inBRITAIN’S OLDESTte MAGAZINErior FOR PROFESSIONAL desig INTERIOR DESIGNERS ner £3.95 MAY 2021 D-Neo a revolutionary new bathroom range ELEGANCE MADE BRILLIANT Transform the ordinary into the extraordinary with a single touch – using light as your canvas. The Alisse wall control integrates elegant form and hand finishes with just a hint of powerful technology. Lutron European Experience Centre By appointment: [email protected] inBRITAIN’S OLDESTte MAGAZINErior FOR PROFESSIONAL desig INTERIOR DESIGNERS ner £3.95 MAY 2021 D-Neo a revolutionary new bathroom range EDITORIAL CONSULTANT EDITOR JADE TILLEY PRODUCTION FROM THE EDITOR SUB EDITOR & DESIGNER KELLY GREEN PUBLISHING PUBLISHER & CEO ROBERT NISBET WELCOME TO THE MAY 2021 EDITION OF INTERIOR DESIGNER MAGAZINE, CREDIT CONTROL MANAGER BRITAIN’S OLDEST MAGAZINE FOR PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNERS. CAROLE TODD BOOK PRODUCTION LOUISE STUPPLES elcome spring and welcome to you all to this May ADVERTISING issue. While Rebekah takes some much deserved COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR DONNA JENKINS time to enjoy those first precious moments with her new baby (congrats Bekah!) I am stepping INTERIORDESIGNERMAGAZINE.CO.UK back in as consultant editor to guide you through the latest and greatest achievements in design. Subscriptions and back issues +44 (0)1733 385300 WWith hospitality now enjoying welcoming patrons, albeit outdoors, we Email: [email protected] can rejoice in the wonder of this hospitality issue, which features some Twitter: @interiors_media Instagram: @interiorsmedia sublime projects set to give you all insane wanderlust and reflect a new era of design, with sense of place ever more prominent in the styles. Moxy Newsstand App: South Beach, by the incomparable Rockwell Group is bursting with Miami appstore.com/interiordesigntoday © 2021 Media One Communications Ltd flavours and Cuban flare and we cannot get enough of it; the colour and 2021 All rights reserved. the combinations of pattern and texture. It packs a punch. Media One Communications Ltd Over in Hong Kong, AndreFu’s ongoing collaboration and lifelong partnership with The Upper House 6 Swan Court, Forder Way, Hampton, Peterborough continues to flourish with the reveal of the living Suite, designed by Fu utilising his own collection of Cambridgeshire PE7 8GX furniture. It is a home from home, a sanctuary to escape to and the views just top everything off. Tel: 01733 385300 www.mediaone.co.uk Over in Europe, the team at THDP has played with Roman rhythms in an homage to the city, in this Interior Designer magazine is published by branded hotel redesign. It may be a DoubleTree by Hilton but its style plays into the cities charm without Media One Communications ltd. 2020 All compromise. In Puglia, the boutique Hotel Paragon 700 has all the wow of the original building but with rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or luxe layered touches by owner and designer Pascale Lauber that’ll have patrons coming back for more. in part, without written permission from the publisher, is strictly prohibited. All views and opinions expressed by contributors I took some time out from lusting over non-existent hotel trips to talk to the duo behind Raven and Lack, do not necessarily represent those of the relatively new design studio that launched in 2019 and, despite a Pandemic, has grown in team size and the publisher. All advertising and paid for client projects, at a miraculous rate. Founders Rae Underhill and Adriel Lack told me all in a conversation entries are strictly subject to our terms and conditions, available online. that could have gone on into the wee small hours of the night. Their work with developer St George, is also featured and we talk in a little detail about how much fun working with developers really is. I’m also so proud to be able to feature United in Design, catching up with the team, their committee members and the first set of apprentices who will be mentored under the scheme devised by Alexandria Dauley and Sophie Ashby. The work they’ve done so far is incredibly impressive, but this is just the beginning of change in the design industry, not only addressing the lack of diversity but actively working to ensure change occurs. Jade Tilley Consultant Editor www.mediaone.co.uk [email protected] Interior Designer May 2021 3 16 10 36 contents May 2021 6 NEWS 16 IN DETAIL THE UPPER HOUSE LIVING SUITE Including news from around the globe on design projects, AndréFu, known for his refined, restrained artistic completions, awards and industry appointments. aesthetic, is continuing his collaboration with The 8 SHORTLIST Upper House, with this super-suite, an evolution in an The editor’s selection of sought-after pieces from a experiential journey. variety of designers. 21 SPOTLIGHT SOFA.COM 10 IN DETAIL PARAGON 700 23 IN STUDIO The Paragon 700 Boutique Hotel & Spa has been Lucy Painter, Founder, Studio, discusses the emotional, restored by designer and owner, Pascale Lauber, professional and political aspects of returning to work honouring its history and revealing its modern potential. after maternity leave 13 BIID UPDATE Students from University of Wolverhampton scoop BIID 26 DESIGNER PROFILE RAE UNDERHILL AND ADRIEL LACK design challenge prize for innovation of Topshop Oxford Jade Tilley spoke to Raven and Lack duo, Rae Underhill Street store. and Adriel Lack about the fun and fearlessness in designing for private clients and developer 15 ASK THE DESIGNER boardrooms alike. How has the last year changed your business and how have you redefined your studio to embrace a new way 32 FEATURE UNITED IN DESIGN: THE STORY SO FAR of working? Nearly a year on from when Alexandria Dauley and 4 May 2021 Interior Designer 40 48 44 54 Sophie Ashby joined forces to Launch United in Design, 44 IN DETAIL MELIS GÖRAL SHOWROOM the industry has seen change, thanks to the organisation SanayI313 Architects has transformed a former and its commitment to paving the way for an equal apartment in Istanbul, into a luxe jewellery store for opportunity pathway. Melis Göral, a harmonious, evocative space of wonder. 35 SPOTLIGHT GEBERIT 47 SPOTLIGHT VICAIMA 36 IN DETAIL CHELSEA CREEK 48 FEATURE THE KITCHEN COMPLEX Inspired by the Dutch movement, Raven and Lack Jade Tilley spoke to Laura Hammett and Sam McNally has completed an apartment for St George over at about the nuanced craft of kitchen design, client briefs, Chelsea Creek, establishing a sophisticated designed to aligned designer desires and the suppliers top of their compliment Squire and Partners’ architectural scheme. spec list. 39 DESIGN STORIES JASON TROTTER 53 MY ICON ENIS KARAVIL Jason Trotter is an emerging artist on the acrylic scene, known for his bold use of geometrics. Using a hard- 54 IN DETAIL ROME MONTI edge painting technique, his colours are striking and THDP is the studio behind Rome Monti, the latest always aiming to evoke an instinctive reaction to his DoubleTree by Hilton, whose original charm is brought work. Based in LA, Jason shares his story with us. to the fore, utilising Roman rhythms within its design and 40 IN DETAIL MOXY SOUTH BEACH layout, an homage to the city. This seven-storey boutique hotel houses 202 rooms 58 THE LAST WORD and has been designed by Rockwell Group with a Rodrigo Moreno Masey contemplates how aesthetics seriously rich fusion of Miami culture. Moxy South Beach and a solid sustainable agenda, should meld, giving way is retro refined. to an era that returns to the Platonian concept of beauty 43 SPOTLIGHT HYPNOS BEDS and utility as one. Interior Designer May 2021 5 News SOUTHBANK PLACE SPA FRANCESCA’S PAINTS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS Portview, has unveiled its latest creation with the cocoon-like space within the contemporary facility. fit-out of an ultra-luxurious health and fitness facility Martin Goddard, Co-Founder of Goddard Littlefair From her studio in Battersea, London, in Southbank Place, London, where residents will be said: “When we started looking at the concept for this Francesca Wezel creates hand mixed, able to enjoy a luxury hotel-standard spa experience amenity we realised that there were very few spa velvety paint, with immense depth and within their dynamic city-living environment. A joint and fitness spaces that addressed a luxury residential tone that changes with the light of day. To residential development venture between Canary development. This gave us many questions that had celebrate 25 years of Francesca’s Paints, Wharf Group & Qatari Diar, London’s South Bank to be answered. Through extensive research, we she has selected nine colours, which has been transformed by a unique mixed-use recognised that facilities of top luxury hotels had the capture the essence of the paint created development with the famous Shell Centre Tower closest synergy with what we felt residents would across 25 collections and 236 shades. at its heart. The super-sleek design by interior want to have access to.” An overarching theme of In Francesca’s studio, each tin of paint designers, Goddard Littlefair, focuses on creating timelessness and refreshing in its aesthetic appeal, is mixed by hand with the greatest care. a serene city oasis where residents can escape to this best-in-class wellness amenity unites form and One of the first sustainable paint brands relax, unwind and reinvigorate. The use of unique function to deliver an exceptional spa for this new in the UK, Francesca’s lime wash and eco and innovative fittings includes a light and calming neighbourhood on London’s Southbank. emulsion finishes are plastic and solvent palette of sensitively selected natural materials that www.portview.co.uk free and delivered in recyclable pots. All have been paired with ambient lighting to create a Image by Gareth Gardner Francesca’s bases are sourced from Italy and coloured with a mix of just 12 mineral, organic and synthetic pigments.