Birch Freeman Design

We've spent a fascinating year working at 80 Strand (or Shell Mex House as it used to be known). A fabulous Grade II listed art deco office building on the river. It overlooks the London Eye so I imagine there might be a few office workers doing a very late one there on New Year's Eve.

We've been designing new office interiors for a finance firm, adapting an original fit out to make it work for our client. We had an existing portfolio of client furniture along with new pieces which the FM manager and I personally arranged in the spaces (well, with the help of some furniture installers who could seemingly dismantle a sofa in seconds).

The project is ongoing and we look forward to finalising the spaces in the coming weeks.

2024 achievements at our design practice

- Selected as LEGO's London design partner (a lot of people have asked if we get any free LEGO - no, I don't think we do 😆)

- Working on 2 Fitness First gyms with their lead designers LXA and fit out company Overbury. An exciting different type of interior for us to experience working on as design managers

- Working in collaboration with the brilliant again on some new workplace interiors that will complete in 2025

- Planning approvals, listed building consent, and building regulations approvals to support prime London residential projects with the 800 Group team

We have loved working with all the talented professionals, old and new, that we have come across in 2024.

Thanks so much to everyone who supports us on Instagram. The likes and coverage are thinner on the ground here these days, perhaps because we don't pay anything, but that makes the people who do like and follow us on here even more special and important. Thank you for your support ❤️