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When is Marketing at the school gates too much?

Currently, I’m exploring service environments, comparing and analysing those that feel good with those that might not. I couldn’t help but notice a few instances where the intrusive nature of advertising either contributes to unnecessary […]

Posted on March 21, 2019April 1, 2019
  • Design & Interiors

How Location, History and Art help create design identity.

The tone for casual dining in the UK was set by Peter Boizot in 1965, when Pizza Express (owning the first pizza oven in London) opened its fashionable doors with decor by artist Enzo Apicella. […]

Posted on February 12, 2019March 27, 2019
  • Design & Interiors

How Passion + Collaboration create Brand Personality. Coffee Shop Design…

It’s taken a while, but the independendent coffee shop scene is starting to warm up in Cheltenham. My new favourite has individually designed spaces at The Find, inside a Regency town house, providing happy gorgeous […]

Posted on December 4, 2018March 27, 2019
  • Design & Interiors

Coherent design & the importance of theme

THE FEATHERED NEST, PART ONE Under the spell of Amanda and Tony Timmer, a historic malt house overlooking the endless  Evenlode valley has been nurtured and reimagined into an incredible comfortable country inn. Honouring the […]

Posted on May 25, 2018November 30, 2018
  • Design & Interiors

Meeting with visual thinkers | Wayne Maxwell

Curious about spaces that feel right, and the people behind them, I set out to understand what makes a visual person tick. Is it an inate ability, a nurtured form of thinking, or is environment […]

Posted on May 18, 2018May 19, 2018
  • Design & Interiors

Q&A with Jordan Littler | Brasserie Blanc

Raymond Blanc is turning heads on the Thames Pathway with his first riverside Brasserie Blanc which opened in London last summer.  Designer Jordan Littler created a sexy interior on the ground floor of a luxury apartment […]

Posted on May 12, 2018May 18, 2018
  • Design & Interiors

Enhancing guest experience through reinventing spaces. In conversation with The Old Stocks Inn

Mooch around in the historic square of Stow-on-the-Wold, and you’ll be glad to stumble across the re-invented Old Stocks Inn, inspired by the ancient wooden stocks that still stand today. Hotel owner Jim Cockell and Interior […]

Posted on May 18, 2017May 18, 2018
  • Design & Interiors

Daylesford | Flower & Garden Shop Design

  Designed by Spencer Fung Shopping for flowers has come quite a way since the 80’s highstreet formats, becoming lifestyle destinations in their own right. The NEW Daylesford garden shop on it’s HQ farm in The Cotswolds […]

Posted on May 4, 2017May 27, 2018
  • Design & Interiors

The Holy Grail of Cotswold Style..

May 2017 A flurry of activity at Daylesford during Spring 2017,  and my eye is on the bounty of rustic antique charm in the newly appointed ‘Home’ area now in the Dovecote barn     […]

Posted on March 23, 2017March 27, 2018
  • Design & Interiors

The Porch House | Designed by Brakspear’s Stephanie Dennett

The Porch House was an extensive renovation project that honoured the building’s history (reportedly the oldest Inn in England) and its setting in the Cotswold town of Stow on the Wold. The building now provides […]

Posted on March 6, 2017May 27, 2018

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