When CODE was commissioned by the V&A Food Market to oversee the creative rejuvenation of the space, our approach was to embrace the aesthetic of what the venue was back in the day – the old Cape Town Power Station – and to simply add...
“If you can dream it, you can do it”, the old adage goes. In a similar vein, if you can imagine it, then we can 3D model it for you! Perhaps not a direct analogy but one that points to the power of 3D modelling...
Collaboration is at the centre of CODE’s approach to design, but that approach is backed by a set of beliefs around the purpose and impact of design. Our founder, Nicholas Blatch, answered some questions about the theory that informs the practice. What do you think design should...
It’s both useful and necessary at the end of a year to take a moment to reflect, review and plan ahead. It’s been a big year for CODE, with a number of exciting projects and collaborations that we worked on. Internally too, we made some...
Earlier this year we decided that we needed to refresh the CODE brand to be more in line with where the business is currently at. We wanted to energise the look and feel of our brand.We elected to work with brand specialists One Day Company...
The interior design of Vida e Caffè in the Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town was an exercise in the evolving design challenges of a commercial coffee shop, and one which we embraced with open arms. With commercial design there are two main considerations that...
When the brief is to revive and refresh a revolutionary restaurant brand from the 1990s, like PRIMI, we understand that the real brief is to interpret a vision and to ensure that vision is manifested in every aspect of the design, from the layout of...
An eclectic variety of collected items, combined with unique thrift store finds, became the concept for the interior of the Tiger’s Milk restaurant and bar in Muizenberg, which CODE designed in collaboration with the Harbour House team....
The Hare Road Cottage in Kalk Bay, Cape Town is one of the last original fisherman’s cottages – still in its original state – in the charming fishing village, and as such enjoys heritage status. We refreshed the interior, with the brief to modernise it in...
Take a powerful brand, add a clear design concept to work with, and an enthusiastic interior design consultancy, and the result is guaranteed to be as spectacular as it is dynamic and fit-to-purpose. We were the first designers in South Africa to be approached by...