About me

Brand & Business Director with over 15 years’ industry experience, shaping and managing award-winning creative studios in London — leading projects and building global brands with a focus on craft, collaboration and innovation.

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Projects credited in

• Ruinart: Hotel 1729Hotel 1729 was a pop-up hotel conceived as a way to engage guests in an immersive experience of the world’s oldest champagne House. Hingston was commissioned as creative director for the Hotel, art directing its key spaces and designing the sensory journey that took place once guests stepped over the threshold. Following a research trip to the Maison Ruinart in Reims, the concept focuses on the juxtapostion of modernity and heritage that lies at the heart of the brand. Bringing provenance and s
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  Veuve Clicquot: The Widow SeriesThe Veuve Clicquot Widow Series launched in 2015, as an homage to the brand’s revolutionary founder Madame Clicquot – and to demonstrate commitment to the brand’s creative heritage. Each year, through the Widow Series, Veuve Clicquot invites a different creative visionary to take inspiration from the Maison’s story and interpret it in their own unique way. In 2018 Hingston Studio was invited to curate the show, bringing the brand story to life through an immersive exhibition, that took place ov
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  Depop Space SelfridgesWe brought Depop’s URL marketplace to Selfridges IRL

Work history

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Business DirectorEverythingInBetween
Apr 2021London, United Kingdom
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Client & Business DirectorJonny Lu Studio
Nov 2019 - Apr 2020London, United KingdomFreelance

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Education

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BA (Hons) Graphic DesignNottingham Trent Univeristy
Sep 2001 - May 2004Nottingham, United Kingdom
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BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies Art and Design Leeds College of Art and Design
Sep 2000 - May 2001Leeds, United Kingdom