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IL TAVOLINO GELATERIA AND CAFÉ CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

You know what the Kelowna food scene really needs? A bistro in the Mission area that offers healthy food made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients, including grab-and-go paninis, hot lunch specials, a large selection of homemade gelato, freshly prepared take out items for quick at-home dinners, and of course, great coffee. Well, guess what? Il Tavolino is coming to the rescue! A perspective view of the concept for Il Tavolino, an Italian cafe and gelateria under construction in Kelowna, BC. Designed in collaboration with Magpie Interiors. Il Tavolino, the brainchild of Alessandro DeAngelis and his wife, interior designer Sarah…

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…

GROUSE RIVER KELOWNA RETAIL DESIGN

A topographic ceiling is the focal point over the optics counter and allows for a central division between the hunting and outdoor sections. Well readers, it’s been TWO years since we started this project, but we’re thrilled to finally show you the results of our effort. Tadaaaa! Our interior design for the flagship location of Grouse River, an established, locally owned and operated hunting and outdoor store based in Kelowna, BC. We know that the team at Grouse River are beyond happy with their new 17,000 sq. ft. retail store design, but equally important, so are their customers and suppliers.…

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…

OFFICE DESIGN FOR INTROVERTS AND EXTROVERTS: THE RESULTS

Heneghan Peng developed a space for Airbnb that provided areas for collaboration, private meetings, and flexibility to support the various tasks of diverse employees. A couple of weeks ago we blogged about office design for introverts and extroverts and how as commercial interior designers, we can develop spaces that can suit the needs of both personality types. In that blog post we discussed ways that we can improve productivity and well-being for all employees, but we also asked you to take part in our survey regarding your experiences in your workplace. Today we're following up on that survey to show…

OFFICE DESIGN FOR INTROVERTS AND EXTROVERTS

Breakout spaces like the one above designed by za bor Architects are necessary for private phone calls or more focused work in open office designs. The discussion on introversion and extroversion is a hot topic right now. If you've seen Susan Cain's enlightening TED talk The Power of Introverts (read on if you want to watch it), then you might agree that we need to reconsider how we can support the spatial and functional requirements of introverted individuals. But it's also true that the majority of our society consists of extroverts, so it seems to us we should be designing…

HATCHS 2014 INTERIOR DESIGN PREDICTIONS PART 2

Office design over the past few years has been really collaborative like Cisco's space by Studio O+A, but we think 2014 might hold something a little more organized. So a few weeks ago we blogged about our predictions for Interior Design in 2014 as they relate to aesthetics and style . Aesthetics is an important part of the design of an office, retail shop or any commercial interior, but for our team of Registered Interior Designers , function really has to come first. So, what are our functional predictions for 2014?

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 2

Geremia has made a name for themselves in the design community. With projects like Dropbox in 2012 (above) they were propelled into yet another successful year in 2013. We've got projects from their portfolio as well as, another Hatch fav, Studio Opa. Is it just us, or have you noticed how quickly the design world moves these days? We wonder if it’s because of platforms like Pinterest increasing the public’s accessibility to emerging design trends? Because design is evolving so rapidly, it’s really fun to look back over the past year and remember the projects that have inspired us, and…

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,…