As a designer, it is your job to be creative and let your imagination run wild, and one of the hardest things is reining yourself back. A client has come to us because their room has a purpose, and they want us to make the space practical for this purpose. But, who says practicality and […]

Up the road from bwd HQ, not-so-sunny-Blackpool is home to one of the funniest floors we have seen in a long time – the Comedy Carpet! Sat on the front promenade, inbetween the beach and world famous Blackpool Tower, the Comedy Carpet is the Floor-Of-Fame for a collection of famous, memorable quotes by 850 writers […]

Bank Holiday Monday was well recieved this year, giving us a chance to put our feet up and rest after our busy weeking of shopping and enjoying our designs at the Inside ‘Live’ event at Manchester Arndale. The pop-up event was set up to pull out the latest fashion and beauty pages of Manchester Arndale’s […]

We had a great day in Manchester Arndale Centre! Everything came together, and our designs looked fantastic! It is so incredibly rewarding to see the final result be so successful after all the hard work and effort we’ve put into the projects. It all started out as meetings and drawings, and bwd saw the entire […]

An hour to go before kick off! The event is looking great so far! And we can finally tell you about it!!! Head down today to check it all out! Fashion and beauty galore! It’ll be a fashion bloggers dream!

A recent trend in the interior design world, for both home and commercial spaces, is bringing inside inspiration from outside! Whether its realistic and rustic, or a in a stylised, manfactured manner, there is no denying that statement tree fixtures are successfully bringing together aethetics and practicality. Bringing natural elements in to the home can […]

My youngest daughter is attending a fancy dress day at her school and has chosen to dress as her favourite adventure character, little miss Dora The Explorer! Its a wonderful idea, but where is a busy mother supposed to find orange shorts?! Luckily she has an abundance of white PE shorts! The orange dye I […]

We are about to come to the end of one of our projects, with 1 day to go before the event launches! Many different elements of production and design have gone into this project, so we’re very excited about constructing it all and seeing the final space design for the event! Here are bwd, we […]

According to their website, Preston Guild is a historic celebration dating back to 1179. “It is the only Guild still celebrated in the UK and as such is unique. The 2012 celebration will be the first Guild in the 21st century and the first since the granting of Preston’s city status in 2002. Held only […]

During a trip to Manchester I found a gorgeous pink window display in the Mulberry store. When you have a huge budget and a simple product (in this case, a handbag or two) you can get creative! We love the huge pink flowers against the simple white background, and the simple black line drawn ladders […]