Designer of places, spaces and objects for people. Director of @assemblybd

Joined March 2012
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Just got some great photos back from a recently completed design project in Leeds for @hippodigital Does your HQ need some TLC? Get in touch for a chat. dctwo.co.uk
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Off to Chester Cathedral this evening for the Northern Design Awards. Chuffed to be a double finalist with interior designs for Finkle Hill Dental and Bradford City of Culture 2025 team offices. 🤞🏽
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Bloody hell. 9 years ago today I set up assembly Twitter as an idea for a place to make things and meet people that I wanted to make happen…
9 years of using this app as Assembly Bradford!
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Chuffed to be a double finalist in the Northern Design Awards. northerndesignawards.com/202…
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Proud Dad moment. Our 16 year old got the GCSE grades needed to get into their first choice 6th form, and will be studying Chemistry, Maths and Computer Science A Levels in Leeds from September.
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Photos from a couple of recently completed projects. @bradford2025 and @theboathouseinn
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This May we launched 2 Playbox Plazas 10ft x 8ft. These were made on site Kirkstall Road with our maker in residence Ben from Orchestra of Objects. Design support @David___Craig These have been out in cultural sites in Leeds & York @Leeds_City_Ctr @LeedsArtGallery @YorkCastle
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10 second tour of @assemblybd We have @MindCharity Bradford in the Boardroom and @bdproducinghub using the assembly hall today. Drop us a line if you are interested in an office space, coworking, or space booking. assemblybd.com
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Fed up getting distracted by your washing up and laundry? Forget about it until later, and escape the kitchen table! Our first floor coworking space is a focused room to get work done. We have capacity for memberships which start from £45 a month. assemblybd.com
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Ace to see. Big up Emma and her team of roving containers. Get in touch if your organisation needs a playful injection.
Getting these Playboxes ready for their trips this summer to York, Wigan & Leeds
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Having developed upper floors of a heritage building with @assemblybd I believe one key challenge to overcome is access. Finding sufficient ground floor space to install a lift, and achieve a level threshold into the building is a massive issue. We haven’t solved it yet.
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Busy day today with my @PPP_BD hat on showing people around the first building we are negotiating and fundraising for just now. Some really critical things happening over the next couple of weeks, it’s a really exciting project to be part of.
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Good to see 🙌🏽
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For hire. September 5th onwards. Event infrastructure or full on animation Empty or choc full of playful place making & engagement fun stuff. With or without our team. Day or night Winter, Spring, Summer & Autumn. Minimum hire 4 days outside of school holidays
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Two minutes of fame on @BBCLeeds this morning, sharing my thoughts on Bradford city centre transformation works which start today. I could have talked much longer but key take aways were… I’m all for a more walkable, green, liveable city centre…
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But having lived through the disruption of North Parade public realm works, communication and co-design is key. Would have loved to have more time to talk about @PPP_BD and @assemblybd and wider city plans such as City Village, @bradford2025 Darley Street markets@Bradford_Live
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And thoughts on how to address some of the challenges of our city such as anti-social behaviour, access, cars parking on footpaths and empty shops. Perhaps we need to host another debate at @assemblybd What do you think @BradfordCivic ?
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Can’t beat that feeling of seeing designs you’ve worked on looking busy and being enjoyed. To be honest, the glorious weather helps too.
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All hands on deck @theboathouseinn today, getting ready to re-open after an extensive refurb. It’s been a pleasure to design a pub on my doorstep, looking forward to seeing it back open and busy for the Dragon Boat Race this weekend.
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My 16 year old had their last GCSE exam today. I want to go to bed now, and I can usually kick them off their computer about now because they have school in the morning. It’s going to be a long summer.
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