What we do, and who we do it for.
Studio Dotbox works across six disciplines. The approach is consistent. The context is different every time.
01
Residential
Homes are not projects, they are places. We design homes that hold up across years of use, weather, furniture, and lives. Every decision is made with the people who will live in the space in mind, because the space will belong to them long after we hand over the keys. The test of a residential project is not the handover photograph, it is the tenth year.
What’s typically included
- Architectural design
- Interior design and decor
- Furniture design
- Services planning
- Material selection
- Vendor and contractor coordination
- Site supervision
- Handover and post-completion support
02
Retail
Retail design is a commercial decision first, and a design decision second. We design retail spaces that perform across brand expression, footfall behaviour, and conversion, whether the brief is a single flagship or a rollout across multiple cities. The purpose of a retail space is not to look right, it is to work. We design for both.
What’s typically included
- Concept and design development
- Brand integration
- Store layout and customer journey
- Material and fixture specification
- Rollout design and standardisation
- On-site coordination and execution
03
Commercial
A workplace is judged by the work that gets done inside it. We design office and commercial interiors around how the people inside them actually spend their days. Meeting rooms that get used. Corridors that connect. Quiet spaces that stay quiet. The brand on the wall matters less than the behaviour in the room.
What’s typically included
- Space planning and circulation
- Interior design
- Meeting, collaboration, interaction, and quiet zones
- Lighting, acoustics, and building services
- Material selection
- Branding integration
- Site coordination
04
Hospitality
A hospitality space is remembered or it is forgotten. There is no middle ground. We design restaurants, cafes, hotels, and guest spaces around how a guest moves through them, what they feel at each stage, and what brings them back. The interior is part of it. The journey through it matters more.
What’s typically included
- Concept and design development
- Guest journey design
- Interior design
- Material selection
- Services planning
- Back-of-house planning
- Execution coordination
05
Urban planning
The scale of the city is a different kind of design problem, but the thinking is the same. We bring urban planning to masterplans, mixed-use developments, campus design, and urban redevelopment, integrating architecture, interiors, and planning as one continuous body of work. A good home belongs to a good street. A good office belongs to a neighbourhood. We design at every scale because the scales are connected.
What’s typically included
- Master planning
- Township development
- Mixed-use and campus planning
- Urban redevelopment strategy and planning
- Stakeholder surveys
- Phased implementation planning
- Integration with architecture and interiors
06
Consultancy
Sometimes the work is not designing the space. It is helping a client decide what to build, validating a brief before it commits to a budget, auditing a building for accessibility or structure, finding the right team to deliver the project, or steering execution through to completion. Studio Dotbox offers its expertise in all of these forms, without requiring a full design engagement. The studio’s value is in the thinking, not only the drawings.
What’s typically included
- Strategic advisory
- Physical accessibility audits and design
- Structural audits
- Feasibility assessments
- Project brief development and validation
- Site and space evaluation
- Concept reviews
- Material and vendor strategy
- Talent acquisition (architects, designers, and project teams)
- Project management consultancy
If this sounds like the kind of practice you want to work with, we would like to hear from you.
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