Hello

We're Significant Others, the hospitality design studio based in Leith. One studio and one method: we think together. With each other, with our team and with you. We find the story and do the sums first, then design the room, the brand and the route to match.

Usually Found:

/ Doing the sums before the drawings

/ Photographing the table, not the food

/ Asking why 120 covers

/ Checking out the toilets

/ Saying no to the neon sign

/ Counting the staff steps

/ Writing a story good enough that regulars repeat it

/ Asking which table nobody wants

/ Sitting in every seat checking sightlines

/ Laughing at our own jokes

/ Getting the call for the next venue

Overview

One studio, from the first question to the first service.

01

Venue Performance Review™ + StoryMap®

What the room has to earn · Who it's for · The story behind it

Venue Performance Review™

StoryMap®

02

Interior architecture

Concept · Space planning · FF&E · Lighting

See:

Keel Houses · Landy's · Matto · Ness Walk

03

Brand identity

Naming · Identity · Menus · Uniforms · Packaging

See:

Orsona · Local Heros

04

Wayfinding + signage

Sign strategy · Sign schedules · Fabrication drawings

See:

University of Edinburgh · Keel Houses

05

Technical delivery

Detailed technical drawing packages · Procurement · Site

See:

Keel Houses · AirThrill

What it's like to think together.

“Working with Significant Others is like working with a member of your family. You know they are pulling in exactly the same direction as you and you can pull them into any aspect of the project, whether it’s related to design or not. The entire team have the unique ability to totally understand your vision and you can rest assured you are in the very best of hands with your interests always front of mind. The creativity they brought to our most recent project blew us away and has led to a best in class customer experience. We absolutely love working with them and they are the first people we speak to when considering anything new.”

Narinder Singh Baryah

Director, WonderWorld Group

“Significant Others took our vision and turned it into an exceptional concept, executed flawlessly. Their creativity, attention to detail, and ability to adapt meant the final result not only looked incredible but worked perfectly in practice. A brilliant partner from start to finish.”

Tony Crolla

Owner, Vittoria Hospitality Group

“Significant Others brought a positive energy, a fresh design insight with graphic and furniture expertise to the final fit out and early occupation stage at the end of such a long programme, large new build project. Significant Others’ consultation with the stakeholders greatly supported the Institute’s management team to make the new building their own. The result was a high level of interior design that complemented the architect’s building design.”

Anne Johnstone

Estate Development, University of Edinburgh

“Significant Others provided a calm yet creative element within the team, and worked wonders to produce a contemporary and distinctive interior design on an incredibly tight budget.”

Rick Palmer

56Three Architects