Friday 28th October 2011 / Latest News / Our inspiration

Changing the face of funeral care

In recent years I lost my mother and father within three months of each other and a year later Sonia lost her father, and the one thing that still weighs heavily on my mind is that, while the care and service we received from our funeral director was excellent and professional, the experience of walking into the funeral director’s high street store was extremely depressing and not reflective of the warm smiles we received from the staff.

Tuesday 25th October 2011 / Retail Thoughts

CPW condensed product ranges

How do you fill a large space with a condensed product range, and take the same design to an extremely small space? We used modular and scalable kit, island tills and the consistent placement of brand messages. With a little creativity, all sizes of store can be packed with potential.

Tuesday 25th October 2011 / Retail Thoughts / Video

How connected stories help shoppers understand technology

Technology is fascinating, empowering, rapidly advancing and, to many, utterly bewildering. If the gadgets themselves aren’t complicated enough, when you consider how devices interact, share and connect to each other – then you’ve got a lot of complexity to process. How can retail design make technology less confusing for shoppers? And how can store design educate people, and help them understand the potential of connected devices?

Tuesday 25th October 2011 / Latest News

Reliance retail

We’re delighted to be working again with Reliance Industries Limited, India’s largest private sector company. While we can’t say much about our work at the moment, we can say we’re excited about working with a company that is driving forward the pace of change in India. Reliance are a truly inspiring company, and we’re proud to be working closely with them on their store experience and identity.

Friday 23rd September 2011 / Our inspiration

Monsoon time in india

Waking up at 4am flying over India on route to a meeting in Mumbai, I looked out of my window and just had to take this photo with my iPhone of the sun rising over a bed of clouds.

Friday 23rd September 2011 / Latest News

Japanese tsunami six months on

Des our senior creative designer has family in Japan and on one of his regular visits found these amazing photographs that show the phenomenal clean up taking place since the tsunami struck.

Friday 23rd September 2011 / Latest News

Our favorite cuppa

Our favorite tea at the studio is the Aap ki Pasand Tea Company, Masala Chai, a blend of black tea with natural spices Michael pick’s up on his monthly trips to India. They are a small team of tea producers and blenders with an amazing range of teas, after drinking these you really notice the dry back taste of tannin in other teas.

Friday 23rd September 2011 / Latest News

New team members

We have some new team members at BrindleyNovak, Rosie from New Zealand, junior graphic designer and Chantinee, junior interior designer, who has just completed her MA at Chelsea after working in an architectural practice in Bangkok. We are looking forward to adding their global view to the mix and they are already proving themselves enthusiastic and highly creative team members.

Wednesday 13th July 2011 / Environmental

Grow your own

We started to grow our own food three years ago, I have always loved gardening but had never attempted vegetables, now the garden mixes veg with flowers and I often find my creative inspiration comes when outside digging, pruning or tending. Our next studio will definitely have a garden space where any of the team can nurture their own small plot, breath in the air, clear the mind and let the creativity flow.

Saturday 12th March 2011 / Environmental / Latest News / Video

Aveda Shine – Brighton

Putting customers first

As Brighton natives we love working with local shops and adding to the vibrant mix of styles and influences that our city is famous for. Brighton depends on its independent and creative retailers because visitors expect to find something different to your typical high street.