Phase 01E
Empathise
We start on site — your floor, your plot, your existing flat. We listen, measure, and ask the questions that matter: how you work, where you sit, what you keep, what you’ve outgrown.
About us
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Who we are
A practice that understands an interior is more than a finished photograph.
We understand that an office is not a backdrop — it is where your team will work for a decade. And a home is not a magazine spread — it is where your family will live a generation.
For three decades, Design Series has designed and built interiors — end-to-end, in-house, with the same set of hands holding the file from brief to handover. Offices first by practice, residences by passion.
By treating space planning, joinery, lighting, materials and procurement as one discipline rather than four trades, we deliver workplaces that hold focus, and homes that hold quiet. Spaces composed — not decorated.
How we work
A walk through our procedure
Three decades of practice in three minutes. A short video of the way a Design Series project actually comes together.
Our approach
Three phases. One signature.
Every Design Series project moves through the same three phases — drawn, built, and handed over by the same studio.
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Phase 02D
Design
Mood, materials, light study, space plan — followed by working drawings in plan, section and elevation. We commit to drawings before we commit to decoration.
Phase 03D
Deliver
In-house carpentry, supervised civil, sourced finishes, branded furniture, coordinated lighting and MEP. Daily senior supervision. Handover that opens — not closes — the relationship.
01
Phase 01E
Empathise
We start on site — your floor, your plot, your existing flat. We listen, measure, and ask the questions that matter: how you work, where you sit, what you keep, what you’ve outgrown.
02
Phase 02D
Design
Mood, materials, light study, space plan — followed by working drawings in plan, section and elevation. We commit to drawings before we commit to decoration.
03
Phase 03D
Deliver
In-house carpentry, supervised civil, sourced finishes, branded furniture, coordinated lighting and MEP. Daily senior supervision. Handover that opens — not closes — the relationship.
Empathise
Every project begins on your floor — not behind a desk.
We walk the site, listen to how it’s used today, and ask the questions that matter — how you work, where you sit, what you keep, what you’ve outgrown. Before we open a sketchbook, we know what the space needs to do and who it’s doing it for.
What we do
- Site walk and measured survey
- Brief meeting with stakeholders
- Light, ventilation and orientation study
- Existing-condition photography
- Adjacency and circulation mapping
- Reference and mood gathering
What you sign off on
- Signed-off brief document
- Adjacency and zoning diagram
- Initial mood direction
- Timeline and fee proposal
Design
We commit to plans, sections, elevations — not just renders.
Mood, palette, plan, light. We move from the brief to the drawing — first a concept that explains the room, then the working set that builds it. The renders are a courtesy; the working drawings are what gets built.
What we do
- Concept package and design direction
- Space planning and zoning
- Material palette and finish board
- Lighting layout and circuitry
- Joinery and fixture details
- 3D visualisation where helpful
What you sign off on
- Signed-off concept package
- Materials and finishes board
- Good-for-construction (GFC) drawings
- Lighting and switching plan
- Furniture and joinery schedule
Deliver
Drawn and built by the same hands — no contractor handoff.
In-house carpentry, supervised civil, sourced finishes, branded furniture, coordinated lighting and MEP. A senior from the team walks every site, every day. The handover is a snag-list, a deep clean and a set of care notes — then a relationship that stays open.
What we do
- In-house joinery and carpentry
- Civil, MEP and electrical coordination
- Procurement of finishes and furniture
- Daily site supervision and photo minutes
- Snag-listing and final clean
- Owner walk-through and care notes
What you sign off on
- Weekly progress reports
- Material and fixture deliveries
- Final snag-list closure
- Handover documentation
- Care and maintenance notes
Let's design something extraordinary
Bring us a brief, a floor plan, or a rough idea. We'll take it from there.