Welcome to Our New Website and Blog - Meet the IMD Design Team

At IMD Design, we specialise in creating bespoke interiors for the hospitality industry, combining creativity, functionality, and meticulous attention to detail. With a wealth of experience across restaurant interior design, hospitality interior design, coffee shop interiors, bar design, and hotel interiors, our team is dedicated to crafting spaces that captivate and inspire. Whether you’re revitalising a bar’s atmosphere or designing a boutique hotel, we’re here to bring your vision to life.

Meet the IMD Design Team

Our practice is built on a foundation of expertise, collaboration, and a shared passion for outstanding design. Here’s a closer look at the talented individuals behind IMD Design:

• Stephen Yardley – Director

Stephen brings a wealth of expertise to the team, overseeing design development and ensuring each project aligns with both creative aspirations and practical requirements.

• Rebecca Tilley – Director

With an eye for detail and a commitment to excellence, Rebecca plays a key role in project delivery, ensuring every space we design exceeds expectations.

• Angela Gould – Office Manager and Accounts

Angela ensures the smooth day-to-day running of the business, keeping everything organised behind the scenes and supporting the team at every stage.

Spaces work better when everything flows

At IMD Design, We create hospitality, leisure and commercial environments that feel effortless because they're deeply understood.

By understanding people, place and business, we design spaces that work better, feel better and perform better.

Our tailored services include:

• Restaurant Interior Design: Crafting dining spaces that balance aesthetics with operational efficiency.

• Bar and Coffee Shop Design: Creating inviting environments that enhance the customer experience while reflecting your brand’s identity.

• Hotel Interiors: Designing luxurious, memorable spaces that cater to both functionality and style.

We pride ourselves on offering a full-service approach, including detailed specifications, contract drawings, tender documentation, and project management from start to finish. With our Principal Designer and CDM Health & Safety expertise, we ensure every project complies with all regulatory requirements, giving you peace of mind throughout.

Great spaces don't happen by accident

They happen when every part of an environment works together.

The building. The operation. The customer journey. The people who use it every day.

That's why we start with understanding.

What We Understand

People. Place. Business.

People - How guests behave, move and experience a space.

Place - The realities, constraints and opportunities within the environment.

Business - The operational and commercial goals that drive success.

The Connection - Because the best spaces aren't designed in parts. They're designed as a whole.

The Value of Understanding

When everything is understood, everything flows.

People FlowGuests move naturally.

Operational FlowTeams work efficiently.

Spatial FlowSpaces feel intuitive.

Customer FlowExperiences improve.

Business FlowPerformance follows.

Our Philosophy

Design that makes sense.

Why IMD

Experience creates instinct.

Years of designing and delivering commercial environments have given us an instinct for what works.

We see the connections between people, operations and space that others often miss.

Design Instinct.Business Instinct.Human Instinct.

We believe beautiful spaces should do more than look good.

They should make operational sense.

Commercial sense.

Human sense.

The most successful environments are those where design, experience and performance work together seamlessly.