Sunburst Design Team

SUNBURST DESIGN TEAM

Peter Cotton has always stressed that he doesn't design for awards - he designs for the people walking down the street. The mandate is to appeal to the people, and espescially the people who aren't coming into your store to begin with. Being in the business for the last 28 years, Cotton has seen stores come and go. He has purposefully avoided plastic, chrome, and "high-tech" finishes. Instead he has used natural materials such as wood, slate, marble, brass and copper with lots of bright regalia such as glitter lighting, bright signage, and the like.

"Our designs endure change," says Peter Cotton, President of the Sunburst Design Team. "Trends come and go. No client wants to overhaul a site every time fashions change."

In 2000, Cotton was inducted as a Fellow of the Ontario Hostelry Institute for his contribution and commitment to the culinary/hospitality/tourism industry and to its dynamic and burgeoning growth within Canada. This honor is espescially significant because it makes Cotton the first commercial designer to be recognized by the institute and included in it's list of Honorable Fellows.
Winning awards for design is not a driving goal for Sunburst. Nonetheless, many clients consistently win awards in their business sectors after Sunburst has worked it's magic.