Blythswood Square

We are really excited to be working as appointed interior designers for the Town House Company on their new hotel on Blythswood Square.

The famous historic building, formerly the Royal Scottish Automobile Club (RSAC), is currently undergoing an extensive restoration plan to return it to its former glory. Upon completion, the hotel will feature 100 luxury bedrooms incorporating the various elements of the original building, a state-of-the-art spa and extensive conference facilities.

It’s a fabulous building, not just architecturally but its history is also
incredibly rich. Blythswood Square is one of Glasgow’s greatest landmarks and incredibly important to the city, and so we are very proud to be a part of this project. The hotel will be exhilarating, decorative, contemporary, yet in keeping with its quality historic connection, cross-cultural, resonant and pastiche-free.

Hong Kong Expo

Over the last 18 months, Graven Images has worked with the School of Design at the University of Dundee in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme.

The aim of this project was to explore how the design of tools can aid the business and management processes that support design within the company.

The project has led to enhanced knowledge transfer not only within the company, but has also provided a vast amount of teaching materials for the School of Design.

The project is led by Emma Murphy at Graven Images and Professor Tom Inns at the School of Design.

During this project, Emma has also developed a framework for knowledge transfer and knowledge emergence in the creative industries, and a process for developing future tools in creative organisations.

We are pleased that the project will be included an exhibition at the Hong Kong Expo this month as an exemplary model in demonstrating knowledge transfer in practice, and how new knowledge can be created in both academia and industry through a collaborative partnership.

The Glasgow School of Art:

Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project

Lots of our people are graduates of The Glasgow School of Art. Janice Kirkpatrick our co-Director is an Honorary Professor and Governor there. We have a good relationship with the School, and were commissioned to design the campaign literature and promotional items for the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project.

The primary purpose of the campaign is “to secure the historic interiors of The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building and its collections and to enhance access to these internationally important heritage assets for a greater number of visitors.”

Our scope included the design of campaign folder, literature, exhibition banners and stationery.

For more information about the Mackintosh campaign, please click here.

Maggie's centre scoops top award

Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in Inverness, designed by Page and Park Architects, has been awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award 2006.

Other buildings shortlisted included the Royal Bank of Scotland HQ, Perth Concert Hall, and Glasgow’s Saltire Centre.

Congratulations to Page and Park—well done chaps!

Jim's in the hotseat…

Jim Hamilton, one of our senior designers, was put in the hotseat by Homes and Interiors Scotland. You’ll be pleased to know he survived the grilling and is now recovering…

Tinderbox, Ingram Street—now open!

As you may have remembered, we announced that we had been commissioned to design the new Tinderbox on Ingram Street…

It is now open!

Which is a good thing because it’s only 100m from our office, and sells beer too.

It still has that Tinderbox feel, but eight years on is quite different from the original.

Lulu, Edinburgh

Lulu, the last part of our project at Tigerlily, Montpelier Group’s boutique hotel in Edinburgh, opened its doors to the public last night. The interior is big wallpaper, oak fielded panels, embossed leather and a Tony Manero dance floor. Some of the Graven team attended the opening last night…we’re still waiting for them to come in to work…

BBC Update

Last year, we were commissioned as Interior Designers for BBC Scotland’s new Headquarters, at Pacific Quay, Glasgow. Here’s a little update…

The first pieces of designed furniture and specialist joinerwork have started manufacture, and the finishing touches are being made to the Space Planning. Good to see something tangible after all the months of planning and development!

European Hotel Design Awards

We are pleased that Tigerlily has been chosen as a finalist for the European Hotel Design awards, in the “Best Hotel Design” (bedroom and bathroom interiors) category.

The winner will be announced at the ceremony in November. Watch this space!

Tigerlily feature in Homes and Interiors Scotland

Budding Star…

Homes and Interiors Scotland have featured Tigerlily in their latest edition. The article was written by Fiona Armstrong.