Day 1 What to expect? Where to start? Which exhibits to go to? As a “newbie” in the UK and a little out of my comfort zone in that my career was built on designing and detailing building envelopes in South Africa where there are a total different set of influences and solutions.… I was […]

“How work-ready and talented students are at the University of Central Lancashire”.  Our Creative Director Bev said, when she returned from judging this year’s DS16 Awards, which celebrates the talent being showcased at the 2016 Degree Shows. It’s always difficult taking time out of the studio.  We are so busy all of the time.  However […]

Did you know that Blackpool Transport has a 125 year history? Blackpool has the oldest electric street tramway in the world, dating back to 1884. You can imagine how proud we were to be invited by Blackpool Transport to design their new Customer Centre travel hub, on Market Street.

The first month back after Christmas has certainly been a hectic one! We have received some really interesting approaches, have been working flat out on two new restaurant concepts as well as managing to fit in a local school event; OUR FUTURE, OUR CHOICE. We feel really proud to be involved with a careers fair […]

Where has 2015 gone?  We can’t believe it’s only 36 days to Christmas…..not that we are trying to panic you.  At bwd we are getting super excited so have been embarking on a bit of Christmas research to find out what’s hot and what’s not. Trends that are making their way into shops, offices and homes this […]

Wow we did it again! We are so proud to have won another Enterprise Vision Award (EVAS). Last year we won Creative Industry Of The Year and this time we have scooped Small Business Of The Year.  What makes us so proud of this award is that it was independently judged. The EVAS2015 took place at the […]

On Wednesday 23rd September, Ria took a trip to London to visit 100% Design. The exhibition takes place each year and is one of our favourites to visit. Why go to 100% Design? We go to see the variety and quality of exhibitors, who are all under one roof at London’s Olympia.  The sheer scale of the exhibition space enables similar […]

As a designer who lived and worked in London during the 1980’s, you can imagine what a surprise and honour it was for Bev to be invited to an exclusive lunch and get to meet one of the design industry’s icons: Sir Terence Conran. My friend Gill Seville, who is KPMG’s Business Development Executive, kindly […]

How good would it be to turn your humble shed into a themed bar or an all American diner! Well some have done just that.  Check out these #amazing spaces. After our designer Ria watched the TV series on Channel 4 – Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year she was so impressed with the transformations that she […]

We’ve been getting organised at bwd and have created a yearly events calendar so we don’t miss any of the creative shows around the UK and overseas. You’ll remember we went to May Design Series and Clerkenwell last month, well last week we were in London at New Designers.  We debated whether or not we […]