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Embracing experiential design for future-looking hospitality venues
Phoenix Wharf's Creative Director, Emma Carter, gives her thoughts on why embracing experiential design will be important for hospitality venues.
Evolving the great British pub
The quintessential British pub has been an integral part of the country's cultural and social fabric for centuries, and its rise has been a fascinating journey that reflects the changing dynamics of society and consumer preferences.
Material Matters; Our top 5 picks
This week the studio visited Material Matters at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf as part of London Design Festival. The fair has brought together world leading brands, designers, makers and innovators to investigate and celebrate the importance of materials and their ability to shape our lives.
Touch, Texture and Tactility: Clayworks
Are we losing touch with touch? Through the pandemic especially, we were desperately short on the textures, warmth, and imperfections that come from engaging with things in the tangible world — handcrafts, textiles, building materials, and each other.
A visit to the National Portrait Gallery - “more presence, more reach and more relevance”.
After a three-year closure, the gallery unveiled it’s newly configured space and brand identity. Phoenix Wharf went to London to explore the changes. Edit, a brand studio based in Manchester were behind the intelligent re-design. For the logo, they pulled references from sketches created by the gallery’s first director in 1893. Working with typographer and illustrator Peter Horridge and type foundry Monotype, a new monogram, logotype, typeface and colour palette, all inspired by historic reference points, were created.
Insider - The Importance of Spatial Design
The effects of spatial design on your mood and behaviour are often talked about in the context of residential design but what about in public hospitality spaces? If our interiors have been proven to impact our feelings, behaviour, and physical wellbeing then it seems obvious that the function, layout, and adaptability of your restaurant can have a tremendous impact on the success of a business.