Two Greater Group Projects Named Winners At 2019 Sydney Design Awards Two projects named winners at the 2019 Sydney Design Awards. Our retail blog is proud to speak about it in details. Interior Design – Retail (Silver): Motome by Macquarie, Hornsby Interior Design – Flagships & Showrooms (Gold) Diamond Exchange Sydney An Augmented Reality experience that allows customers to further engage with the featured vehicle physically present in the store, using a touch screen and live camera feed of the car to entice customers to explore particular aspects of that vehicle. greater group worked with the team at Macquarie Leasing to design and develop the physical retail face of Macquarie’s new car purchasing and finance platform, Motome. The team were tasked with creating a space that was welcoming and engaging, that seamlessly integrated with technology and enriched the consumers ability to explore, compare and configure product choices. The environment needed to provide physical spaces to showcase and promote feature cars, interactive digital displays, along with varying lounge and chat space for the store staff to have conversations around vehicle selection or to go through financial applications and book customers in for test drives. Read more about the project here. Respecting the existing heritage features required attention to detail, spatial planning and the design at large. An existing client, The Thomas Group decided to appoint the greater group to design and build their latest Diamond Exchange Sydney showroom. Forming part of this decision was the recent success of Diamond Exchange Melbourne, the first Diamond Exchange showroom from 2017. From concept development though to delivery, this adaptive re-use project was a comprehensive fit-out located on level 5 of The Georges Building, one of Sydney’s oldest and most prestigious heritage buildings. A combination of existing heritage features mixed with fine joinery detailing and lighting accents work together as the ultimate setting for high quality diamonds and jewellery. Read more about the project here. The Sydney Design Awards celebrate innovative and creating building interiors with consideration given to a range of factors like creation, planning, furnishing and aesthetic presentation. DRIVENxDESIGN is about celebrating the courage of project commissioners and creators, recognising the diversity and excellence across Australia’s most diverse awards program. We would like to thank everyone involved, the talented team, our valued clients and all the trades, suppliers and consultants who helped in the successful delivery of these projects. Read More