The Dairy was opened with great design in mind. The founder of The Dairy, Tim Rice, is a renowned designer and patron of the arts for over twenty-five years. Tim has found great success in the commercial interior design sector. Tim’s recent projects include The North Star, Vulcan Lounge, Crystal Boutique Club and Mocka Lounge. The North Star Gastropub was shortlisted in the top 18 best-designed independent bars in Britain by the prestigious Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2010.

The premise behind The Dairy was to create a platform that individuals and companies could raise their profiles and showcase their works in front of prospective buyers. It is an undeniable fact that there are huge numbers of truly great designers in and around this country, whom we will never see or get to hear of. The Dairy seeks to address this.

Not everyone understands great, and often avant-garde design, so rather than exhibit on one's own we provide a platform at a minimal cost for all established and up and coming designers to showcase their resplendent works together, within designed spaces, showing the full potential of how it could look or be placed within a working environment.

When designing a venue Tim loves to use interesting objects or pieces that keep people captivated in their surroundings. For him there is nothing better than finding something exciting to look at and being able to admire it in situ for all to see and comment upon!

"One object can inspire a whole design or look for me and it could also for anyone else. It is our intention at The Dairy to create a hub using the very best in design from all sectors to showcase their exceptional work in one amazing space for all to see, admire or be inspired by."

The Dairy is made up of numerous virtual rooms which are available to rent for use as a point of sale. Each virtual room contains products from differing design entities. Onsite we have catalogues from these suppliers containing the full range of their products available for purchase.

We host exhibitions every three weeks for up and coming or known artists/designers and provide a dedicated space of 12 x 3 meters for these exhibitions. We have an extensive mailing list that will help introduce you to your target market thus creating interest in your work and raising your profile.

Everything on show at The Dairy is available for purchase, but if on the off chance you can't find what you are looking for, please ask for assistance and we can source the article for you.

For more information please contact The Dairy's marketing manager Emily Watts-Russell at emily@thedairycardiff.com