COOOP
Interior Designers
About us
Our studio specializes in design for behaviour.
We have done so for almost 30 years and in this time we have learned a tremendous amount about how people behave naturally and instinctively within these social environments. We have learned the hard way that in order to design successful venues, we needed to place predictive human behaviour at the heart of what we do. We capture succinctly how most people behave most of the time in order to design spaces for the most joy and ultimately the most success. This assists us in capturing the spirit of place.
Our Awards
2021 Restaurant & Bar Finalist Restaurant
Design Finalist Meat & Wine Adelaide
2020 Good Design Awards Australia
Winner, 6HEAD - The Rocks Sydney
2019 Australia By Design Top 5
Restaurant Design, hospitality designs
interiors in Australia
2018 Middle East & North Africa Shopping
Center Awards Winner
& Retailer Awards, Dubai, Burger Boutique.
2018 Restaurant & Bar Finalist
Restaurant Design Finalist Meat & Wine
Barangaroo
2018 RDDA Retail Category Winner,
Relay Jeans
Braamfontein, Johannesburg South Africa.
2018 RDDA Restaurant Category Winner
Nando’s Horizon View, South Africa. Winner
2017 RDDA Category Winner
Restaurant Design Old Town Italy Menlyn Maine
2017 Yacht & Aviation Finalist
Best Airport Lounge Standard Bank OR Tambo
International Library Lounge
2016/17 African Property Awards
Leisure Interior South Africa Nando’s Maponya
Mall, Soweto
2015 RDDA Category Winner
2015 LOERIE Silver
Best Restaurant Design Nando’s Maponya Mall
2017 RDDA Category Winner
Restaurant Design Nando’s Blue Hills
RDDA 2013 Category Finalist
Restaurant Design Doppio Zero
2019 Australia By Design Top 5
Restaurant Design, hospitality designs
interiors in Australia
Best Restaurant Design Nando’s Maponya Mall
2013 RDDA Category Finalist
Restaurant Design Piza e Vino
Midrand
2012 RDDA Category Winner
Restaurant Design Tribeca Standard
Lynnwood
2011 RDDA Merit Awards
Tasha’s Rosebank The Zone
2011 RDDA Category Winner
Renovation & Expansion
Sunnypark Shopping Centre
2008 Old Mutual Superstar Awards
Retail Outlets and Showrooms
2006 Cube Awards
2004 Cube Awards
Design Excellence Award Babcock
Africa
2004 Cube Awards
Corporate Interiors
Locations we service
Get in touch
Business details
- Category:
- Interior Designers
- Business focus:
- Commercial
- Verified ArchiPro member since:
- 2022
- Award winning professional:
- 3 awards
Awards
Light Middle East Awards 2021 - Short Listed Top 5
Nestlé Head Office, Lahore
Good Design Award Winner
6HEAD Premium Steak Restaurant
Restaurant & Bar Design Award - Shortlist 2021
The Meat & Wine Co., Adelaide
Meet the Team
Callie Van Der Merwe
Co-Founder & Director
Roberto Zambri
Senior Associate
Calvin Janse van Vuuren
Senior Associate