Company Drinks
Designing Cultural Access2021
Making an Impression" (2019), a Risograph printed family resource created with artist Rosalie Schweiker for Dulwich Picture Gallery and printed at Rabbits Road Press.
Client: Company Drinks
Collaboration: Company Drinks
Year: 2021
Location: LondonA series of small design interventions were made in the Community Room at Company Drinks' bowling pavilion in Barking Park. The designs grew out of conversations with the people who use the space, including The Grow Club and a homeschooling group. Their insights were gathered into an empathy map to work out how the room might be made more accessible, welcoming and comfortable for everyone. Despite a limited budget, this process made sure the funds were used to greatest effect.
One intervention expanded a column into a bookshelf, in response to the need for quick, visible access to the room's small book collection. Alongside it, a designated area was created for the homeschooling group to store and quickly tidy away their equipment.
Another was a wall display celebrating Company Drinks' identity, showcasing the various drinks they have produced for the local community over the years and turning the wall into a small exhibition. A chalkboard was also installed, for advertising food cooked in the kitchen and for the homeschooling group and other community groups to write up and brainstorm ideas.
Together, these changes turned the Community Room into a more inclusive and functional space, one that supports a range of activities and fosters a sense of belonging, while making the most of a modest budget.
Read more here.
Beautifully fabricated by DJ Simpson.
Children sharing a book on the pink unit made for the homeschooling group to store and quickly tidy away their equipment, with the movable yellow partition, bottle display and kitchen chalkboard behind. Designing Cultural Access (2021), Company Drinks, Barking Park. Photography: Dominick Tyler.The wall display at Company Drinks, showing drinks produced for the local community over the years. Designing Cultural Access (2021). Photography: Dominick Tyler.The redesigned Community Room at Company Drinks, with the bottle display, bookshelf and chalkboard in use. Designing Cultural Access (2021). Photography: Dominick Tyler.
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