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Paul Maguire – holiday let planning application – Wigston Parva, Blaby

Paul & Nicky Maguire from Wigston Parva approached The Design Social with a fascinating idea to convert an existing garage with a loft conversion into a short term, AirBNB style holiday let. The difficulty was that the property borders a designated heritage area, which meant that heritage reports & Highways Agency liaising were required. When…

March 6, 2020
Precision Meubles – Promotional literature – Paris, France

Precision Meubles are a new business, bringing quality fitted bedroom furniture to France. We produced marketing material to grab in-store interest.

December 1, 2019
Titanic Belfast – Project coordination of contractors designs – Belfast

We handled the design coordination for all trades on this new iconic museum. Our keen eye for detail & experience of coordinating trades has come to the fore.

September 20, 2019
Slater Jones Bookkeeping – Design of brand identity – Tamworth

Allison Slater and Victoria Jones received a word of mouth recommendation from a previous client, that happened to coincide with them looking to upgrade their existing website. The existing website was hosted on Wix but Allison and Victoria were looking for a service that managed the more technical aspects of the website on their behalf,…

May 22, 2019
Midlands Resin Stone – Website design & Hosting – Coalville

When George Finney & the team at Midlands Resin Stone were doing an outstanding job of laying our driveway and yard, a conversation came up about how unhappy George was with his current website and how he was struggling to find someone who would do a contemporary website at a reasonable price. We of course…

September 26, 2018
Noble Day Associates – Web Design & Hosting For New Startup – Leicester

The Design Social & Dominic Sore go way back, so when Dominic launched a new startup business, Noble Day Associates, he approached us to provide a fresh website design & hosting to showcase some of the amazing museums & visitor centres Dominic has been involved with.

September 25, 2018
Hong Kong Maritime Museum – Coordinating design with architecture – Hong Kong

We have worked with the lead designers as sub-contractors working on proposals for the re-location of the Museum.

August 31, 2018
Brett Naylor – New extension over existing storey – Wigston Parva, Blaby

Brett & Aimee Naylor got in touch to ask for help in getting a challenging development idea through to planning. Their property is in a heritage conservation area that at some point in the eighties had a single storey extension built on the rear. The brief was to come up with an idea to build…

July 18, 2018
Grant Shelton – Concept design to planning application – Long Eaton, Derbyshire – Sandiacre

Re-development of a tired 1920s bungalow into a modern spacious family environment. This project was taken through planning & despite a little opposition was approved. The project has bedded down beautifully into the street & has provided a light & spacious family home.

October 18, 2017
Museum of Liverpool – Concept design to manufacture – Liverpool

Due to our in-depth understanding of the design concept we have worked as sub-contractors on producing as-built & construction drawings.

October 18, 2017
Marcus De – Promotional literature – Leicester

Miguel at Marcus De shoes asked us to help out putting together a look book & promotional material, as he was delighted with the approach we took designing his brand’s website. The results were extremely attractive, making his literature fly off the stands at exhibitions.

October 18, 2017
Crossrail Siemens – Coordination of 3D & BIM for various trades – London

Work with Siemens UK on Crossrail. We provided architectural coordination across a variety of contractors & disciplines.

April 1, 2016
Sue Phillips – Loft Conversion – Elmsthorpe, Blaby

Sue Philiips from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, approached us at The Design Social to acquire planning approval for a loft conversion in her property. The property consisted of a 1920’s, semi-detached house that had been heavily changed and extended by previous owners. Sue wanted a conversion that would include a bathroom and a bedroom. We took this…

March 1, 2016
Age UK – Concept design to installation management – Rutland

Working with Age UK & Rutland Home Improvement Agency to provide vulnerable people with changes to their properties, to allow a higher standard of living.

June 29, 2012

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