Design Projects | October 2021
Ted Baker, Kuwait

Ted Baker, 360 Mall Kuwait
This beautiful Ted Baker store in Kuwait at the 360 Mall was themed around the concept of 'Ted the Adventurer' using classical ship elements in a luxurious way. Mainly with reference to sails, as well as using the roping/knotting of a seafarer, in the more glamorous material of pearls. When you think of Arabia today, you think of oil, and unimaginable wealth. But less than a century ago, oil had yet to be discovered. The region was poor and one of its main sources of income was pearl fishing. Rothschild & Bickers and the in-house design team latched onto this history to create large jewel like clusters of opaque pendants using pearlescent colour finishes and frosted glass.

Ted Baker, 360 Mall Kuwait
A shiny lustre effect is made by rolling the molten glass in powdered metallic oxides. By turning down the glory hole and creating oxygen- free conditions, it melts and causes the metal to deposit in a thin film with a distinctive shiny surface.

Blowing lustre glass at the Rothschild & Bickers hot shop