The world of what if: Sydenham?
Do you ever mentally improve your local high street? Mine needs a decent interiors / gift shop and a small independent cinema, but I do nothing more productive with these thoughts than suggesting business plans to a cynical Mr My Friend. Unlike the blog What if: Sydenham, which creates makeovers in the name of persuading local shop owners that design matters. Here’s some of their ‘before and afters’…
The conversion of this old shoe repairs place into fishmonger and butchers is actually happening following WI:S’s designs. How impressive is that?
A What Not To Call Your Business post, meanwhile, is full of sound advice…
What a great site! Thanks for the tip-off. I live in Crystal Palace so I’m eagerly following the Cinema campaign. It would be great if it could happen … and it could look something like the above!
Frances, I’m with you. I live within driving distance and would love the cinema to happen.
Many thanks for finding us and posting about the What if Project. There are quite a few more in the pipeline and it’s gathering momentum.
Lee
Creative Director
Designed by Good People
Hi Lee. Sorry for not emailing before to let you know – I ran out of time this morning. The blog is great and pleased to hear you’re getting more projects too. We’ll be checking in to see how things go…
It’s no problem, I ‘m just more than happy to see the idea spread and to read positive comments. It’s makes all the work worth it. Many thanks.
We started another site (if you are interested) for my old hometown down in Devon called ‘www.whatif ilfracombe.wordpress.com with a load more of these on, and our design blog will feature a ‘best of’ soon.