Retail design management is a design governance role that helps maintain quality, consistency and alignment across complex retail, hospitality and food and beverage environments.

Retail Design Management

Retail Design Management

Relevant appointments -

Brisbane Airport Corporation, across all buildings and terminals, since 2019 (pictured)

University of QLD, all buildings and campuses, since 2025

Ipswich City Council, Nicholas St Precinct, since 2025

Gardner Vaughan Group, 2025

Cairns Airport, North Queensland Airports, since 2022

West Village, Brisbane, Centuria Capital, since 2021 (pictured)

Coorparoo Square, Frasers Property Australia, since 2021

studiospillane works with clients, leasing teams, tenancy coordinators, tenants, designers, consultants and contractors to review tenancy submissions and support better design outcomes.

Our reviews consider customer experience, shopfront presence, visibility, signage, materiality, lighting, accessibility, queuing, furniture, circulation, operational integration and the relationship between each tenancy and the wider environment. We identify issues early, provide clear and practical feedback, and help tenants respond to the project vision, design guidelines and operational requirements.

 This work is particularly valuable in airports, universities, mixed-use precincts and public-facing commercial environments, where individual tenancies need to contribute to a more coherent customer experience. Our role is to improve design quality, support commercial outcomes and help create places that are more legible, welcoming and resolved.