BAR & CINEMA ROOM, HALE, CHESHIRE
An Irish Bar re-imagined. The clients have roots in Ireland, so some keynote symbols were re-mixed to create a more cocktail feel.
Elements such as the repetition of the staggered hexagonal forms of Giants Causeway, the green white and gold of the Tricolour flag and Irish Linen created the basis for this premium home interior.
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THE KINDERTON, MIDDLEWICH, CHESHIRE
Full refurbishment to an existing bar and restaurant in my home town. Initially due to be demolished, but saved by local entrepeneur investors.
All design inspirations come from a short local walk past the town and along the canal - its sandstone church, salt mining, canal transport history and its surrounding fields all integrated into the final design finishes. The design & build team all Middlewich based trades people, headed by my cousin Patrick of Hough Construction.
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RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN, GREATER MANCHESTER
Open plan living, dining and bespoke kitchen design with a modern Ibiza apartment feel, utilising simple geometric shapes and forms to soft zone the space.
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THE KINDERTON, MIDDLEWICH, CHESHIRE
Full refurbishment to an existing bar and restaurant in my home town. Initially due to be demolished, but saved by local entrepeneur investors.
All design inspirations come from a short local walk past the town and along the canal - its sandstone church, salt mining, canal transport history and its surrounding fields all integrated into the final design finishes. The design & build team all Middlewich based trades people, headed by my cousin Patrick of Hough Construction.
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SHIPPON BAR & RESTAURANT, PLASSEY, NORTH WALES
This unique venture involves the the conversion of an Edwardian Era milking parlour into a premium bar and restaurant in Plassey, North Wales. Almost all of the original features and details of of the building were maintained or up-cycled into the final design.
Finalist - Northern Design Awards 2018
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GODFREY HOYNE PROPERTY INVESTMENT OFFICE, ROMILEY, GREATER MANCHESTER
Simple, sharp linear themes utilised to create depth and space in a redundant former bookmakers in Romiley.
Moving towards increasing sustainability in the design process, only one of the finish materials is not 100% recycled or recyclable.
The island unit serves as a small hub area which can be utilised by business individuals in the locale without their own office space.
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THE LAD BIBLE GROUP, NORTHERN QUARTER, MANCHESTER
Winner of the Northern Design Awards 2017 for the Best Commercial Interior under £250,000. Re-invention of the Northern HQ for the Lad Bible Group, one of the world’s largest online youth communities.
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GREENS BAR AND RESTAURANT, TEMPLENOE, CO.KERRY, IRELAND
Recent major re-design project of the former club house at The Ring of Kerry Golf Club, one of Ireland’s premier golfing venues.
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THE FAT PIG AT CHEQUERBENT, LANCASHIRE
Recent completion of a highly successful dining pub & restaurant on a landmark site for Heritage Inns.
Original features such as parquet floors and quarry tiles were faithfully restored, with period details accentuated and brought back into the design scheme.
A private dining panel room was created from redundant space in the back of house.
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RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, MANCHESTER
Final stage 3d renders of an extended living space and dining room for a private client.
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200 DEGREES COFFEE SHOP & BARISTA SCHOOL, NOTTINGHAM
Formerly a shoe shop, many of the site's traditional pub panel features had been over-clad and hidden, so were re-exposed and re-loved (enter to see the 'before' section in the gallery)
The design statement is quintessentially English, hand-made & bespoke, with many elements re-cycled or up-cycled, with influences from '50's British Industry.
Integral to the work are the sign-writing, graphics and mirrors, inspired by fonts and typeset motifs of Nottingham & the midlands industrial and manufacturing icons - by design collaborator, Nick Chaffe. www.nickchaffe.com
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RESIDENTIAL LIVING SPACE & KITCHEN DESIGN, CHESHIRE
Bespoke interior for private clients who share my taste for Scandanavian and mid-century Modernist design.
The bespoke kitchen design for this interior project won Best Kitchen Design for under £15,000 and won Best Overall Design at The BA Awards, November 2015. Built by Thornley Interiors, Cheshire.
Voted Best of Houzz Design 2017 and featured as a double page case study in Grand Designs Magazine May 2017
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TIE INTERCEPTOR
Second HEAVY PETAL illuminated Star Wars sculpture created from up-cycled old Raleigh bike frames.
Commissioned by WIRED magazine & featured in Nov. 2014 edition.
Both sculptures featured as showcase installation at WIRED 2014 event, London.
X-WING FIGHTER #1
First commission for HEAVY PETAL, my lighting design collaboration with Tyson Lighting.
'Up-cycling of cycles' - Raleigh Grifter bike frames and parts of BMX's were fused to create this installation . To be hung in Manchester soon.
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Gresham Office Furniture Showroom
'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'.....
Using the building's natural industrial features, Northern Backdrop tied together influences from New York lofts, building materials and a pinch of dry Northern humour with references to Bolton based company's early history as a typewriter manufacturer. Realised from scratch and completed in five weeks. Bespoke lighting and furniture finishes by the designer.
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GO! Bar and Kitchen, John Lennon Airport, Liverpool
Bar and deli/pizza offer in the airside concourse of Liverpool Airport. 3d concept visuals created – recently completed.
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The White Lion & Dragon, Worplesdon, Surrey
Thai fine-dining restaurant & public house. This lease site was previously a failing operation as a cafe and cabaret pub, gutted out and re-designed from scratch.
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The Cow, Cambridge
Student-led bar and basement club in Cambridge city centre. Sixties references to politics and scandal with basement club wall artwork for the mod & ska night regulars.
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The Bread & Cheese, Benfleet, Essex
Conversion of a redundant former community local into a restaurant pub and carvery.
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The Living Room, Chester
Refurbishment with traditional and modern Art Deco influences. Feature pendant lights also created by the designer.
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The Living Room, Liverpool
Landmark Liverpool restaurant & bar. Design influences were drawn from American art deco and the city’s rich maritime history, notably from the interior of the legendary White Star Line cruise ship, RMS Aquitania. Feel free to give us a call to discuss inspirations on this project in further detail.
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The Duck, Battersea, London
A tongue-in-cheek take on a gentleman’s club & billiards room was the inspiration for this project. Achieved on a shoestring budget, recycling furniture, fittings and bric a brac from other sites and combining them with new elements. Feel free to give us a call to discuss inspirations on this project in further detail.
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The Rose and Crown, Brentwood, Essex
Thai fine-dining restaurant and traditional English public house. Formerly a failed pub, which was closed down by its owners.
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Bar Room Bar-Pizza Kitchen & Bar, The Mailbox, Birmingham
Crisp, modern continental influences applied to this pizza kitchen & bar in the Urban Splash Mailbox development in Birmingham.
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The White Hart, Hook, Hampshire
Faithful updating of this Grade II Listed 16th century coaching inn, which is the 5th oldest licensed premises in Britain.
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Hole in The Wall, Stratford upon Avon
A very successful transformation combining traditional and contemporary elements.
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