Formula - Studio space

Luke found a cracking studio space on Gumtree, sharing the space with a marketing company. At £130 a month including all bills, we couldn't refuse and have now had the space for a couple of months. Although we haven't been there as often as we'd like due to uni commitments, it's been a great push in terms of the development of the business.

As we, along with Max and Niall, won the pitch for the LCA prospectus, it's been a great opportunity to use the space for meetings and project development. We had a meeting with GFSmith using the board room available — it seemed far more professional than the university.

Formula - Studio visits

Over the past few months, me and Luke have been researching into various potential studio spaces for when we graduate. We chose Leeds due to our mutual appreciation of the city and what it has to offer.

Umbrella —

We first looked at Umbrella who offer various sized spaces fairly close to the city centre in Holbeck. The rent started at £150 a month for the smaller spaces though the studios themselves were not as I hoped. For the larger spaces (which would be ideal), the rent is £285pcm.

Tower Works

Next up was Tower Works which had been our favourite from the get go. The studio spaces looked fantastic and they were situated in an idea location — directly behind the train station and therefore within in the city centre. Although more expensive than Umbrella, at £300pcm, it was fair for what they had to offer.

Formula - Plans

Me and Luke have decided to start a collaborative practice upon graduating as after working together on a few projects, we have realised our direction and approach to design works parallel.

We have named ourselves, Formula — the name comes from our methodical and logical approach and after looking into mathematical terminology, Formula stood out. A formula is a process that leads to an end result, much like design and we believe the two marry with one another.