Chloe Marquand 13/12/2023 Chloe Marquand 13/12/2023

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.

Laura Ward 23/10/2023 Laura Ward 23/10/2023

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.

Laura Ward 11/10/2023 Laura Ward 11/10/2023

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.

Laura Ward 25/09/2023 Laura Ward 25/09/2023

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.

Chloe Marquand 11/09/2023 Chloe Marquand 11/09/2023

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.

Emma Carter 18/08/2023 Emma Carter 18/08/2023

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.

Laura Ward 24/07/2023 Laura Ward 24/07/2023

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.