Helping to Build Better Communities for Everyone
@pidginperfect #BuildingBetterCommunities
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Pidgin Perfect is an award winning, multi-disciplinary creative studio based in Glasgow. We combine imagination, technology and craft to bring together people, clients & place helping build better communities for everyone. Pidgin Perfect use a unique multi-skilled approach combining research, participation & design (RPD) around the built environment, placing the community at the heart of our projects. We believe that meaningful participation, strategic research and socially driven design are interrelated, the best results are achieved when these three elements combine and having fun is a serious part of this process.
Through collaboration, storytelling and a unique understanding of context Pidgin Perfect deliver socially rich outcomes. From installing a temporary cinema on the banks of the River Clyde; to developing visual briefs for key public projects; designing a theatrical banquet in Venice; or landscaping public green space in Glasgow and delivering permanent public realm works in Pollokshaws; Pidgin Perfect create architecture that truly allows for engaging experiences, building lasting relationships and bringing communities together.
RPD : AN INTERRELATED APPROACH
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forward thinking & future strategy
Design
building better communities
Participation
bringing people together
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Research
forward thinking & future strategy Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Participation
bringing people together
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
OUR PROCESS
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PIDGIN PERFECT SERVICES
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Research
forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
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Research
forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
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Research
forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Working with a range of experts across design and the social sciences to define best practice, suggest policies and create frameworks for delivery.
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forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Bringing together key stakeholders in national and local government, housing associations, communities and enterprise to develop and implement integrated strategies and initiatives at local and citywide scales.
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forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Engaging clients and key stakeholders to define their aims and using our knowledge and expertise translate them into clear design principles and values for schemes that meet the community’s needs.
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Research
forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
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Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Creatively consulting communities and the public to gather to inform and gather their opinions on planned projects.
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Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Actively involving people and communities in the process of design by using fun engaging creative methods.
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Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Designing innovative spectacles in a celebration that brings together different people, communities, and stakeholders.
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Research
forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
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Design
building better communities
We employ our methods of research and participation with a passion for designing spaces that meaningfully connect people to a place by integrating heritage, culture, customs, innovation...
Public Realm Environments Service Design
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Design
building better communities
We employ our methods of research and participation to create designs that understand the needs of the user developing a sophisticated relationship to space using craft, material, technology, colour...
Public Realm Environments Service Design
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Working with clients to streamline their processes, improve interaction with their service users and tell clear compelling stories about their work employing tactile as well as multimedia techniques such as Pop Up books, animation, documentary, web interface...
Public Realm Environments Service Design
OUR CLIENT SECTORS
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forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
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forward thinking & future strategy Policy & Frameworks Strategies & Initiatives Brief Building
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Local and Regional Authorities Scottish Government Local councils Education Bodies eg. Universities, schools, colleges National Bodies European Commission European Initiatives
Private clients SMEs Private Galleries Private homes
Our core expertise: Creative engagement Conceptual thinking Creating project vision Problem Solving Mediation Project management Innovation Demystifying the design process
Our core values:
Design
Socially minded practice Building & sharing stories Understanding context Delivering meaningful outcomes Educating future generations Having fun
building better communities Public Realm Environments Service Design
Participation
bringing people together Consultation Creative Engagement Event
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Housing Associations Public Arts Facilitators Local Councils Public service organisations eg Schools/ Care Centres/ Hospitals Developers working in the Public Realm Independant stores eg. café/ bar/ clothes store Brand Experiential Marketing Brand sponsored community space
KEY PROJECTS
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Research
Participation
Design
forward thinking & future strategy
bringing people together
building better communities
Policy & Frameworks
Consultation
Public Realm
EU SPREAD 2050 Sustainable Lifestyle, Europe Design Guides for Accessibility, Scotland WDC Stimulating a Creative Economy, Scotland Scottish Government International Design Summit Urban Futures, Danish Ministry for Planning, Denmark
Pollokshaws TRA Phase 1, Glasgow ng Homes Springburn, Glasgow Sandyhills Greenspace, Glasgow ECA Portabello Pound, Edinburgh
Pollokshaws Greenspace, Glasgow Glasgow Harvest 2011, Kennyhill Allotments, Glasgow Gateway, Merchant City Art Project, Glasgow The Shilling Ground Public Realm, Glasgow
Creative Engagement
Environments
INstalled National Initiative, Scotland Scottish Architecture Students Assembly (SASA)
Pollokshaws Integration Network, Glasgow Pasila Engagements, World Design Capital, Helsinki Monuments that Move Me, Springburn, Glasgow
Brief Building
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Mossblown, South Ayrshire Council, Scotland Glen Garnock, North Ayrshire Council, Scotland John Galt Housing, North Ayrshire Council, Scotland Brechin Community Campus, Angus Council, Scotland Place Making Workshops, A+DS, Scotland
Africa in Motion Film Festival 2013 Halloween, Glasgow Banchetto, Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice Girl Walk // All Day Temporary Cinema, Glasgow Quickbeam Album Launch at Govanhill Baths, Glasgow Pop Up Cinema at the Barras, Glasgow
The Pipe Factory, Glasgow Many Studios at Ross Street, Glasgow Maryhill Community Garden, Glasgow Pigeon Holes, Merchant City Art Project, Glasgow Pierrot Lunaire Scenography, Berlin New Murals Programme 2013, Scottish Book Trust, Scotland
Strategies & Initiatives
Service Design Project Blueprint Toolkit, Angus Council Banchetto Digital Resource INstalled Graphic Identity & Communication Strategy Pidgin Perfect Virgin Unite Animation
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