Redefining Retail Experiences: The Transformative Fonehouse Concept Project
A Collaborative Journey of Innovation In the realm of retail, creating a connection with consumers is vital. The Fonehouse Project...
28th August 2024
"…..We are RDS - a full service retail & commercial design agency….."
...We value your input and work closely with you to bring your vision to life...
...With over 25 years experience informing and transforming retail and commercial environments...
...Start the journey toward a captivating, customer focused interior that sets your business apart...
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Survey | Planning | Design | BIM
We are a full service design agency servicing the commercial interiors sector…
…We work on projects as diverse as national roll outs for well known brands from strategy, store concepts and brand management, full technical packs, 3D laser scanning, BIM and project management.
We do this by asking the right questions, by being creative, proactive and always seeking a better solution…by caring about your business & driving innovation to help strengthen your brand and build success through collective knowledge and the solid foundation of our 25 year history.
Our business is split into 3 main core activities – Design, Planning & Survey – having a team of specialists in each field allows us to offer a truly comprehensive end to end design service which in turn means you are free to focus on the bigger picture.
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Our story…
RDS is an established multi discipline design agency which specialises in concept and branding, all forms of 2D and 3D cad, store planning, space planning, building/land surveying, planning applications, building control, POS & fixture development. Anything to do with realising an interior space is our our bread and butter and we’re very good at it, even if we do say so ourselves!
RDS was born 25 years ago and has grown year on year and at the core of our growth is our fantastic team which includes experienced retail professionals, architects, interior designers, surveyors, technicians, 3D artists, Graphic artists and software specialists.
The team now numbers 45+
which allows us to build specialist and dedicated teams for each project and client to ensure consistency, quality and longevity in everything we do. Our business has gone from strength to strength through, quality, value for money, diversity and dedication to the job in hand.
Just a few of the brands we work with…
We have been fortunate to work with some of the best known national and international brands over the years and have helped support and grow brands from initial design concept & strategy through to roll out and delivery helping to maintain the
consistency and accuracy that goes towards delivering the best experience for your customers. We also work in the fields of workplace interiors & interior architecture and have a solid team of technical experts who specialise in store delivery and full
BIM and 3D scanning capabilities which we operate both in the UK and Europe. Below are just a few of these well know brands we’ve successfully partnered with to help deliver the best brand experience possible.
Just a few of the brands we work with…
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1st September 2022
Information Exchange
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18th February 2022
How much information?
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BIM Framework
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Why should i do BIM?
This is a question we often get asked, usually a client is curious about all the hype, they have heard...
19th July 2021
Construction Leadership Council
With so much uncertainty in the jobs market its great to see the Construction Leadership Council launched their Talent Retention...
4th August 2020
Safe Contractor approval…
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and...
2nd March 2020
Our chosen charity for 2020…
We are proud to be supporting Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Service this year as our nominated charity and will...
27th January 2020
Ice cream alchemy…
We are proud to have been selected to partner with Dubai based brand ‘Ice Cream Lab’ to introduce a new...
14th January 2020
Loaded Burger new store concept…
Just launched is a new store for our friends at Loaded Burger which we have been involved with from concept...
10th December 2019
Research – all in the name of design…
We’ve been doing some ‘essential research’ in the network of amazing Tap houses which have sprung up at the brewery’s...
13th November 2019
A virtual pint, anyone?
We’ve produced an interactive virtual visit for the team at the fantastic Hammerton’s Brewery so you can get to take...
23rd September 2019
Time for Tea?
The team have been busy helping develop a new store concept for the Camden Tea Company which will be opening...
16th September 2019
VR & the design process
We are continually researching and reviewing new software and methods of presenting work to clients in the best and most...
5th September 2019
The benefits of BIM
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Scan to BIM
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29th July 2019
4 Billion Laserscan
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29th July 2019
BIM Modeling & Asset Management
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29th July 2019