The passing of designer Terence Conran this week was a sad moment. A fabulous innovator across design, home retail and architecture, who has been a great influence on me, although I didn’t realise at first. Conran founded the habitat chain of high street home stores, which had a branch in Sheffield where I grew up […]
You might already know that I don’t believe in interior design trends as a major influence on the residential design projects that I undertake for private clients. Sometimes new needs arise as a result of changes in the world though, and lately that’s been a very big and very sudden need in response to Covid-19. […]
Following on from last month’s update, we’ve lots going on in London too, as always… Redesigning a Marylebone mews house and adding a basement In a pretty mews in Marylebone, we’re working with a family to redesign all of the living spaces in their home. As well as a new layout which meets the […]
I’ve been neglecting the blog and social media lately… because we’ve been busier than ever! Some of our current interior design projects have been underway for a while, although perhaps spending more time in our homes due to coronavirus has highlighted to people how important their homes can be. Designing a new-build dream home in […]
Great news from the Houzz community… we’re so proud that for the fourth year in a row we’ve received a Best of Houzz Award. Once again we’ve been rated at the very highest level for client satisfaction for our interior design projects. You can read the client feedback and reviews on our Houzz profile, as […]
A great product design article was published by Fortune Magazine recently – The 100 Greatest Designs of Modern Times. It’s a wonderful journey through some of the design products and services that have shaped and influenced our lives, and it’s a fascinating read. It’s full of products I admire, and many that I already own […]
It’s the KBB Lockdown Design Competition!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ David and Jessica live in a converted lighthouse on the stunning Devon coastline. It has many original features that they love but they are open to any building work needed to give them the family home of their dreams…⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ …and they need designers!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The competition is open to all […]
At the KBB 2020 show a couple of weeks ago I joined their panel talk on Smart Homes. It was a lively discussion that represented different views on the influence of technology in the home, where it’s currently at, and where we’d like to see it heading. It’s now available to listen to on their […]
A strange week, and likely difficult for all of us in different ways – for some people very difficult. Here we’ve been continuing work in the studio in Hampshire… as normal? Well not quite. In the middle of the South Downs National Park it’s usually a lot quieter than London anyway. But this morning I […]
For the special edition of kbbreview magazine this month I wrote the first of the articles in this Design Trend special. I wrote about a design approach for our homes that I believe so strongly in… how it works… and that what results from this… Longevity. “Our homes can have a profound effect on our […]
