an idea and with patience and time …