Spaces and brands
people are drawn to.
Brand identity, interiors, detailed design and launch. Bring us in for one, or for all four. When it all comes from one studio, every touchpoint, from the name on the fascia to the menu in a guest's hand, shares the same idea.
How we think
Commercial instinct, crafted detail.
Every project starts with the brief and the commercial goal behind it, whether a space needs to trade, welcome or restore. Then we design the brand and the room to deliver it beautifully, so people feel the experience, not the strategy behind it.
Selected work
Recent spaces
Summit Bar & Kitchen
2026Travel · Christchurch Airport · Concept, brand, interiors, detailed design
Kanamaluka Café
2025Travel · Launceston Airport · Concept, interiors, detailed design
Wine & View
2024Travel · Bucharest · Airport wine bar concept
Christchurch Coffee Exports
2025Travel · Christchurch Airport · Concept, brand, detailed design
Our approach
One studio, from the first sketch to opening day.
Most venues pass through five or six suppliers before they open, and the idea drifts a little at every handover. At Cre8, the people who create the brand also design the room, resolve every detail and prepare the launch. And because we understand operations as well as aesthetics, the result works on day one and on day one thousand.
The usual way
Five briefs. Five teams. Five handovers.
- Brand agency
- Interior designer
- Signage supplier
- Documenter
- Launch agency
More meetings, more invoices, and a finished venue that rarely matches the first idea.
With Cre8
One brief. One team. One idea, carried through.
- Brand
- Interiors
- Detailed design
- Launch
Because we know the brand inside out, the menu, the signage and the tile on the bar all come from the same thinking.
Brand
Name, identity, guidelines, packaging, uniforms.
Interiors
Concept, layout, joinery, lighting, finishes.
Detailed design
Drawing sets, signage set-out, FF&E schedules.
Launch
Menus, POS, digital screens, opening content.
From the founder
“A space should feel like it was always meant to be there. That comes from getting the brand and the room right together.”
Lauren GladingFounder & Creative Director
Services
Ways to begin
In their words
“I could not have been more impressed with the quality, speed and understanding of Lauren’s response from day one. The finished product has set a new internal level of expectation within our team.”
“I have had so many comments on the branding and how amazing everything looks, and you made that happen.”
“Lauren’s ability to know exactly what I needed and then deliver over and above was invaluable.”