We’re not afraid to rethink things

To our clients, Blacksheep are strategic partners. We take nothing at face value; we approach each project without preconceptions.

We’re a fully integrated team of hospitality specialists – branding experts, interior designers, architects, graphic designers, F&B experts, marketers, and procurement professionals, with the skills and experience to tackle any project from start to finish.

 

Tim Mutton
Founder and Leader

Tim set up Blacksheep in 2002 when he realised he could bring something different to the hospitality and food-and-beverage sectors. His experience in hospitality and interior design convinced him that a designer’s responsibility went beyond interior design. To give a hospitality brand the depth of meaning it deserved, designers should embrace every aspect of the guest experience. Tim’s all-encompassing approach to hospitality branding resonates with guests because it puts them at the heart of their own immersive and escapist experience.

Stef Debeve
Finance Manager
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Stef is an experienced finance manager who likes to bring the best out of people and process. Born in France and graduating in the UK with first in Accounting & Finance. She is an ACCA finalist and has been working for the past seven years with event, marketing and production creative agencies, where she delivered business analysis and process through system implementation improvements.

Stef is an experienced finance manager who likes to bring the best out of people and process. Born in France and graduating in the UK with first in Accounting & Finance. She is an ACCA finalist and has been working for the past seven years with event, marketing and production creative agencies, where she delivered business analysis and process through system implementation improvements.

Paul Mann
Brand Director
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Paul has an eye for emotion and relevance. He’s spent more than 25 years helping organisations capture their essence through brand positioning, visual identity, communications and customer experience. Paul’s enthusiasm is infectious; under his guiding hand, global branding teams in London, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific have produced work that’s rich in long-term strategic value and local, here-and-now empathy.

Paul has an eye for emotion and relevance. He’s spent more than 25 years helping organisations capture their essence through brand positioning, visual identity, communications and customer experience. Paul’s enthusiasm is infectious; under his guiding hand, global branding teams in London, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific have produced work that’s rich in long-term strategic value and local, here-and-now empathy.

Toni Black
Interior Director
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Toni has an instinctive understanding of space. She’s an interior designer who creates spaces that are at once evocative and practical. For more than 18 years Toni has led projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, ranging from intimate domestic schemes to airports, palaces, malls and hospitality venues with a £150m GDV. Her design work is transformational: she turns interiors into brand-defining experiences.

Toni has an instinctive understanding of space. She’s an interior designer who creates spaces that are at once evocative and practical. For more than 18 years Toni has led projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, ranging from intimate domestic schemes to airports, palaces, malls and hospitality venues with a £150m GDV. Her design work is transformational: she turns interiors into brand-defining experiences.

Brian Turner
Architectural Director
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Brian is an architect who revels in a building’s ability to create atmosphere. For more than 20 years he’s brought architectural magic to the commercial, hospitality and retail sectors. His experience runs from brand development to technical delivery and on-site completion. Brian now leads multi-disciplinary teams that deliver faultless branding for everything from one-of-a-kind hospitality venues to international roll-outs of 100+ retail units.

Brian is an architect who revels in a building’s ability to create atmosphere. For more than 20 years he’s brought architectural magic to the commercial, hospitality and retail sectors. His experience runs from brand development to technical delivery and on-site completion. Brian now leads multi-disciplinary teams that deliver faultless branding for everything from one-of-a-kind hospitality venues to international roll-outs of 100+ retail units.

Award-winning, maverick creativity

We develop and implement award-winning concepts that transform spaces and brands. We’re a driven team – practical and grounded – who enjoy relaxing together as much as we like working together. Our shared outlook helps.

The Flock

We’re a geographically and culturally diverse group of design, interiors, food, strategy, and architecture professionals, united by curiosity and by our shared love for the magic that space and hospitality can create. Since we’re cloud-based, we plug into each project from anywhere in the world, and with all the local, cultural, or regional specialisms we need. One of the Flock is always a fluent speaker of the local language.

Variety is our strength. It keeps us tuned to the new; it makes us thirsty for freshness; it propels us towards invention.

The Hub

Every Flock needs a place to call its own. Ours is in central London. The Hub is where we gather for detailed project briefings, for bonding, and for hammering out concepts that demand loud and feisty, face-to-face analytical rigour.

Our Hub could be anywhere on the planet. So wherever we work, we create a new one – a local Hub as inventive, connected, and productive as the London one. We plug in a team and a Hub to give your project the resources it needs, and to develop your brand, space, or strategy in the most efficient and imaginative way.

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