Safehinge Primera has opened a new ‘Design & and Innovation Studio’ at its Blackpool office.
Showcasing its range of doorsets, locksets, handles, and load release products for mental health environments, the showroom has two break-out rooms with large wall-mounted televisions – enabling project teams ‘to get hands-on’ with the company’s products, and then ‘design them collaboratively’.
The ‘grand opening’ coincided with a DIMHN board meeting, held at the Blackpool base on 8 May. In between sessions, Board members explored the new product innovations – providing feedback and sharing insights on current design trends relevant to the products on display. Jenny Gill, the DIMHN’s chair, said: “The Design Studio at Safehinge Primera’s Blackpool office is great. The opportunity to see full-sized products, properly displayed and presented as they would be in situ, is invaluable. It’s much more helpful than trying to assess a product using a small sample or a mobile set-up. You can get hands-on with the actual items, something hugely advantageous for the specification process.”
Philip Ross, director of Safehinge Primera, added: “Creating a bright, welcoming location to showcase our finished products has been a long-term goal. I’m excited to think this is the first of many sessions we’ll host in Blackpool. The Design Studio complements our prototype and workshop space in Glasgow, where visitors often come to see product testing and early product development.”