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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.
Sensory Design in Focus: How Phoenix Wharf crafts inclusive commercial spaces
Phoenix Wharf's Creative Director, Chris Gwyther, gives his thoughts on sensory design for Design Insider.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2024
The theme for International Women's Day 2024 is "Inspire Inclusion". We’ve asked 3 inspirational women to share their views.
Surface Design Show 2024; Our Top Picks
Last week, our team had the opportunity to attend the Surface Design Show 2024, an inspiring event that showcases the latest trends and innovations in surface design. The show was a diverse and immersive experience, encompassing a wide range of materials, textures, and applications.
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.
Art Deco; a style that spans history
Art Deco style spans many different periods in history. The distinctive look was born in France just before the outbreak of WWI and its demise followed shortly after caused by WWII - A moment in history that prompted a lot of artistic and design styles to end.
Understanding colour theory and complementary colours: How can we pick colours wisely when designing brands and interiors?
Think about the colour red. What comes to mind? Perhaps feelings of anger or love, or perhaps items like lipstick or a stop sign.
Although these might not have been your precise feelings triggered by the colour red, it is likely you associated ‘red’ with some specific emotions. This is a universal human experience and it’s a powerful tool you can use and manipulate to enhance your work as a designer. Recognising that a selection of colours extends beyond individual preference, can help you enhance not only the usability of a brand or interior, but also in influencing consumers who interact with it.
Silver for Interior Design - Hospitality
We’re delighted that our hospitality design of Apprentice Winner, Harpreet Kaur’s Oh So Yum! dessert parlour has been recognised by the London Design Awards.
We’re Hiring!
We're seeking an ambitious and creatively minded Senior Business Developer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for finding, cultivating, and closing new business opportunities for our agency.
Designing for Neurodiversity
Interior design has, for most of time, been based around making spaces functional, safe, and beautiful by means of colour, texture, furnishings, lighting, art, and so forth but the goal posts in today’s society are changing. It is time to broaden our perspective on how a space can provide support and nourishment to the neurologically diverse.
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.
Trend - Colour Drenching
What is colour drenching? The trend is all about immersing your space in one colour, from the walls and ceilings to the furniture and fittings. Different materials and textures provide visual interest and variety in this bold approach.
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.
Key Kidswear Trends
We highlight the key trends impacting how junior consumers will dress for the foreseeable future, including lucrative licensed product opportunities, the resurrection of ‘mini-me’, inspired inclusivity and active-lifestyle-led updates.
Sustainability In Design - Foresso
Here at Phoenix Wharf we are proud to have the coveted BCorp status. Part of this, for us, means continually striving to be more sustainable in design. When starting out on a new project, we always look to include something that’s not only sustainable but innovative too.
We are shortlisted for a Creative Retail Award!
Creative Retail Design Awards shortlist announcement
Chelsea Flower Show 2023 - Inspiring our al fresco dining design
Summer is on the horizon and in our opinion one of the best ways to spend your days in the summer heat is through dining outdoors.
The UK now has a thriving outdoor dining culture, and al fresco dining spaces are a common sight in many city centres and towns. This is, in part, a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Outdoor dining has gone from necessary to the norm.