What Scarinish Studio does

Scarinish Studio is a Glasgow-based interior architecture and design studio founded in 2013 by Ross McNally, a Glasgow School of Art graduate with First Class Honours in interior design and a Bachelor of Architecture. The studio operates as a founder-owned private limited company (Scarinish Ltd) with a core team of approximately seven members, including architects, interior designers, a technical/CAD specialist, and management support. Its work spans four integrated service lines: Brand Environments (immersive brand homes and experiential design for global spirits brands), Strategy (creative and commercial consulting), Visual Identity (logo and brand world design), and Interior Design & Architectural (spatial design across hospitality, retail, residential, and exhibitions). The studio delivers projects through a documented six-step process covering ideation, crafting, planning, administration, completion, and creative recognition.

The business model is professional services: each engagement is custom-scoped, priced individually, and billed per project, with no public pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven, driven primarily by direct outreach, referrals, repeat enterprise relationships, and industry award visibility. The client base is concentrated in premium consumer-facing sectors — notably global spirits brands (Bacardi/Bombay Sapphire, Casa Martini; Brown-Forman/Slane Castle, Glendronach; William Grant & Sons/Hendricks; Pernod Ricard/Absinthe; 8 Doors, North Uist, Inverurie) and high-end hospitality operators (LYLA, Lady Libertine, Mamasan, Sotto, Nonya, Pizza Punks, MBER), with a secondary luxury residential segment. Geographic reach spans Scotland, England (including London), Ireland, France, and Italy.

Scarinish has no software platform or AI-based technology layer; its competitive capability rests on craft, heritage integration, material specification, and team expertise. The studio has accumulated substantial intangible assets including Drum Design Awards (2019), multiple Scottish Design Awards (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024), and a Michelin star recognition for LYLA Restaurant in February 2025. There are no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no evidence of M&A activity — the company operates independently and privately.

Name

Scarinish Studio

Legal name

Scarinish Ltd

Website

https://scarinishstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Scarinish Studio is a Glasgow-based interior architecture and design studio serving global spirits brands, premium hospitality operators, and luxury residential clients across the UK, Ireland, France, and Italy, with services spanning brand environments, strategy, visual identity, and interior architecture delivered through a founder-led team of seven.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Interior Architecture & Design Services: Full-service interior architecture and design engagements covering strategy, concept design, interior design, experiential design, styling, and procurement. Revenue is generated on a per-project basis with each engagement custom-scoped.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Scarinish Studio is an interior architecture and design studio that creates brand environments, strategy, visual identity and interior architecture for premium spirits and drinks brands, hospitality venues, and luxury residential clients. Each engagement combines brand thinking with spatial design, producing concept-led environments that align physical space with brand identity. The studio is based in Glasgow and operates with a small senior team delivering bespoke design work per project.

Product overview

Scarinish Studio is an interior architecture and design studio offering a unified portfolio of four interconnected core services: Brand Environments (immersive brand experiences and experiential design), Strategy (strategic direction and creative consulting), Visual Identity (brand identity and logo design), and Interior Design & Architectural (spatial design across residential, commercial, and hospitality sectors). The studio's work spans diverse project categories including Brand Home environments for spirits brands (Hendricks Gin Palace, Bombay Sapphire Brand Home, Casa Martini, Slane Castle Distillery), hospitality venues (LYLA Restaurant, Sotto Enoteca, Lady Libertine, Mamasan), hotels (LYLA Hotel), and residential projects (Miller's Cottage, Rudloe, Ainster House). Projects are delivered through the studio's six-step design process methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Lyla Restaurant received its first Michelin star in February 2025 following Scottish Design Award win in 2024
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Brown-FormancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Ongoing strategic redevelopment partnership since 2020 covering multiple Brown-Forman distillery projects: Slane Castle Distillery (Ireland) and The Glendronach Distillery (Aberdeenshire, Phase 2 approved May 2025). Scarinish designs brand home and visitor experiences as part of a wider project team.
• 1751coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative collaborator on the Slane Castle Distillery brand home project in County Meath, Ireland. 1751 worked alongside Scarinish to deliver the visitor experience within the 250-year-old stables of Slane Castle.
• Freytag AndersoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrand and visual identity agency that collaborated with Scarinish on the 8 Doors Whisky Distillery project in John O'Groats, Scotland. Freytag Anderson crafted the whisky brand experience and visual identity in close partnership with Scarinish's interior design.
• Timorous BeastiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlasgow-based interior design specialists who collaborated with Scarinish on the Mamasan Liverpool project, providing bespoke furnishings and fabrics including the signature 'Topical Tropical linen' for the South-East Asian restaurant.
• Loader Monteith ArchitectscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitecture firm working alongside Scarinish Studio and Brown-Forman on the Glendronach Distillery redevelopment since 2020. Part of the integrated project team delivering the multi-phase visitor experience transformation.
• MLA ArchitectsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitecture partner referenced on the Hendricks Gin Palace project in Girvan, Ayrshire.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Heatherwick Studio: London multidisciplinary design studio working across architecture, public realm, and brand environments. Overlaps with Scarinish on experiential brand spaces and visitor destinations, but at materially larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Snøhetta: Global architecture and design firm with strong practice in hospitality, cultural, and visitor-experience design (e.g. distilleries, brand destinations). Comparable on brand-environment work but with far broader scope and resourcing.
• Rockwell Group: New York architecture and design firm with a substantial hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment practice (Nobu, etc.). Overlaps with Scarinish on restaurant and brand-environment design but operates globally at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• 1508 London: London interior design studio delivering high-end hospitality, hotel, restaurant and residential projects across the UK and internationally. Direct overlap on client type and project typology.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Toronto/New York interior design firm with a globally recognised hospitality practice (hotels, restaurants, branded residences). Comparable in premium hospitality and brand-environment focus, though at meaningfully larger scale.
• Russell Sage Studios: London interior design studio with a focus on high-end hospitality, residential, and commercial projects. Similar scale, premium positioning, and client overlap with hospitality operators.
• Joyce Wang Studio: London-based interior design studio specialising in luxury hospitality, restaurants, and residential projects. Strongly overlapping client profile and design sensibility, with similar scale of operation.
• Timorous Beasties: Glasgow-based design studio producing textiles, wallpapers, and interiors with a similarly bold, craft-driven aesthetic. Scarinish has previously collaborated with them (Mamasan Liverpool), and they share both geography and design philosophy.
• AvroKO: New York-based hospitality design studio known for restaurants, bars, hotels, and brand environments. Closely comparable in client type (premium hospitality and beverage brands), project scale, and integrated interior architecture practice.
• Jestico + Whiles: London-based architecture and interior design practice with deep experience in hospitality, education, and cultural projects. Comparable interior architecture offering and UK hospitality client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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