Entrance to the Apple Store Interior Design on Orchard Road, Singapore

Apple Store Design Singapore – A Case for Preservation?

Apple Store Design Singapore  – A Case for Preservation? Nic Merrow-Smith reviews the design of the recently opened flagship Apple Store in Orchard Road, Singapore. After years in the making and shrouded in mystery, Apple has finally unveiled their flagship store in Singapore. What joy. Apple’s bold design statement has transformed Knightsbridge in to one […]

Nursing Homes Interior Design for comfortable living

Transforming Nursing Homes

An insight article published by Inform Design, Transforming Nursing Homes¹, discusses the shift in the USA towards individualised, person-centred planning and the empowerment of staff to empower residents to maximise the individual’s defined quality of life. The most significant point is the move away from nursing home care that looks and feels institutionalised. This is […]

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Hong Lam Marine Offices, OUE Downtown 2

Recently completed, the relocation of the Hong Lam Marine offices to OUE Downtown 2 in Shenton Way provides the privately owned  firm with a bright and efficient new facility. Merrowsmith Design Partnership was engaged to lead the design and project manage the fit-out. The specialist shipping company enjoys the transformation to an efficient space that […]

Caring for an Aging Population

Older adults remember the good times

In 2007, my family gathered at Malmaison Oxford to celebrate my father’s 80th. He grew up in Oxford Prison and we are pictured here in the Exercise Yard; an area that he described amongst other things, as being “definitely out-of-bounds,” being the son of a prison officer. We’ve been giving due consideration to the problems of an aging population […]

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