About us
Proudly based in the creatively diverse city of Bristol, we build beautiful hospitality spaces for UK and international clients both large and small.
Since 2015 we have been designing and delivering unique, transformative environments that embody the spirit of the brands we work with.
Our collective experience and unwavering passion ensure we craft compelling designs that connect with your customers and deliver great results for your business.
Creatively focussed yet commercially savvy, we can support your project from start to finish, or simply at the stages you need us.
Meet The Senior Team
Chris Gwyther
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Chris founded Phoenix Wharf on the belief that brands and spaces should work hand in hand to improve and inspire the human experience. With a finely tuned eye for detail and desire for excellence, Chris ensures the best possible work for our clients.
Emma Carter
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Emma is our spatial guru, able to visualise and effortlessly sketch solutions to any client challenge that comes her way. As Creative Director, Emma pushes the team to stay curious and create brands and interiors that are beautiful, well-considered and original.
Design philosophy
At Phoenix Wharf, we possess all the expertise and skillset required to provide outstanding creative solutions in an increasingly multidimensional world.
Our agency was founded on the principle of ‘Substance with Soul’. We are a creative studio of designers, strategists, and artists; of big thinkers, inquisitive minds and detail obsessives.
We are united by a shared passion for intelligent design that achieves commercial prudence with uncompromising creativity and is always underpinned by a soulful heart.
Exemplifying a naturally inquisitive spirit, and a shared desire to improve human experiences, we are not in the business of imitation. Instead, we work tirelessly with our clients and with each other to create remarkable, truly unified brands and spaces.
Principles
Substance
Inquisitive
In partnership with our clients, we explore and question all aspects of a brief to find the core, compelling truths that our designs should convey and embody.
Intelligent
Effortless design requires harmony, respect, and consideration. We focus on the details that make a brand and space work without losing sight of commercial objectives.
Soul
Emotive
Hospitality and retail can enrich lives and foster community. We find the emotional connection that inspires and gives meaning to these experiences.
Humanistic
We design for real people and their lives. To create the right mood and atmosphere, we put real-life behaviours and aspirations at the heart of our creative process.
Creative Recognition
