Illustrative hospitality arrival interior, not a completed IDC project

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IDCCOMMERCIAL

Designed to work beautifully.

Design, build when appointed, and project management for hospitality, food and beverage, retail and fast-food, and senior living—with fitout scoped to each contract.

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ILLUSTRATIVE VISUAL CONCEPT

A DISTINCT IDC DISCIPLINE

Design for the real operating hour.

A commercial interior is experienced by guests, customers, residents, staff and the teams who keep it running. We consider atmosphere, material language and furniture alongside service flow, storage, cleaning, access and the building's daily realities.

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IDC COMMERCIAL / FILM

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NEW & EXISTING COMMERCIAL PLACES

Two ways to begin.

New builds and renovations are two starting points. Design, build, project management and fitout are each agreed within the actual appointment.

Original IDC 2026 catalogue concept showing a resolved hotel guestroom interior

ILLUSTRATIVE IDC VISUAL CONCEPT

01 / NEW-SPACE INTERIORS

New builds

Bring an interior point of view into a new hospitality, food-and-beverage, retail, fast-food or senior-living brief early. Customer, guest or resident experience and operating requirements are developed with the operator and appointed advisers.

Spatial experience & material direction
Guest, customer, resident & staff journeys
Technical interfaces with appointed specialists

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Original IDC 2026 catalogue concept showing a protected commercial refurbishment work zone

ILLUSTRATIVE IDC VISUAL CONCEPT

02 / REFURBISHMENT IN USE

Renovations

Change an existing setting while respecting the people and routines still within it. Where fitout is appointed, scope, protected routes, working windows and handback are planned against the operator's brief.

Staged refurbishment planning
Operational routes & temporary provisions
Inspections, close-out & return to use

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DESIGN / BUILD / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Design. Build.
Project manage.

Commercial projects can involve design, project-scoped fitout/build and project management—but the exact appointment, statutory roles and site responsibilities are agreed for each brief.

01 / DESIGN

Design for use.

Spatial experience, materials, furniture, joinery and lighting considered alongside movement, cleaning, storage and service flow.

02 / BUILD WHEN APPOINTED

Fitout with purpose.

Where IDC is appointed for fitout, protection, services interfaces, finishes, joinery installation and room checks are coordinated to the agreed contract.

03 / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Keep the brief legible.

Operator needs, specialist inputs, programme, approvals and handover are aligned to IDC's agreed project-management and coordination role.

WHERE WE FOCUS

Designed for everyday life.

Hospitality, food and beverage, retail and fast-food, and senior living each demand specific answers for the people who use and operate them.

01 / HOSPITALITY

Guest experience, operationally resolved.

Guest rooms and suites, arrival, reception, lounges, wellness and changing spaces considered through arrival, rest, work, cleaning, storage and service routines.

Operator and specialist requirements are agreed for each project.

02 / FOOD & BEVERAGE

Atmosphere that serves the service.

Cafés, restaurants and bars shaped around seating, circulation, acoustics, servery and back-bar access, equipment interfaces and changing dayparts.

Commercial kitchens and catering equipment remain with appointed specialists.

03 / RETAIL & FAST-FOOD

Clarity at the point of choice.

Retail environments and quick-service venues designed around customer movement, queue and collection routes, staff workflow, sightlines, wayfinding and durable finishes.

Specialist food-service equipment, access and regulatory interfaces are agreed with the operator and appointed advisers.

04 / SENIOR LIVING

Rooms that feel like home.

Resident rooms, arrival, lounges, shared dining and village cafés designed for privacy, orientation, familiar scale, visitors and ordinary daily life.

Access, support and clinical interfaces are set by the operator and appointed advisers; design is not a care guarantee.

FROM ARRIVAL TO HANDOVER

The whole guest experience.

Original concept imagery created for IDC's 2026 Commercial catalogue—showing the range of settings and operating moments considered within a hospitality brief.

Original IDC catalogue concept showing a dark timber and stone hotel reception desk — ARRIVAL / RECEPTIONIDC 2026 CATALOGUE CONCEPT

Original IDC catalogue concept showing an operating restaurant dining room and service counter — FOOD & BEVERAGE / SERVICEIDC 2026 CATALOGUE CONCEPT

Original IDC catalogue concept showing a warm hotel suite living area — GUESTROOMS / LIVINGIDC 2026 CATALOGUE CONCEPT

Original IDC catalogue concept showing a completed guest-ready hotel bedroom at dusk — HANDOVER / RETURN TO USEIDC 2026 CATALOGUE CONCEPT

TEST, STAGE, HAND BACK

Make the idea work in use.

A representative setting can test the design before repetition. Occupied spaces call for careful sequencing and a clear return to operation.

Original IDC catalogue concept showing a representative guestroom with samples ready for review

REPRESENTATIVE ROOM / REVIEW

01 / PROVE THE IDEA

One room, resolved first.

Prepare a brief for a room or key setting; review layout, furniture, light, circulation, cleaning access and team feedback; then document what may be repeated and where it must change.

Original IDC catalogue concept showing protected circulation beside a commercial refurbishment work zone

STAGED WORK / PROTECTED ROUTES

02 / REFURBISHMENT IN USE

Respect the day.

Separate public, staff and work-zone movement; stage work around routines and temporary provisions; agree cleaning, documentation and acceptance before the space returns to use.

A prototype is a review method, not a performance guarantee. Site controls, technical reviews, access, care and statutory responsibilities remain with the operator and appointed project advisers as relevant.

PROJECT ADVISERS & TRADE DISCIPLINES

The right people for the work.

Depending on the project and IDC's appointment, a commercial delivery team may need the following disciplines. This is a planning reference, not a list of in-house staff or an offer to perform every trade.

01

Design & technical

Architects & architectural designers
Interior designers
Structural & civil engineers
Geotechnical engineers
Fire engineers
Mechanical, electrical & hydraulic designers
Acoustic & accessibility consultants
Surveyors, planners & consent specialists
Quantity surveyors
Specialist commercial-kitchen designers

02

Site, structure & envelope

Site preparation, safety & demolition
Hazardous-material specialists where required
Earthworks & excavation
Drainlayers & civil works
Concrete, foundations & reinforcement
Steel fabrication & erection
Carpenters & timber framers
Masonry & blockwork
Roofing, cladding & façades
Glazing, doors & waterproofing

03

Building services

Electrical & architectural lighting
Plumbing & gasfitting
HVAC, ventilation & extraction
Fire alarms, sprinklers & passive fire-stopping
Data, communications & audiovisual
Security & access control
Refrigeration & cold-room specialists
Building controls & automation
Lift specialists where required
Commercial-kitchen equipment installers
Grease management & trade-waste specialists

04

Interiors & finishing

Partitions, linings & suspended ceilings
Plastering & finishing
Built-in joinery & shopfitting
Tiling, stone & wet-area specialists
Flooring & food-safe finish installers
Painting & decorating
Acoustic treatments
Metalwork & balustrades
Signage & wayfinding installation
Final cleaning, testing & commissioning

Scopes and appointments are project-specific; regulated and specialist work belongs to appropriately qualified practitioners. CRAFT Commercial Interiors is the separate contractor-facing business for integrated finishing packages. Commercial goods procurement is routed through The Sourcerer under a separate brief and terms, not through IDC Commercial.

CAFÉS / RESTAURANTS / BARS

Hospitality moves at the speed of service.

We look at covers, staff routes, servery flow, acoustics, durable surfaces and light across changing dayparts. Front-of-house expression connects to the operator's actual service model; specialist commercial kitchens and catering equipment remain with appointed experts.

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Illustrative restaurant interior concept

ILLUSTRATIVE IDC VISUAL CONCEPT

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