Handelsbanken Worcester

After a successful completion of Handelsbanken Worcester we were delighted to be invited to join Phil Dutton and his team at the branches official open evening last night. The event was well received with many corporate and private customers attending. Phil as always supplied plenty of drinks and Swedish canapés and kicked off the evening with a lovely speech that complemented our work with the branch.

We wish Phil and his team all the success they deserve and hope that we will be working with them again soon.

Cardboard Office Furniture

Perfect for those looking for environmentally sustainable office furniture for either home office or commercial use, the Paperweight Desk is a simple yet functional, extremely light yet immensely strong task desk that is made of 74% recycled paper, and 26% virgin fibres created from fully managed fast growing sustainable sources.

Created by London’s Cardboard Future, The Paperweight Desk is made of grade A white double walled corrugated board, a solid board, and water varnished desk top with edge protectors. It has 2 chamfered legs that can be either inset or outset, a deep cable management tray, cable outlet slots, twin flaps in desk top for cable access, and best of all it only takes an average of three minutes to assemble! In addition to the Paperweight desk, the line of sustainable furniture also includes a pedestal drawer unit, shelf unit, fourleg table, and round table, all made from the same recycled materials.

We love this concept and would love to put them forward for one of our forward-thinkind clients. We love to support a British product and especially one that helps the environment.

If your company is intersted in more sustainable products and ideas we would love to talk to you!

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Wallpaper you can Tear!

Wall treatments are one of the best ways to add style to your home office, but applying them can be some serious work, not to mention expensive. Luckily though, the “Tears Off” modular wallpaper created by the Latvian design company ZNAK is a relatively quick and easy way to give your office a fresh new look, all while allowing you to exercise your creative side.

Made up of specially designed perforated pieces which were inspired by the “transformation process of snakes”, the “Tears Off” wallpaper lets you create your own custom design by tearing off patterned strips of the wallpaper sheet in different formations to reveal the original wall color beneath. The non-woven wallpaper comes in 11 different colors, and can be purchased for £10.00 per sheet.

Hi Design celebrates its first independent year with a portfolio of high profile clients.

Please take the time to read our latest press release.

Birmingham based interior designers, Hi Design are celebrating their first successful year of being an in depended design practise. With a vast portfolio of projects and a thriving client base Hi Design is already looking to expand its talented team.

Hi Design started out as a sister company to a fit out contractor based in Tipton but demand became so high for their commercial designs they realised the potential of being an independent company. Since then they have designed work-spaces for the likes of Jaguar Land Rover, The Co-operative and Phones 4 U. However the Swedish bank Handelsbanken has been Hi Design’s most loyal client to date with 40 of their UK branches being designed by the creative team, including the new Birmingham head office at 2 Colmore square.

Susan Whittle, the director of Hi Design comments,
“We were thrilled to be asked to design the regional head office in our home town Birmingham. After designing so many of their branches we now feel part of the family and we consider it an honoured every time we get asked to design a new branch. We are currently working on their milestone 100th branch in Iikley so we see our successful growth as a journey that we have travelled together. I have never looked back after becoming an independent agency, I have a great team and we are currently looking to expand it.”

Hi Design is currently working on two new projects for Heathcoats Fabrics based in Tiverton valued £1.2 million and Ultra Electrinics based in Greenford valued at £6.4 million so the company needs to expand to meet the demand. The design practise is recruiting to support their sales team as they continue to develop and venture into new industries.

Designing an efficient work place

When designing office spaces we are always trying to find the client a better solution to incorporate the way their company works and operates. We truly believe that the office should evolve to the needs of the business and not the other way round.

We are constantly researching new products that can take the work place to the next level, both in terms of technology, flexibility and storage solutions.
One of the companies that share this ethos is furniture manufacture Steelcase. Their magazine this month perfectly follows our thinking in how we design offices.

To get a better understanding of how we can make your office place work more efficiently have a read and if you like what you see get in touch!

Open publication - Free publishing - More hi design

Milestone 100th UK Branch for Handelsbanken

We have recently enjoyed a great night hosted by Swedish bank Handelsbanken to celebrate the launch of their 100th branch within the UK. The launch was held at Birmingham’s Town hall and was attended by all of the UKs branch managers and their clients. We were delighted to be invited and get the chance to meet all of the people we have worked so closely with over the last couple of years. We are also thrilled to announce that we will also be helping to design and launch their milestone 100th branch in Ilkley! We love working with Handelsbanken and cant waited to get involved with branch 101, 102, 103.... here is to their successful future!

http://handelsbanken.co.uk/

Join our team

As our company goes from strength to strength we are delighted to now have the opportunity to expand the ‘hi family’. We are currently looking to join up a new member of the team that can help us drive the company even further. Hi Design has gained some fantastic clients and projects over the last year so we are confident and excited about expanding the business further. Could you be the one that shares our passion?..

New Role:
CREATIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

We need a highly motivated, creative business development manager who can identify, approach and convert sales opportunities for our commercial interior design & architecture practice.

This role would suit someone from within the commercial interiors industry - either as a creative looking to sell, a furniture sales rep wanting a broader offer or just someone with a passion for design with the drive and motivation to win business.

A good knowledge of interior fit-out would be an advantage.

We offer flexible hours a generous commission scheme and expenses allowance.
If you are interested in joining our family then please email a CV and covering letter to:

hello@hi-design.biz

Can you sell design concepts?

Are you enthusiastic and motivated?

Can you articulate your ideas and mix with clients at all levels?

Are you a self starter with contacts within end-users, building surveyors & landlords?

GET IN TOUCH!

CLOSING DATE: 24th June 2011