Universal Design Studio Announces Management Acquisition of Australian Office

31.10.2011

Universal Design Studio is pleased to announce the management acquisition of the Australian office by Directors Mark Simpson and Damien Mulvihill. The Melbourne studio will be operating under a new name: DesignOffice. Both Mark and Damien worked as part of the core design team at Universal Design Studio in London between 2003 and 2007 realising projects for clients including Liberty of London and Canteen, and will continue to share the role of Joint Creative Directors at DesignOffice.

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Mulberry Head Offices Completed

07.04.2011

British luxury brand Mulberry has combined its previous two London offices into one single location spread over 40,000 sq ft on Kensington Church Street. Mulberry worked with Universal Design Studio to construct a space that suits the brand’s affinity for innovative design and English eclecticism. The brief was to create a suitable, functional working space for a unique fashion brand, and not a dry ‘office’ environment. Spaces are open and organic, and reflect a mix of natural, low-key textures with innovative space and light elements.

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Mulberry Manchester Flagship

29.03.2011

Universal Design Studio has completed work on the new Mulberry flagship store for the north of England in Manchester. The Manchester store is the latest in an ongoing collaboration between Mulberry and Universal Design Studio, who recently unveiled the new Mulberry London flagship store on New Bond St to critical acclaim.

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Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011

17.01.2011

Showcasing a year in design, the fourth annual Brit Insurance Design Awards features an international shortlist. The nominations will be on show at an exhibition at the Design Museum in London from 16 February – 7 August 2011. From this comprehensive list, the jury will select the seven category winners to be announced on 28 February 2011. The overall Brit Insurance Design of the Year will be announced at the Awards Dinner on 15 March 2011. Universal Design Studio's collaboration with Sony at the Milan Salone 2010 entitled Contemplating Monolithic Design, is nominated for the award.

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Mulberry Bond Street

07.12.2010

Universal Design Studio has designed Mulberry’s new flagship store on London’s New Bond St. Universal and Mulberry have been collaborating on the store concept for two years. This is the first flagship to be fitted out and several smaller international stores are under construction. The store has the austere language of a contemporary art gallery with the daylight-simulating lightboxes on the ceiling. A concrete floor inset with especially commissioned brass tablets by conceptual artist Jon Ellery is juxtaposed with a playful composition of large sculptural timber and brass ‘follies.’

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

22.10.2010

For the second year in a row, the Natural History Museum approached Universal Design Studio to design the exhibition space for the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Drawing in over 130,000 visitors in 2009, it is the museum’s most popular exhibition and a highlight in the arts calendar. This year’s exhibition also includes the results of an exciting new award – Wildlife Photojournalist of the Year and an interactive lounge that allows the visitor to experience the digital exhibition of past and present winners.

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