What is ”The Design Perspective”
The Design Perspective is a curated collection of insights and opinions on retail, brand, and business—framed through design as a strategic tool. Design’s power comes from bridging making and thinking, iterating between action and reflection to create meaningful, human-centred change. Drawn from real projects, conversations, and journeys, these ideas challenge assumptions, spark new thinking, and help you see what others miss.
The Design Perspective allows us to bring all our thinking—articles, insights, and podcasts—together in one place. Just as importantly, it creates a space for dialogue. Here, readers can comment, question, and contribute their own perspectives. An exchange reflects the collaborative way we work with our clients and partners. By sharing openly, we hope to build a community where ideas spark and evolve, a community where we can challenge each other and all grow and ultimately make retail—and design—stronger.
Brought to you by Quinine
At Quinine, we don’t just design spaces, we design futures. We are a UK based design agency that helps global brands turn physical retail into a platform for growth by elevating the ordinary to the extraordinary. By combining deep research insight, strategic foresight, and world-class design, we create future-ready environments that shift behaviour, build loyalty, and drive measurable business results.
We look through our clients’ business to understand the customers who matter most, decoding cultural shifts and behavioural patterns, uncovering unmet needs, and identifying opportunities that give brands a competitive edge. We believe in design that enriches people’s lives, strengthens communities, and delivers commercial impact, because physical retail isn’t just functional, it’s foundational to the future of a brand.
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