Chichester Design

I popped along to a special event at the brand new Courtyard offices in Chichester on Thursday. The gathering was co-hosted by
the South Coast Design Forum (SCDF), the Chichester Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Royal Institute of British Architects.

The new office spaces at Vinnetrow Business Park were impressive and the large amount of natural light was a feature that stood out for me. Mark Hooper, from Kingsbridge Estates, the owners of the premises, and a representative from the architects involved in the project explained the thinking behind the design of the building. Aside from the …

With the South Coast Design Forum’s fifth anniversary exhibition at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts set to open its doors next week, I thought this was a great time to mention the event again and to give people a sneak preview of the work Chichester Design has produced for the forum’s special fifth birthday book.

Our contribution to this one-off publication has been created by our web designer Oli. The artwork comprises the number five made up of pixels, code, words and pen strokes, which is surrounded by a circle created from the same components. According to Oli, each …

I attended a very interesting seminar on social media in the business world this week, organised by the South Coast Design Forum and held at the Assembly Rooms in Chichester. The speakers included Françoise Murat, an interior and landscape garden designer, who amongst other things blogs for Sarah Beeney’s website http://www.telipo.com.

She is one of an increasing number of people who recognise social media as an extension of traditional marketing and public relations, and as a means of building your reputation and establishing yourself as an authority in your sector, or a “thought leader”, as she put it.…

On Tuesday evening myself and the rest of the Chichester Design team attended the Design for Sustainability workshop at Pallant House Gallery.

The event focused on the important task of designing out product wastage in all stages of the design process. We discussed whether something that is claming to be green is actually green?

For example, one of the products was a recycled umbrella from a high-street brand, it claimed in green printed text, “I am a recycled umbrella, I was once bottle caps.” We speculated that this might not be completely true, unless the manufacturer has found a way …

Chichester Design has just become a member of the Chichester Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). We’ve value networking in the local community and we’ve been taking part for a while now, regularly attending South Coast Design Forum (SCDF) meetings and First Friday Network meetings, so we thought it was about time that we joined ranks with other local businesses to benefit from the Chamber.

Becoming a member is important for Chichester Design because CCCI provides the voice of business, and liaises with the District Council and other partnerships, to ensure the continued economic prosperity of the area. It also …