Thursday 11 February 2010

Box Project Part II

After the roaring success of the Box Project at last summer's 100% Design London, NoChintz have been commissioned to design a bespoke adaptation of the 'Box' for clients 'Luckies'. The structure was implemented and is showing at this week at Spring Fair at Birmingham's NEC.





Albert Mill double page spread in the MEN

NoChintz have designed and installed brand new show apartments for Urban Splash in the exclusive Albert Mill development. The apartments have made a real impact and recieved their own double page spread in this weeks MEN. Newcastle based Deadgood have supported the install by allowing us the loans of their amazing 'Wire lamps' by Ziglam & Brook. The apartments launch on Monday and are available for viewing...

Monday 21 December 2009

Amsterdam Creative Capital by Marcel Wanders

Following text directly quoted from www.marcelwanders.com;

"Out of curiosity and commitment and convinced that the new can’t exist without the old, Marcel Wanders went in search of Amsterdam’s creative past, personally choosing the men and women he feels are ‘his creative family’. These heroes are honored in this book, highlighting the city’s most creative moments and inventions of the last 700 years.

Marcel Wanders wants to illustrate how an open, tolerant city contributes to creativity and how creativity binds people. He sees creativity in the largest sense of the word; it does not only exist in predefined fields, but is found in the heart of the creator, not constrained by any definition or form. Therefore in this book you will find new, sometimes unlikely, connections; heroes who look beyond existing inventions and conventions and in doing so, open new worlds – in the past and the future.

In his own way Marcel Wanders wants to show the world the potential of the city: Amsterdam is the creative capital because she has the creative capital."

View the book or order a copy here
www.marcelwanders.com/publishing/amsterdam-creative-capital-preview.html

Thursday 3 December 2009

Mixology North

We were delighted to attend last Thursday's Mixology North awards at the Palace Hotel.

A fantastic night with winners such as Orangebox, for Best Marketing Campaign, Best product of the year going to InterfaceFlor and the Innovation Award going to Interstuhl - Fit.

Many thanks to Mix Interiors for the invitation.

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Thursday 26 November 2009

WE HAVE MOVED!

A pre-Christmas growth spurt and an ever growing workforce has led us to taking up new premises in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Our new studio is opposite our favouite Koffee Pot on Hilton Street;

12 Hilton Street
Northern Quarter
Manchester
M1 1JF

Only thing left is to move the horse!

Monday 23 November 2009

NoChintz Newsletter Issue 001 now online!

For those of you that haven't visited our website for a week or two - this is what you've been missing! Our first newsletter is published and available to view through our website or online at;


This issue is a retrospective for 100% Design London 2009.

We were delighted to be invited to exhibit at this years main show to launch our recent Studio project, The Box Project (p2-3). We are UK agents for the fantastic Barcelona based furniture company ABR, and were also pleased to showcase the first examples of the product to the UK market.

Whilst a frenetically busy time we did manage to sneak of the stand to see what trends and products were being launched as this years show. We will continue to bring you trend forecasts and reports over the next few months, reporting from cities, exhibitions and launches across the world.

This issue was collated by the winner of the Box Project, Karen Smart.

With a special thanks to Eskimo Creative for turning it into a magazine!




Sunday 22 November 2009

4 Piccadilly Place

Thursday night saw the prestigious launch of 4 Piccadilly Place by Argent Group PLC and The Carlyle Group.

The mixed-use £100m development was showcased to some 200 guests who were showered with music, cocktails and delicious food. NoChintz were delighted to design and install the interiors!



Thursday 19 November 2009

Get your skates on - the North Pole bar has launched at Spinningfields!

Tuesday saw the launch of Ear To The Ground's North Pole Winter bar at Spinningfields. The pop-up bar is next to the outdoor Ice rink and makes for a fantastically cozy winter hangout! Serving mulled wine, hot cocktails and delicious snacks by plasma screen log fires and under a canopy of Christmas trees - we can see why the launch night was heaving!


Friday 13 November 2009

NoChintz Showcases the Box Project in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester

NoChintz are showcasing the winner of the Box Project, a northwest wide design competition held over the summer and organised by NoChintz, at the former Nicky Oliver salon at Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, Courtesy of Argent group PLC from Wednesday 11 November until Friday 4 December.

Won by Karen Smart from the University of Central Lancashire, the competition challenged Northwest creatives to think inside the box by designing a functional use for a 2mx2mx2m microstructure.

Karen (22) from Formby, Liverpool answered the challenge by designing a box that could use its own form to furnish the space, sections of the walls fold down to make shelves, tables and seating. This makes the box very versatile and flexible so it can be used for many different purposes.

Natalie Gray, NoChintz said: “We were thrilled with the response to the competition and Karen’s winning design. We took the box project to 100% Design, the design exhibition in London who also supported the competition, and we received some great feedback. Now we are showcasing it in Piccadilly Gardens so people can see how it works.”

Janet Dunnett, chief executive, Piccadilly Partnership said: “It’s great to have NoChintz and the Box Project exhibiting creative work at Piccadilly Gardens, it shows we have a vibrant design community in Manchester and the Northwest and the Partnership is pleased to support it.”

The Box can be bought from NoChintz and can be used for exhibition stands or temporary shops or gallery space. The design can be also be modified to meet specific requirements.

NoChintz specialise in interior design for private homes, property developers, office and retail space and events. The company was shortlisted for the Manchester Evening News Business of the Year Award 2009.

www.nochintz.co.uk www.theboxproject.co.uk

Friday 6 November 2009

NoChintz at the MEN Business Awards 2009

The NoChintz team attended the Manchester Evening News Business awards last night where we we made it to the final three of the Greater Manchester's Best Young business.

Jeremy Vine was the host for the night at what was the 16th annual awards at Salford’s Lowry Hotel. More than 300 people attended the glittering ceremony which saw prizes handed out in six categories, ranked by turnover.

We are extremely proud to be one of the three best young companies in Greater Manchester!!

Thursday 15 October 2009

Under Wraps party tonight




Final preparations are under way at Ferrious for the Under Wraps party. We'll be launching TheBoxProject and ABR in the NorthWest tonight, alongside previews of the latest releases from Buzzispace, Dyson and Naughtone. Please feel free to join us and see loads of excting new products - Ferrious can be found at Arch 61, Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WQ.

Please RSVP at info@nochintzltd.com

Wednesday 30 September 2009

Gray Concrete at 100% Design

Whilst all the attention at 100% usually goes to the latest launches from the uber-elite, it was the stand of Gray Concrete that really caught our eye. Concrete in itself is a wonderfully versatile material, but very rarely is it worked with in such a satisfactory and desirable way. Despite a beautifully slick and well executed stand, talking to them showed how easily approached and eager to show the huge potential available with their product.

Gray Concrete also had the surprising honour of most desirable and sought after sample of the show, everyone wanted one of the concrete ducks, meaning they'd run out by the time I went, boo...


Tuesday 29 September 2009

NoChintz welcomes John Vipond to NoChintz

John Vipond has twenty years of extensive experience in residential and commercial interiors in both the public and private sector. He has worked at Director level on a vast number of contracts across the country through a range of disciplines.

John has joined us to mastermind the launch of our Office Design Business where we will be creating environments that people want to work in.

With exceptional organisational skills, John can manage anything efficiently and effectively. He basically knows everything worth knowing about anything.

John is a true gentleman and we welcome him to the growing NoChintz family.

Monday 28 September 2009

GOLD by MSA Visuals at Tent


The incredible interactive light installation GOLD was addictive. Here Mark of Eskimo Creative finds his perfect shadow dancer.