LEE/WIMPENNY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

Lee / Wimpenny provide clients with specific design options that translate concepts and visions into interesting solutions. L / W make it their personal responsibility to solve functional needs, express the ideal corporate image, use budgets wisely and design tasteful interiors where people want to work.

In urban centers around the world, millions of people spend more time in their offices than their homes. Office design and culture has evolved from institutional corporate interiors to more informal workspaces. Corporate hierarchy still exists, but the entire workforce communicates on a first name basis. Personal character, creature comforts and ergonomics are now considered essential components in office design. Colors, materials, lighting and furniture reflect more of a residential comfort aesthetic.

Well organized spaces, a comfortable environment and warm, vital backgrounds generate greater success, workflow and communication. As each interior is personally tailored to the individual company, no two are alike, creating memorable impressions and a unique image. Successful clients have usually become successful because they had a great idea - worked hard - took strategic risks - aimed for the best; Lee / Wimpenny work the same way to develop successful office interiors.


LEE/WIMPENNY DESIGN PROCESS

To form clear ideas about your needs and to create design strategies, L/W begin with interviews. The more we know about how you work, your special requirements and future visions, the better we can design for you.

We develop close long term relationships with our clients. Communication and understanding company culture are essential to design development. This synthesis eliminates wasting time developing experimental concepts and leads to efficient design solutions.

We respect the value of your time and ours. We make the most out of meetings and provide options in our presentations that facilitate decisions. Our turn around time from design to build is exceptional.

Interiors look best when they are timeless, personal and have elements of drama. We do not push trendy concepts on our clients, nor absurd intellectual theory. We create certain public and executive areas where dynamic focal points are meaningful, not cluttered with fashionable trends. Each project is a personal case study. We do not do "cookie cutter, vanilla" designs. We are often called in to redo, fix and personalize interiors that were not fine tuned by larger stock firms.

By keeping our resources current, we introduce our clients to the best products at the right prices. We are constantly in the market. We travel internationally to trade shows, seminars, focus groups and galleries to source art and antiques, research new materials, products and explore new technology.

We design with the future in mind. We anticipate the evolving needs of your company and understand company growth and breakthroughs in technology can radically affect working conditions..

As we are a small high-profile firm, we give discerning clients more personal attention.

We are responsive, good at hand holding, follow through and supervision. We work well under pressure, donÍt sacrifice quality for tight schedules and work through the night if it means completing deadlines on time.

Through coordinated teamwork and time management we deliver unique solutions. Planning and allocating appropriate tasks to each team member ensures efficient use of our time and gives our clients the best value for each budget.

Office Designs:

  • HBO
  • Integrated Capital Associates
  • Reuters,
  • Cadwallader Wickersham & Taft

Office Building Facilities:

  • HBO
  • DEGI (Dresdner Bank)

Retail Projects:

  • Showroom, offices and work studios for Chopard (NY)
  • Shopping Arcade for Covent Garden (London) as architect with Levitt Bernstein
  • Salon in Greenwich CT for Shear Artistry

Renovation & Townhouse Projects

  • 67 Wall Street for DEGI (Dredner Bank)
  • New York Townhouse for Jeffrey Epstein (as architect for John Stefanides)
  • London Townhouses for Nicholas Barker, Tribeca UK Ltd, Circle 33 Housing Association.
  • Landmark House in Mallorca, Spain for Reinhardt Ryba
  • Landmark House in Hampstead, London for Ridley Scott
  • Landmark Houses in Italy for Arcolinea Spa, Maurizio Mauro
  • House in Barbados for a Private client
  • Private House in Connecticut for Daniel & Susan Vock

Exhibition Design:

  • Exhibit for Product Promotion in Virgin Gorda for Procter & Gamble
  • Oil of Olay
  • Exhibit for Sports Convention
  • TV Studio & Performance stage scenery for UISP (Italian Sports Commission)
  • Exhibition entitled "UK Designers * US Projects" at the NY British Consulate and the Royal Institute of British Architects USA

Museums, Galleries, Theaters & Restaurants

  • Gallery, Theater & Restaurant for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (as architect for Levitt Bernstein)
  • Arab League (as Interior Designer for Makiya Associates)

Interior Residential Projects:

  • Nicholas Barker
  • Ridley Scott (as architect for Colefax & Fowler)
  • Steven Perelman
  • Linda Wells & Charles Thompson
  • Richard H Walker
  • Amanda & Ted Demme
  • Sherman Cohen (as architect for J P Molyneux)
  • Debi & Stephen Wisch
  • Andy & Orit Freedman
  • Dr Carol & Sander Abend

Pools & Cabanas:

  • Leslie Wexner
  • Ohio (as architect for John Stefanides)
  • Carol & Mark Stein, Wynnewood, PA
  • Private Client, Barbados

Product Design:

  • Ceramics, Rugs & Furniture
  • Ceramics and tableware for Dansk (as designer for Jack Lenor Larsen)
  • Fabrics & Textiles for Jack Lenor Larsen
  • Area Rugs for Bloomingdales (as designer for Jay Spector)
  • Area Rugs for Ona Barcelona
  • Fabric Designs for Wamsutta
  • New Range of Pantone colors for Jack Lenor Larsen


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