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  • Ballantine’s Time Slowing Experience

    Time Well Spent: Through multi-sensory design, Ballantine’s Korea captured the art and science of slowing down time within the ‘Ballantine’s Time Slowing Experience’ – a concept by Bompas & Parr, delivered in collaboration with Pernod Ricard, which celebrated the maturation and exceptional single malts of Ballantine’s Scotch whisky.

  • The Clay House

    The Clay House: Margate’s Gourmet Chalet – a beachfront apartment gloriously positioned between Margate Main Sands and Dreamland.

  • Nakamura.ke Lumen Ramen Bar

    Nakamura.ke Lumen Ramen Bar

    World’s First Glowing Ramen Ba

  • The Fruit Chemist

    For Maestro Dobel’s Artpothecary showcased at Frieze Art Fair New York, Bompas & Parr designed ‘The Fruit Chemist’ – an installation that celebrates contemporary Mexican art, artists and hospitality.

  • Benham & Froud

    Bompas & Parr’s new luxury British jelly company, Benham & Froud, launches its first series of jelly moulds. Based on original Benham & Froud patterns found in the archives, each of the three reusable pâtissier moulds have all the classical charm of yesteryear. Handmade from 0.5mm clear plastic, these durable jelly moulds give excellent definition…

  • Fountain of Hygiene

    Fountain of Hygiene

    Fountain of Hygiene is an open-call competition to develop inspired takes on sanitiser pumps and hand washing rituals. Designs must be submitted before midnight GMT 18th November to sanitiser@bompasandparr.com, with judging commencing on Friday 20th November. Winners will have their design showcased at Haw Par Music as part of Business of Design Week CityProg Hong…

  • DIY Decadence

    ‘Ordinary food in ordinary spaces can be used in such extraordinary ways to make feasting a joy for everyone sitting down’ – Feasting with Bompas & Parr

  • Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor

    For Halloween 2020, Bompas & Parr published Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor, the first collection of online reviews detailing haunted hotels. The publication, dedicated to all who work in hospitality, is by turns horrific, unseemly and comic.

  • Imminent Future of Food 2021

    Bompas & Parr has published its fourth annual report into the future of food. The Imminent Future of Food 2021 report constitutes official forward-looking predictions the studio has made into eating and drinking, from Sheep Spas to Nihilist Baking, and comes with the authority of over a decade spent at the forefront of food and…

  • Fluid Landscapes Report

    Bompas & Parr presents a thought-provoking report that studies the behavioural change in humans, and how this might affect future interactions between people, objects and events. Written during a time of significant change, Fluid Landscapes offers an optimistic view on the future, as we shift perspectives from the freely flowing behaviours of a world without…

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