Yvonne Costello and Ori Hellerstein are a husband and wife team making artisanal chocolate truffles using high quality ingredients and the processes acquired by Ori working as a pastry chef at well-respected restaurants. These skills were then refined whilst running his business The Artisan Bakery creating and supplying fine patisserie and chocolates to trade. Costello + Hellerstein’s philosophy is built around the complete sensory experience,...
Ten Trinity Square is a super prime real estate project developed by the Chinese conglomerate Reignwood Group. It is made up of a private members club, residencies and a Four Seasons hotel, all set within the Port of London Authority building which is located at the centre of the city near the Tower of London and with views of the Thames....
Austin Fraser is a UK information technology and engineering recruitment specialist with an open and transparent business practice. Established in 2007 it has gone on to win a variety of awards and recently opened its first international office in Munich with another office planned for Austin Texas this year. Described as dated, parochial and not reflective of Austin Fraser’s ability or ambition,...
Located at the heart of Oxford, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, abbreviated to University Church, has been a site of worship and debate for over 700 years and is the “spiritual home” of the oldest university in Britain. The church recently received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to raise awareness of the historical nature of the site...
Theatre Royal Plymouth (TRP) is the largest and best attended regional producing theatre in the UK and leading promoter of theatre in the South West. It runs a diverse programme of performances, activities and events, and has a 1300 seat auditorium capable of delivering West End musicals, opera and ballet, as well as a smaller 175 seat theatre for experimental productions. The building,...
The Stow Brothers is an estate agent working within the area of Walthamstow, a place where urban London meets the Epping Forest, and is described by the estate agent as a rapidly expanding community of like-minded people looking for a place with a strong sense of community, plenty of culture, good food and a decent pint. UK-based graphic design studio Build worked with The...
Spectrum is a recently redesigned consumer electronics range created by and sold through British department store John Lewis. The range includes DAB radios, alarm clocks, speakers and iPad covers. These are bound by a cohesive aesthetic of soft plastic, geometric forms, bright colours and a packaging treatment created by international design studio Pentagram, led by partner Harry Pearce....
Bray & Slaughter is a UK based regional contractor with over 100 years of experience in the construction industry and an extensive understanding of the education, healthcare, commercial, heritage, conservation and residential sectors. Following industry and company changes, Bray & Slaughter commissioned design studio Mytton Williams to create a new visual identity that would better reflect their growth and move from ‘local builder’ to ‘regional...
The Adventurous Blends 0f William Whistle is a small tea and coffee merchant crafting exotic flavoured teas, coffees and tisane from the highest quality ingredients sourced from across the world using an approach that is described as bringing together the very best discoveries of the past with the expertise of the present. This philosophy, as well as the merchant’s well-travelled and eccentric English nature, informed...
Once recognised as having the greatest wine cellar in the world and understood to have introduced French gourmet food to London, Café Royal, located on Regent Street, has been described as being the place for the avante garde to meet and dine for over a century. This year, to coincide with its reopening and reposition as a luxury five-star hotel...
PizzaLuxe began in 2011 as a single restaurant located on London’s Brick Lane hand making good-value, freshly baked pizzas using locally sourced, ‘deluxe’ ingredients. To coincide with an expansion into the Stratford’s Westfield Centre, the brand approached Edinburgh-based design studio The Touch Agency in 2013 to develop a new visual identity that would communicate their core values within a more ‘polished’ environment. In 2014, The Touch Agency continued...
The Counter Press is a letterpress studio and workshop located in an old chocolate factory in the East End of London. They work exclusively with hand set wood and hot metal type on antique presses to create contemporary typographic design, artwork and limited edition prints. While taking on small outside projects, founders David Marshall and Elizabeth Ellis are keen to stress they are not...