Octink has played an integral part in the launch of a new pop-up cafe and restaurant in the heart of Brentford High Street. The Docking Station will offer a variety of drinks and food as well as immersive video gaming experiences on the latest consoles including Xbox Kinect and Sony PlayStation and exists thanks to the inspiration and hard work of young people from across Hounslow borough in conjunction with local businesses and community partners.
The recipe of food, drink and video games was the inspiration of students at Hounslow Manor School, winners of the Social Enterprise High Street Challenge – a local pilot scheme challenging young people in Hounslow secondary schools to develop a business plan for an empty shop in Brentford High Street in just eight weeks. Staff from Octink were involved in the entire selection process, a video of which is available to watch here.
Octink has been creating pop-up environments for a long time and, together with our vast experience and ability to meet challenging deadlines, we were able to provide free materials, time and expertise to assist construction students from the Feltham Skills Centre in creating a vibrant and welcoming cafe. Octink worked alongside The Hounslow Education Business Partnership and other key community partners to deliver this project.
Will Tyler, CEO Octink and trustee of Docking Station commented “We are delighted to have worked in collaboration with other community partners to help make this fantastic project reality. The Docking Station promises to inspire and encourage young people throughout the local area for the foreseeable period, and is a bright and welcome addition to Brentford High Street.”
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Two marketing suites designed for Barratt East London by Octink - literally from the ground up! - have been launched to great acclaim.
The prestigious Waterside Park development in the Royal Docks, E16, a joint venture with Taylor Wimpey opened in March to spectacular reviews and the new marketing suite at Renaissance in Lewisham attracted over 200 visitors to its opening earlier this year, achieving 12 sales on the day.
Although Octink has created cutting edge interiors for marketing suites for many years, these recent projects took our work a step further; we produced the concept designs and managed the build programme, in addition to designing and fitting out the interiors.
Stuart Lilley, Senior Sales Manager at Barratt East London, comments: “Marketing suites often suffer from looking remarkably similar, which lessens their impact on potential buyers. We wanted to create a wow factor and give a real statement of intent in the exterior appearance and interior design to provide the ideal customer experience and reflect the quality of the developments that we build. The entire project worked very successfully; it achieved a seamless approach to the development of the marketing suites and was a very cost effective solution.”
For further information, visit our Portfolio section to view case studies on Waterside Park and Renaissance
Marketing Suite at Waterside Park
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Octink recently supported the students of Kingston University at this years Ecobuild, where Rematerialise a library of sustainable materials was showcased to great acclaim.
Our own Agnese de Masi, a former interior design student at Kingston University, has been instrumental in facilitating donations of off-cuts and other materials used to make hoardings and displays to the university’s 3D Workshop, further enhancing our strong reputation for environmental responsibility. The collaboration at Ecobuild involved the use of such materials in the design of the stand together with digitally printed displays and a Q&A session on sustainability with Will Tyler our CEO. Watch now the an interview with Will on the Ecobuild stand.
Will Tyler commented “the students at Kingston University are all future designers and are already collaborating with big brands on very real design situations. I am sure that having our name in mind will be a good thing in the future - brand building as part of a sustainability engagement is a great win win situation for us, and i am delighted to have received public thanks from Kingston University for our contribution”.
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