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From first conversation to the final detail

A clear path for your project.

Bring your ideas, your questions and the way you want the space to work. We can begin there, then define the design and delivery steps appropriate to your brief.

How we work

Good spaces begin
with a clear conversation.

Understand the priorities. Explore the direction. Agree the scope. The right next step depends on where your project is today.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Start with the right questions.

    Tell us what you want to create, where the project is and what matters most to you. Existing plans, photographs and a budget guide help give the first conversation a useful starting point.

    A clearer understanding of your priorities and the information still needed.

  2. 02

    Develop

    Give the idea a direction.

    Explore the relationship between layout, appearance and everyday use. Depending on the brief, this may involve spatial ideas, finishes or 3D visualisation to help you evaluate the direction.

    A design direction to discuss and refine, appropriate to the agreed service.

  3. 03

    Agree

    Define the work before it begins.

    Bring scope, responsibilities, specifications and commercial terms into the same conversation. Programme and cost depend on the work involved, site conditions and the decisions that still need to be made.

    An agreed scope and next steps before the relevant work proceeds.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    Carry the thinking into the details.

    For an agreed construction or installation scope, the focus moves to the work on site. Design choices, materials and practical requirements need to remain connected as the project develops.

    Work coordinated around the agreed scope, with changes discussed as they arise.

  5. 05

    Handover

    Review the space together.

    Look at the agreed work, discuss any remaining items and clarify the handover arrangements. The final conversation should make it clear what has been provided and what comes next.

    A shared review of the work and its agreed handover requirements.

A closer look

The people. The work. The detail.

Photographs from the existing collection and newer supplied files give the process a tangible context.

Two people in high-visibility workwear discussing work on site.

Work on site

Bring the priorities together.

A photograph from the existing site collection.

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Two workers in reflective vests working beneath pendant lights and hanging foliage.

Work on site

Attend to the detail.

Installation work from the supplied Mr Sadza material.

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In motion

Follow the transformation.

From a design direction to a changing space, these films offer another way to explore the process.

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Your next project

Let’s create something exceptional.

Share your priorities, location and the way you want your space to work.

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Elegance Ivy films

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