Max and Benito Interior, commercial restaurant.

Works

Studio B

Studio B

2021
London
Studio, furniture and lighting design
Surf Tables

Surf Tables

2020
London UK
A range of tables made using Surf Board constructions techniques.
Fish

Fish

2020
London, UK
Commission
Austria Campus

Austria Campus

2020
Vienna, Austria
Commercial Interior // Creative Direction, Furniture, Lighting, Fitting design, Dressing, Onsite Production and Off-site Fabrication
ROTU

ROTU

2019
Vienna, Austria
Commercial Interior // Furniture, Lighting, Fitting Design and Production
Dean Street

Dean Street

2019
London, UK
Rear Extension, Basement and Loft Conversion, Planning Permission, Full Interior Refurbishment. Project Management.
Post Furniture

Post Furniture

2019
London, UK
Furniture Design & Production.
WIMI

WIMI

2018
Vienna, Austria
Commercial interior // Furniture, Lighting, Fitting Design and Production.
Rocking Bird

Rocking Bird

2018
London, UK
A large than life Rocking Bird | Commission
Unit B

Unit B

2018
London, UK
Residential | Interior design and fit out
Fife Terrace Boat

Fife Terrace Boat

2018
London, UK
A canal boat designed for a Family of 4
Tube Furniture

Tube Furniture

2017
London, UK
Furniture Design & Production
TBC-2

TBC-2

2017
London, UK
Bar Interior, Exterior Design, Direction and Installation. Furniture and Lighting Design and Fabrication.
Steel Legs

Steel Legs

2017
UK
Design and Fabrication.
Tolou Screen, AHEC

Tolou Screen, AHEC

2017
London, UK
Kinetic Installation (In collaboration with Peter Marigold)
Mortise and Tenon

Mortise and Tenon

2016
Vienna, Austria
Furniture Design and Production
Fold Furniture

Fold Furniture

2016
London, UK
Steel, Wood
Patterns

Patterns

2015
Brighton, UK
Bar Interior, Exterior Design, Direction and Installation. Furniture and Lighting Design and Fabrication.
Marks & Spencers

Marks & Spencers

2015
London, UK
Concept development for Marks and Spencer's 'Make Do Camp'
AHEC

AHEC

2014
London, UK
Exhibition Design, Fabrication and Installation
Shodoshima Pavillion

Shodoshima Pavillion

2014
Shodoshima, Japan
(In collaboration with Hiroko Shiratori and Markus Bergstrom) Creators in Residency, Design East Trienalle
Stories

Stories

2014
London, UK
Commercial Interior // Creative Direction, Furniture, Lighting, Fitting design, Dressing, Onsite Production and Off-site Fabrication
Fold Lights

Fold Lights

2013
London, UK
Lighting Design and Fabrication
GAP

GAP

2012
Milan, Italy
Design, Fabrication and Installation(in collaboration with Oscar Narud)
Marking the Forest

Marking the Forest

2012
Oregon, USA
Invited Designers at Architectural Association Visiting School
Kings Cross Pavilion

Kings Cross Pavilion

2012
London, UK
Concept Pitch / Master Plan For new venue Relay Automatic
The Book Club

The Book Club

2010
London, UK
Creative Direction, Interior, Furniture and Lighting design.
Chin Chin

Chin Chin

2010
Camden, London, UK
Chin Chin Laboratory, Nitrogen Ice-Cream Shop - Interior, Furniture, Lighting and Design Direction
Batch

Batch

2008
New Zealand
Tablewares design inspired by NZ Culture

Scope

Studio Alt Shift is a design and research studio for spaces, furniture and lighting.

We cover all stages of projects from design direction and concept development to on-site installation, fabrication and project management.

The studio specialises in translating abstract ideas into physical proposals, and works across a range of audiences covering residential, commercial and temporary interior spaces such as experimental installations and exhibition design.

About

Studio Alt Shift is a London based practice founded in 2006 by Shai Akram and Andrew Haythornthwaite.

Projects actively seek to uncover visual, spatial and material languages that are specific and particular to our clients. We are able to  achieve these results by working directly with fabrication industries, collaborating  to discover new contexts, applications and audiences for their processes and materials. The outcomes form the unique narratives of the spaces we design.

We have been invited to discuss this approach in an interview by LSN Global and shared this ideology at international conferences and workshops – most recently Moscow Design week, by the British Council.

Our clients range from private commissions, to independent businesses, to established manufacturers. The design studio works with clients across the entire process from conceptual direction to final production and installation. Completed projects range from physical outcomes such as commercial interiors (The Chin Chin Laboratories, London), furniture ranges, (Bench Seats and Things, produced for The Book Club with Turners and Moore), exhibition design (AHEC | SKN gallery) and product ranges (Acland Homeware, NZ). Research-based projects include conceptual / visualisation proposals (ThinkDO Camp – Marks and Spencers, UK), invited residencies (ARCO Furniture, NL) and experimental material research (Corian DuPont, IT).

Works are held in the permanent collection of the Design Museum, London and MoMA, New York and has been published  extensively internationally.  Akram and Haythornthwaite also enjoy teaching onto under-graduate and Masters programs at a range of institutions including University of the Arts London and the Royal College of Art.

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Contact

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Unit B, First Floor, 2A Barnabas Rd, Homerton, London. E9 5SB