Ongl Studio

Ongl Studio Design starts with people. People • Design • Place. Creating places people are proud to call their own.

creative problem-solvers working at the intersection of installation art and interior architecture

A place tells you a lot if you spend enough time in it.For us, designing well starts with understanding.Spending time in...
01/09/2026

A place tells you a lot if you spend enough time in it.

For us, designing well starts with understanding.

Spending time in the space.
Listening to the people who use it.
Observing how it works, what happens there and what makes it matter.

At , we're developing the Croeso Room — a space that needs to feel welcoming while also reflecting the people, activities, and sense of community that make the centre what it is.

Creative engagement is one part of that process. It's a way of exploring ideas, uncovering perspectives and finding things that words alone don't always reveal.

Together, these insights help shape the design.

It's about understanding a place well enough to make meaningful design decisions.

People. Design. Place.

40 years of me.20 years of designing.12 years of Ongl Studio.A lot has changed.But the questions that started it all are...
19/08/2026

40 years of me.
20 years of designing.
12 years of Ongl Studio.

A lot has changed.

But the questions that started it all are still there.

How do people use space?
How do they experience it?
How do they connect?

Over the years, I've become less interested in designing spaces and more fascinated by how those spaces become places — shaped by the people who use them, the things that happen there and the connections they create.

I’ve learned a lot.

And perhaps the most useful thing I’ve learned is that good design doesn’t always start with knowing the answer.

Sometimes it starts with being curious enough to say:

“I don’t know yet.”

Here’s to another chapter of asking questions, looking closely, trusting the process — and seeing where it leads.

People • Design • Place.

Some decisions can only be made on site.Drawings tell you one story.The place tells you another.It's amazing what three ...
04/08/2026

Some decisions can only be made on site.

Drawings tell you one story.

The place tells you another.

It's amazing what three wooden dowels can reveal.

A simple way of testing scale, proportion and presence—seeing an idea in its context before it becomes permanent.

Standing in the space, observing how people move through it, understanding the scale of its surroundings… that's where design is tested.

Sometimes the answer is to simplify.

Sometimes it's to be bolder.

The important thing is that the place leads the design—not the other way around.

People • Design • Place.

Exploring relationships.Between people and place.Between individuals and community.Between ideas and experience.We belie...
28/07/2026

Exploring relationships.

Between people and place.

Between individuals and community.

Between ideas and experience.

We believe the strongest design begins with understanding.

Because when we understand a place, design has somewhere meaningful to grow.

A place to gather.Great places bring people together.Working alongside learners from Llandeilo Primary School, we develo...
21/07/2026

A place to gather.

Great places bring people together.

Working alongside learners from Llandeilo Primary School, we developed a concept for Caffi Pawb—a new community café designed to connect Bocs Bwyd, Y Cegin and Y Nyth.

Together, these initiatives create a welcoming place where learners, families and the wider community can share food, conversation and connection.

More than a café, it's a place to build relationships, strengthen community and celebrate the incredible work already happening across the school.

The concept design is complete, and we're excited to support the next stage of the journey as the school seeks funding to bring this shared vision to life.

We're looking forward to seeing Caffi Pawb become a place where food, learning and community come together for many years to come.



People • Design • Place

PLACE.And then comes the best bit.Watching people make the place their own.Learning.Meeting.Playing.Pausing.Coming back ...
17/07/2026

PLACE.

And then comes the best bit.

Watching people make the place their own.

Learning.

Meeting.

Playing.

Pausing.

Coming back tomorrow.

Because a place only becomes meaningful when it's lived in.

That's the moment design becomes place.

DESIGN.Design is where curiosity gets to work.It's sketching.Making.Testing.Changing your mind.Then changing it again.Un...
15/07/2026

DESIGN.

Design is where curiosity gets to work.

It's sketching.

Making.

Testing.

Changing your mind.

Then changing it again.

Until everything clicks into place.

That's our kind of problem-solving.

PEOPLE.Everything starts with people.The ideas.The conversations.The questions.The cardboard models held together with f...
13/07/2026

PEOPLE.

Everything starts with people.

The ideas.

The conversations.

The questions.

The cardboard models held together with far too much masking tape.

Before we draw anything, we listen.

Because every meaningful place begins with understanding.

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Ongl Studio, Unit E1 Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly
CF833ED

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+442920863881

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