Day of "propping"

Yesterday Harley and Sarah went on a propping trip for one of our secret projects! Here's a sneaky peak at some of their brilliant finds.

Unfortunately we can't give away too much as it will ruin the surprise! But stay tuned to find out more about our secret project and location :) 

The big PDI move!

Also this year PDI have had a  move in location! 

In May we all had to say goodbye to our Spinningfields office and moved over to Manchester's vibrant Northern Quarter.

We are still settling in and there is much work to be done but here are some photos of our new, wonderful and spacious PDI home! :)

Sarah hard at work in her new, bright and airy, 2nd floor office space.

Notice our sexy new PDI High-Vis jackets?

PDI's new Board Room is now a room with a view.

A small seating area in our 1st floor office space where the PDI boys live.

Staff meeting with big man Paul D himself,  Neil, Harl and Sarah still buzzing away.

As you may have noticed there have been a couple of additions to the PDI team.

Meet Neil, our new Senior Architectural Technologist and general tech geek, who joined us in January.

 And our newest addition is our young Imagineer, Araitz (Ritz to us), fresh from University having joined us at the end of last month.

Botanist, Chester

Hello all! Apologies for the lack of posts this (new) year but the PDI team have all been super busy working on a number of exciting projects!

One of which, another Botanist for Living Ventures situated in Chester's city centre which was completed at the end of April. This Botanist can be found on St Werburgh Street and, with its four different levels, it is the largest of The Botanist venues created so far. 

Just as in the previous Botanists, in Alderley Edge and Leeds, the entire interior finishing to the Chester complex is bespoke - from the handpicked timber and intricate metal work to the unusual, mismatch light fixtures. This Chester vicinity also consists of a number of spaces new to the Botanist brand, including an indoor/outdoor area, a romantic private dining balcony and an alfresco roof terrace.

The indoor/outdoor space.

The bar space with custom made flying tandem bike chandelier.

Main restaurant area.

Private dining area with balcony overlooking main restaurant space.

"The Hayloft" with customised lighting wall feature.

Roof terrace with windows looking over the bar space.