Sheila Bird is an interior and brand design studio on a mission to shape the future of the spaces we live, work, play, and learn in.
We specialise in creating places with a strong identity and joyful spirit, designed to cultivate thriving and connected communities.
From concept to completion, our interior and brand design services ensure every detail comes together seamlessly for a stunning final result.
Collaboration is key to our approach. By weaving together creativity and strategic design thinking, we design places that inspire, energise, and stand the test of time.
Here, you'll find no 'house style' or designer egos. Every project is an opportunity to craft a unique, tailored environment that serves its community.
We practice what we preach, with entrepreneurial vision and experience that has led us to co-found new commercial ventures in hospitality and workspace, such as New Century and See-Saw
For over three decades, we've partnered with visionary property developers, landlords, and businesses across tech, creative, and finance sectors to design award-winning spaces that influence how people feel, think and behave.
Let’s build something extraordinary together!
The Things We Do
Define the Vision
We help you unlock and align your ambitions with a clear creative strategy that provides direction, motivation and inspiration.
- * Consultation
- * Brief Development
- * Workplace Strategy
- * Brand Strategy
- * Brand Positioning
- * Place Naming
- * Place Narrative
Bring it to Life
From sketch concepts to detailed designs we explore, iterate and develop creative ideas to bring the place vision to life.
- * Interior Architecture & Design
- * Space Planning
- * Signage & Wayfindng
- * Brand Identity
- * Space Dressing
- * Interior Graphics & Art Curation
- * Marketing Campaigns
Get it Built
We take responsibility for overseeing the project realisation managing quality, time and cost from tender through to completion.
- * Detailed Design Development
- * FF&E Specification
- * Furniture Procurement
- * Tender Process
- * Team Appointment
- * Build Management
- * CDM Principle Designer
Values and business mantras have their place.
But they can sometimes come across like meaningless word salads.
Well, we just happen to love words AND salads.
So we shaped ours into a philosophy of sorts. Birdology.
It's a manifesto generator serving up random advice, pearls of wisdom and nuggets of absurdity every day.
Everybody knows that the B.I.R.D is the word!
Meet the Team
Atul Bansal
Head of Noise, Founder, Co-Owner
- Brings noise
- “Love Made Me Do It”
- Dot joiner
- Loves cool shirts
- Bamboleo— Gypsy Kings
Jon Humphreys
Creative Director & Co Owner
- Brings ideas
- “What’s the Story?”
- Place Identity
- Loves making music
- We Are The Music Makers- Aphex Twin
Georgia Ingleton
Design Director
- Brings energy
- "Where’s the Party at?”
- Colour and vibes
- Loves dancing
- Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
Ellen Findley
Interior Designer
- Brings fluidity
- “Show me the goods”
- Textures and historical context
- Loves a good anecdote
- Little Fluffy Clouds- The Orb
Carl Speakman
Architectural Technician
- Brings quiet
- “God is in the Detail”
- Tech geek
- Loves gaming
- Iron Man- Black Sabbath
Rachel Picton
Studio Manager
- Brings order
- “Show Me the Money”
- Keeps the wheels moving
- Loves talking
- Mother Popcorn- James Brown
So, who is Sheila?
This is a question we’re asked a lot. The answer lies in a tale of love and passion that is part of our origin story. Rewind 30 years, and you’ll find two ambitious entrepreneurs, Atul Bansal and his partner Jeff, in the early stages of building their interior design business. As they brainstormed names in their studio, a confident, sassy wallpaper sales rep named Sheila Bird walked through the door.
It wasn’t the vintage flock wallpaper that caught Jeff’s attention. Known for his roving eye and silver tongue, Jeff was a notorious flirt. Sheila knew his reputation and wasn't impressed..
One day, after consulting Atul, Jeff made a bold declaration, he told Sheila he was so smitten he’d name their new business after her. Sheila smiled and decided to give him a chance, and finally agreed to dinner. That night sparked a love story that led to a long, happy marriage. True to his word, he never had eyes for another woman again.
Though Jeff and Sheila have since passed, their legacy lives on—in our name and our favourite saying: “Love Made Us Do It.”
People We Work With
- Access Creative College
- Allied London
- Bruntwood
- Bywater Properties
- CERT Property
- Cityheart
- Co-Operative Group
- Connect Management
- Dentsu Aegis
- Edge Hill University
- Flight Story
- Fore Partnership
- Fragrance Shop
- Graham & Brown
- Hurst Accountants
- ITS Technology Group
- Lad Bible
- Manchester Science Park
- Manchester University
- Marketing Manchester
- Mediacom
- Missguided
- NOMA
- Northern Lights
- Peak AI
- Portswigger
- Property Alliance Group
- Rianta Capital
- Runway East
- Scania
- Sciontec
- Social Chain
- Valtech
Awards and Press
It's nice when others in our industry recognise and enjoy our work as well as the people who use our spaces. We've picked up a few gongs and headlines over the years for our projects. Here are a few examples.