Design Service - Antiques of the Future
Antiques of the Future is our bespoke luxury design service. We work with private clients, organisations, B Corps, and private companies. There are multiple ways to work with us through this exciting service.
We create corporate gifts, awards and murals that are of the highest quality while also doing good for local communities.
Examples of our work
Our Director, Corinne Lewis-Ward, has worked with a variety of clients to develop gifts, awards & murals to meet a variety of requirements. Below are some examples of this work. Get in touch and let’s make something beautiful together while also doing good.
Social Impact
There are four ways in which your commissions can have a social impact. Our mission is to nurture the next generation of neurodivergent talent. We currently work with young people in the Tyne & Wear area. And you can keep up to date with the projects we work on here.
How to work with us
Commission
For your bespoke commission, you will work with our Director Corinne Lewis-Ward who will personally design your artwork and manage the manufacturing process. Corinne has been working as a designer for 13 years and has built an impressive, high-quality reliable supply chain. You can find out more about her product range through her company Powder Butterfly. Corinne has worked for multiple corporate clients with her products ending up all over the world. Her attention to detail and unique style of design is universally loved and she has a unique gift of building an emotional connection into the products she designs.
We pledge to donate 20% of the profits from your commission to our work with young neurodivergent people. This will be invested into existing projects, and create new opportunities for our young people (for example by paying our young people to produce new artworks to exhibit and sell.) By working with us you will help neurodivergent young people to overcome social barriers and gain confidence through creative activities.
Co-Design
Perhaps you are an organisation that is committed to having a positive impact. Thinking about the environmental, social and economic impact of your corporate gifts and awards is becoming more crucial to our clients. The benefits of having a more thoughtful approach to corporate gifts provide our clients with the following:
Enhance Brand reputation
Boost employee Morale
Enhance customer loyalty
Build stronger relationships
Differentiating from competitors
Strengthen company culture
Sharing your brand values
Expressing gratitude and recognition
If you opt for a co-design option, you will give the young people we work with access to:
Access to a live client brief
An opportunity to be part of the design process
Access to the behind-the-scenes of different companies and organisations
Build their curiosity and help them explore career paths
Give them an understanding of what working for clients and organisations is like
Social mobility for young people who have multiple barriers to overcome
Increased confidence in their abilities
Increased potential for employment or further training
Partnership Working
As an organisation, we thrive on collaboration. We have worked with a range of partners, from Local Authorities to local and national organisations. We are passionate about delivering projects in partnership as we take the saying ‘it takes a village’ to heart. We understand that our expertise is specific and we are always keen to explore opportunities to work in partnership. Below are some ways in which we can work with you.
We can be your public engagement delivery partner
We can create a programme of public engagement that meets your needs for art. design and culture and engages the neurodiverse community
We can work as a consultant to advise on a range of projects, including but not exclusive to art & design, working with neurodiverse creatives, retail products, merchandising, and creating designer maker events
We can be included in your funding bid as a not-for-profit partner organisation - making your bid unique to stand out against your competition
Our track record of delivery speaks for itself; we are happy to provide you with partner references and testimonials to let our clients sing our praises
Become a Patron or Board Member
As a community Interest Company, we deliver a range of public engagement projects. For example, we are in the process of setting up an arts group for young neurodiverse creatives. This will give young people access to art supplies, develop new skills, build confidence, meet new friends, spark curiosity, while also building a safe space and community for young people to thrive in.
Would you like to be a patron of the arts and support an art group like this? If so you could help us create more opportunities for young people to thrive. Below are some statistics that have inspired us to do this work:
1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodiverse
30-40% of neurodiverse people are unemployed?
Around 20-50% of creative industry employees are neurodiverse.
Our founder and Director Corinne Lewis-Ward has direct experience of this as she received a late diagnosis of Dyslexia when she was 23 and ADHD when she was 49 and is awaiting autism assessment. Her youngest child is also neurodivergent. This lived experience is what drives our organisation to do better when it comes to supporting the next generation of neurodiverse talent. So that our young people do not just become another statistic.
If this sounds like something you would like to help us with by becoming a patron of our organisation, or you feel you have something to offer our board, then please get in touch here.
Creating a unique legacy identity with a bespoke crest design
Commission a bespoke crest for your family or your company
This process helps you share your values, and your history and create a legacy which you can share with the world.
Your crest can then be recreated as a variety of different products. Examples of this can be found below. And if you would like to find out more about what inspired Antiques of the Future you can read about it here.
The benefits of a crest design for your company or family estate are:
