Epoc Latest project wins

A Food 'Court' and Hotel in Berlin,
A 'Boutique' sports store in London,
A 'bar' for a global fashion retailer...

The 'Hello' view of Life

It is a shame this level of reality was not a more prevalent view in modern life.

Then perhaps we would all take the view that we need to just get on with it...!

We will not all be famous.
We will not all stay young and slim.
We will not all be premiership foootballers or lottery winners.
We will not all be wealthy or feature in 'Hello' Magazine.

We all need to work at a level befitting our skills, knowledge and abilities.

Be proud of what you can realistically do, Live your life and enjoy each minute.

'Photoshop' is a mask, not a reality and too many, spend too long, in the Media led world of fame fantasy.

Thought for today R4

Chin Chin Laboratories

London has finally got its first nitro icecream bar. They designed the interior of the new Chin Chin Laboratories’s nitro icecream bar in Camden.

As a key idea behind their work they developed a mad scientists lab environment, where preparation area, display cabinet and lightning devices are all inter-connected with a lot of playfulness.
No wire on the floor; everything goes trough the pipes seems to be one of the main very practical feature. Details amongst others, that I really liked, the cords of the swing have been partially un-woven and re-woven on themselves – there’s no knot!


The confectionning and preparation areas, cabinet and display are all hold together by the tubular structure.

The light bulbs are directly plugged on the structure.
even the drinks had that mad scientists feeling (kir royal in a pipette)


** Andrew Haythornthwaite and Shai Akram began their collaboration shortly after graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2006 on the Design Products course headed by Ron Arad. Their projects have taken them to China, New Zealand and now, back to the UK.
They presented their Fruit Fishing for FoodMarketo in Milan 2010; which is based on the scientific fact that apples float and pears don’t.

* Chin Chin Laboratories are located in Camden – the address is 49 Camden Lock Place.

Kentish Canteen

This Monday, 7th September, saw the opening of the new “Kentish Canteen” restaurant at 300 Kentish Town Road NW5.











Now it would be all too easy to slide into food critic mode and rave about this being a great place to pop in for a quick meal and a glass of wine. We could enthuse about the Head Chef, late of Vinoteca and his able Sous Chef who was previously Head Chef at the Acornhouse Restaurant. Oh and not forgetting the owners, Owen and Wendy, who already operate PJ’s Bar & Grill in Covent Garden and their passion for food. Then there’s the wine list put together by a friend of Wendy's who's a master of wine with his own vineyard in the South of France….

At this stage you’d probably be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled upon one of those restaurant review websites or suspect that we have some ulterior motive for promoting the place.

Well the truth is we do!

From the initial brand concept through to the design and implementation Epoc were immersed in this project. We were even responsible for locating the site on behalf of the owners!

So should you ever find yourself in the area and in need of refreshment we would certainly recommend a visit to Kentish Canteen and whilst you’re enjoying your meal take in the design as well. Should you then feel predisposed to find out more of what we do here at Epoc, simply walk around the corner from the restaurant and you’ll find our studio here in Leverton Place!