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Much like Nick Clegg, you will know that the benefits of looking before you leap are unreserved. Going through the build and design process off site means you can take a sneaky peek at the troubles ahead - allowing you to anticipate problems, avoid any nasty surprises and above all stop yourself unwittingly jumping new shoes first into any muddy puddles. Recently, we've been helping a variety of businesses to up periscope and join the design dots with lots of plywood, nails and the odd cushion. Here are just a few of them. |
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FLAT OUT  |
You might be forgiven for thinking this is just another block of apartments, but the Never Monday concept is something altogether different. Soon to be created, slap bang in the city centre of Belfast, each 320sqft home has been designed to accommodate one trendy city dweller, all their possessions and most of their friends should they turn up for a party. Having built the prototype in its entirety (from flooring, storage, furniture, right through to the removable roof), we were able to show the architect, the interior designers and the developer the exact issues that might appear in construction, the storage and furniture needed to kit the place out, and perhaps more importantly, the power of the space as a pleasant place to live. It might be compact, but the clever, spacious design that allows the living space to dominate, makes it into an ideal city pad for anyone who can think outside of the "dark boxes connected by dark corridors" normally seen in this kind of city centre dwelling. Anyone who has entered it so far, has automatically recognised the desirability of the space and the way it encourages you to look at life differently, so we will also be creating, building and installing a prototype and locating it across the road from the actual location of the building. |
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MY PRECIOUS |
For years, psychologists have been trying to work out what compels people to purchase things in shops. From specially designed lighting to inspirational music, most stores are doing everything they can to prise the hard earned cash out of even the tightest, dustiest wallets. This persuasion process has become something of an art form and it's a skill we have been taking an active role in reproducing this month. With a 315sqft space to play with, a national chain of jewellery stores has been experimenting with their store layout in our specially created full scale model of one of the chain's flagship stores. Their in-house design team have found the model and the abundance of different furniture to be vital in the creative thinking process and hope to inject the fun they've had playing with the space into the jewellery shopping experience with tactile, interactive displays made by us of course. |
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NO DUMMY |
This model of the Remus Uomo concession store which was built by us last year not only secured the brand's position in a top London department store, it also now acts as an immediate visual way to position the brand in the company headquarters. With every individual storage solution honed to perfection, it was the perfect planning apparatus for the company and for showing off just how much we appreciate a well done shop-fit. |
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PICTURE THIS... |
...a truck load of paving, plants, people and photography equipment all in Terry's on a rainy day in January. This is the second shoot we've hosted for paving and walling expert Acheson & Glover as the scale of our space allows them to do the bird's eye images of paving and walling for which they have become so well known. The week long shoot included images of a mocked up back garden complete with family, paving, walling and a new 'outfit for every season'. This involved a number of giant bags of fake snow and enough Easter eggs to cause a riot among the under tens throughout the land. Fortunately we kept the doors closed, so they couldn't get in. |
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GOOGLE BOX |
The Black Box was home to us, our work and a large number of NI's architects, interior designers and general design enthusiasts for our last Terry party. The Make Yourself at Home Party was our first proud outing for the Remploy chairs which we have slowly but surely been restoring one by one, (you may remember them from our last issue of Terry Interesting- if not, click here.) Plus, with the excellent food from Portadown's finest Zio's, we managed to help make the traffic a touch lighter on that fine early spring evening - (there must be a grant for that sort of thing.) |
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