Formerly director of Bisset Adams Ltd, with over twenty years’ experience working on transformational projects in the public sector with particular focus on public libraries. Her expertise is in brand and concept development, working collaboratively with local authority and automotive clients to push the boundaries of the customer experience and how to change public perceptions.

What all our work has in common is a keen understanding of the needs of the customer and how to engage them: whether to visit a cultural space, engage with a fashion brand or buy into a new future for automotive brands, with sustainability and social responsibility as a key factor.

John has worked as creative design lead and PM for many major public sector, retail and automotive brands over the past 28 years. This includes refurbishing listed buildings, delivering new libraries and retail spaces. He has created new concepts and retail formats for many major automotive brands, responding to changing customer expectations and new challenges for automotive retail.

John is an Interior Designer by profession, though he describes himself as Multi-Disciplined designer, having worked competently across various design disciplines, from strategic design & brand development, photography and graphic design in the built environment.

He has worked with many local authorities including Westminster, Havering, Bexley, Redbridge, Blackpool, Croydon, High Wycombe and London Borough of Tower Hamlets. In the private sector he has delivered projects for Abu Dhabi Dept of Tourism and Culture, and with major brands such as, Universal, adidas, Reebok, lululemon.

As an established Design Manager, Ed combines over twenty years experience as a Designer, Project Manager, and Client Director with leading creative and production agencies. His work today covers all aspects from project scoping, brand development and strategic design, production and implementation, launch, to ongoing retail/brand operations.

Recent projects have included the creative development, implementation and launch of Johnnie Walker Princes Street in Edinburgh, alongside brand homes for Scottish single malt whiskies Talisker, Glenkinchie, Clynelish and Cardhu, for Diageo. Other global clients for retail and brand experience projects have included Toyota, Volkswagen, Virgin, Philips, Ladbrokes, and Tesco.