Rachel Clarida, Author at Hatch Design

HATCH’S INTERIOR DESIGN PROCESS PART 3

There are a tonne of intricate details in this design for Zizzi by Scardigno Design. Coordinating all these details to produce the restaurant you see above would have required great teamwork between the General Contractor and Interior Designer during construction. Are you gearing up to tackle a commercial interior design project for your business? If this is your first experience working with a Registered Interior Designer it is beneficial for you to understand our design process and the amount of work it takes to ensure that the end result is something that all parties are happy with. Our previous two…

HATCH’S INTERIOR DESIGN PROCESS PART 1

You might feel like planning isn't fun, but you know what is? Having a space that looks like this because you did plan. Kudos to Grosu Art Studio for their trailblazing design concept pictured above; we know pulling this off takes planning. Have you ever wondered about the interior design process for a commercial project? What is involved and what steps your interior designer takes to help deliver a killer project to you when all is said and done? We bet it’s more than you think! Read on to learn about how we at Hatch Interior Design approach your project.

GRAND FORKS CITY HALL RECONSTRUCTION

An aerial perspective rendering of our Grand Forks City Hall Reconstruction project. We have been busy here at Hatch with a variety of really interesting and challenging projects - right up our alley. One of the latest, slated to begin construction toward the end of June, is the reconstruction of Grand Forks City Hall. A fire in September of 2013 caused significant damage to City Hall, gutting the entire main floor (housing the Administration Offices), and causing significant smoke damage to the second floor (housing City Council Offices and Council Chambers). The fire was put out in time to keep…

SPECIALTY CONSULTANTS FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL PROJECT

A restaurant has many very specific equipment needs that the requirement for a commercial kitchen consultant is obvious. We wonder if AvroKo also brought on a lighting consultant here to ensure desired lighting levels were achieved when designing Omido pictured above. We know commercial interior design. We know it well and love the challenge of tackling a new project, learning about the brand and functional requirements and translating these into a unique and thoughtful design that tells your clients and customers who you are as a business. But, when it gets down to the knitty gritty it often makes sense…

HATCHS INTERIOR DESIGN PREDICTIONS FOR 2014 PART 1

The new Airbnb HQ by Interior Design Fair and Gensler features rooms that model eight of their apartment listings. We predict more home-away-from-home concepts for commercial interior design in 2014. In 2012 and 2013 commercial interior design was all about the vintage-industrial and corporate kindergarten concepts. These standout concepts were widely applied to just about any type of commercial interior. We featured many, many projects that fit either one of these descriptions, sometimes they were a combination of both. We expect that this will quickly change, how many more eclectically designed tech companies do we need out there? Want to…

HATCH’S FAVOURITE DESIGN FIRMS IN 2013 PART 1

Blacksheep was on our radar this year, and it's obvious why. Their design for Whyte and Brown's restaurant in London, UK, provides guests with great spaces to enjoy free range chicken and craft beer. Holy moly, 2013 is coming to an end! It's been a great year and we are looking forward to what 2014 holds in store. We've been reflecting on the year from a design perspective and thought we would share Hatch's favourite design firms in 2013. We have narrowed it down to our top five (in no particular order); firms that continuously WOW us with their creativity,…

HATCH INTERIOR DESIGN OFFICE EXPANSION

We have some exciting news! The Hatch team has been working for a couple of months on our own office expansion and things are moving right along.

INSPIRATION FOR OUR HIGH-TECH CORPORATE INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT

Google is famous for providing their employees with dynamic, creative and engaging workspaces. Pictured from top left and moving clockwise: Google reception desk in an office by Scott Brownrigg; a fireman's slide leading to the cafeteria and an orange grove both designed by Camenzind Evolution. When we were awarded a large scale High-Tech corporate interior design project for a company in town we were extremely excited, and not only because we got the job (which was very exciting on its own!). They requested a design that was outside of the box, a space that, from both an employee and prospective…

INSPIRATION FOR OUR GROUSE RIVER INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT

You know that moment while you are brainstorming and talking through a problem with a colleague and suddenly the clouds part and you realize you have just come up with a great solution? Everything becomes clear and you are able to get to it and make it happen. We had one of those moments while developing the concept of an outdoor and hunting retail store; read on for insight into our process for the inspiration of our Grouse River project.

DESIGN PROCESS FOR CANMORE FAMILY EYECARE

Our Canmore Family Eyecare client has a wonderful, retro flair. What better way to compliment her style and set her optometry clinic apart from her competition than with a fresh, retro modern space? Want to learn about our design process for Canmore Family Eyecare?