Sector
Commercial interior design for retail, F&B, and labs.
Commercial interior design across Saudi Arabia for retail, F&B, and innovation labs. Specialized commercial space has a job to do (sell, serve, or spark), and the interior either helps or gets in the way.
The brief we keep hearing
A space measured by what it produces.
We don't start with a look. We start with the metric the space exists to move, map the user journey against it, and design backwards from there, front of house and back of house together.
Then we design it, price it, and build it, including the fit-out details landlords and operators actually audit.
Designed against a metric
Layout, sightlines, and adjacency driven by the number the space has to move, not by a reference image.
Front and back together
Kitchens, stock rooms, prep, and service routes designed with the same rigour as the customer-facing space.
Rollout-ready
Documented so a second and third location can be delivered consistently. The methodology scales across sites.
Who we build for
Two kinds of brief.
Retail and F&B
Retail interior design for flagships and destination concepts, and restaurant interior design where covers and turn rate decide the margin.
From cafe interior design to multi-site rollouts, we handle brand, interior, wayfinding, and FF&E as one system, and build it to survive real trading conditions. See our KAFD tower lobbies.
Innovation labs and specialized space
Lab interior design for R&D labs, training centres, showrooms, and demo environments where technical requirements shape the architecture.
Technical integration, acoustics, and services coordination are designed in, not retrofitted after the finishes are chosen.
How we help
Two steps. You decide at each one.
Everyone starts with makan Blueprint™. Then you decide how much of your store, restaurant or lab we deliver, once you've seen the concept and the real number.
makan Blueprint™
Your space conceptualized, scoped, and priced before you commit to a full project.
Start Your ProjectYou walk away with
- Space assessment and site documentation
- Layout options with spatial flow
- Design concept aligned to your brand
- Budget snapshot with scope defined
Yours regardless of what you decide next. Credited in full if you proceed.
Design & Build
Turnkey. We carry the project from the approved Blueprint to opening day, and we are the only party accountable for the result.
What we do
- Detailed design and full technical drawings
- A locked bill of quantities, cost-engineered for your format
- Procurement and all vendor management
- Construction, supervised on site by the designers who drew your space
- Furniture, lighting, artwork and accessories, finished to opening standard
- Handover, photography, post-occupancy review
What you do
- Approve the direction at each stage gate
- Read a weekly site report
- Nothing else. No vendors to manage, no coordination, no site management before opening
Why it costs less overall
No bidding round, no change orders from misalignment, and no months of your operations team coordinating five separate vendors before launch.
Alternative route
Interior Design
Design only. We take the design through documentation and supervision; your contractor builds the store, restaurant or lab.
Explore Interior DesignRight for you if
- Your contractor is already appointed
- Your procurement rules require a competitive tender for the build
- You have an in-house projects team to run the build-out
You get drawings, specifications, 3D visualizations and a tender-ready BOQ, plus site supervision so your concept survives the build.
Other sectors
Other sectors we design and build.
“They went beyond our expectations by turning our vision into a beautiful design that truly represents our identity.”
Makan Design has a skilled team of designers and engineers who pay close attention to detail, are creative, and excel at managing projects. They went beyond our expectations by turning our vision into a beautiful design that truly represents our identity and improves productivity. … I highly recommend Makan Design for any interior design and contracting needs. Their talent, professionalism, and commitment to excellence make them stand out from the rest.
Opening or rolling out? Let's price the real thing.
Scope, concept, and a real cost plan in 2–3 weeks, with the back of house accounted for from day one.
