Rita has worked as an interior designer for the past 12 years, including a six year stint in New York. Now based in London, she continues to criss-cross the Atlantic for selected projects. Rita twins her design commissions with style journalism: she’s European editor for T Magazine at The New York Times, and also writes a column for House & Garden.

Founded in 2009 and based in central London, specialist design practice Robert Rhodes Architecture and Interiors have completed a selection of outstanding residential projects across London – from small-scale interventions to complex and ambitious renovations. 

The multi-award-winning studio has a particular focus on listed buildings, regeneration, interiors, and small-scale development, all with a goal to sustain “the beauty, usefulness and relevance of our built environment through conservation, restoration, and development”. 

With their commitment to the importance of conservation and regeneration, Robert Rhodes Architecture and Interiors transform old houses to create useful, practical and beautiful spaces. Director Robert Rhodes trained in the Bauhaus tradition and practised contemporary classicism – this thoughtful approach is evident in the studio’s exceptional attention to detail. 

Founded in 2006, this RIBA Chartered Practice is based in Bloomsbury, Central London. Having worked in some of London’s oldest areas, Rodić Davidson Architects possess particular expertise in historic buildings, creating sensitive and contextual designs that have earned the practice a reputation for obtaining difficult planning consents for both new-build and existing properties.

This award-winning architecture, design, and interiors studio believe that buildings are an extension of ourselves and our environment, and their portfolio expands from Listed Buildings in London to farmstead and country houses in rural locations across the UK. Rodić Davidson Architects combine sensitivity and ambition to celebrate both heritage and modernity, whilst always keeping their client’s commercial interests in mind.

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Image credits: Mews House, Belgravia by (1-3) Lorenzo Zandri; New-build home in St John’s Wood (4) by Will Pryce; Townhouse, Belgravia (5); Hans Town Apartment, Knightsbridge (6) by Lorenzo Zandri; Former Artist’s Studio #2, Chelsea (7) by Rory Gardiner; Sartor House, Chelsea (8) and North Vat, Dungeness (9) by Hélène Binet; Former Artist’s Studio, Chelsea (10) by Mark Luscombe-Whyte; Garden Square Apartment, Kensington (11-12) by Lorenzo Zandri.

With a strong background in Marketing and armed with a Business Management Degree and Interior Design Diploma, Ros started working in the industry in South Africa 15 years ago. Moving to London she worked in senior positions and gained valuable experience with notable designers David Collins and Helen Green.

She set up Roselind Wilson Design in February 2010, now a successful and award winning design practice, with projects completed in the UK and South Africa. Ros believes that perfection should be a given, not something to strive for – applying this ethos to all of her project.

Sisters Sarah and Caroline founded London-based Interior Design Studio & Unique Homeware Shop, SASCAL STUDIO, in early 2020. The duo take a fresh approach to interiors, creating unique spaces that are highly personalised to their clients’ requirements. Each project is filled with one-of-a-kind pieces – be them vintage finds, bespoke builds or fine art – thanks to the pair’s long-standing relationships with trusted suppliers from across Europe.

Sarah and Caroline trained at KLC Design School in Chelsea Harbour before both working for high-end design firms, where they gleaned plenty of perspective on running residential projects in their entirety. Since founding SASCAL STUDIO, they have carved out their own distinctive aesthetic; relaxed and layered interiors that reflect the individuality of the owners.

Shed are interior designers and architects who’ve been designing and delivering environments for some of the world’s leading companies since 2000. They are straight talking, smart thinking creatives who work across residential and commercial, specialising in branded interior design. Their focus is on originality and innovation in everything they do.

Founded in 2013, Simpson & Voyle is an award winning interior design studio based in London. Creating beautiful, inviting and inspiring interiors for a handful of clients each year, Angela & Laura draw on their extensive careers in theatre and fashion to fuse an approach to projects that celebrates both storytelling and design. This blend of creative experience underpins their unique approach to private and commercial properties.

Photography credit – Anna Stahaki

Studio Calvagno approaches design with a sensitivity to both the visible and the intangible — a practice rooted in intuition, experience and a deep understanding of how spaces are lived in. Each project is shaped in close dialogue with the client, resulting in interiors that are not only finely crafted, but also deeply personal.

Balancing comfort with quiet aspiration, Studio Calvagno’s work draws on the architectural potential of furniture, objects and light. Natural materials, nuanced tones and a considered blend of old, new and bespoke elements inform a design language that feels both grounded and elevated.

The studio was founded by Filippo Calvagno, whose creative background spans the worlds of art and dance. Born in Germany to Sicilian parents, his early exposure to artistic freedom continues to shape his approach today.

Photography by Jeff Hahn

Studio Hagen Hall is a London-based multidisciplinary design studio working across architecture, interiors, furniture, product and textiles. Research, materiality, craft and detail underpin every project, regardless of scale or typology. The studio balances beauty, pragmatism and comfort equally, producing work that is precise in its execution yet warm and approachable in character.

Founded in 2021 by Louis Hagen Hall, the studio has quickly established a reputation for thoughtful transformations of early to late modernist buildings. Prior to setting up the studio, Louis studied at the Royal College of Art and the Architectural Association, and gained experience with notable practices including Peter Eisenman, Seth Stein and DSDHA before establishing Studio Hagen Hall.

Since its founding, Studio Hagen Hall has been recognised for its ability to preserve and reinterpret modernist architecture with sensitivity and clarity. Awards to date include a 2025 RIBA London Award for Pine Heath and Best House Interior at the Dezeen Awards 2021 for Canyon House, with further shortlisting across the Architect’s Journal Retrofit & Reuse Awards and the British Homes Awards. In recent years, Studio Hagen Hall’s work has been widely published in national and international media outlets including Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration, House & Garden, the Financial Times and the Observer. Louis Hagen Hall has also been nominated for the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize in 2025.

Studio Hagen Hall is an RIBA Chartered Practice and works with a close team of architects, interior designers and assistants, supported by a trusted network of craftspeople and consultants. Together they pursue projects that combine rigour and craft with the aim of producing spaces that are enduring, tactile and deeply lived in.

Hand-making furniture in their London workshop since 2016, Studio Manolo brings together traditional craftsmanship with modern design and technique. They specialise in the use of solid wood, delivering bespoke projects and aftercare to architects, interior designers, commercial brands, and private homeowners. Designing, making, and installing fine furniture and joinery, they deliver sustainable, long-lasting work using responsibly sourced materials.

Founded in 2001 by designer and academic Ilse Crawford, Studioilse is a multi-disciplinary London-based design studio that places human emotion front and centre of everything it does, be it furniture and product design, or interior-scaping for private and commercial clients.

Crawford’s illustrious design credentials include the editorship of Elle Decoration – a title she founded in 1989 – and a stint as Vice President of Donna Karan Home. She set up her own firm to create spaces for clients that include Soho House, Electric Cinema and Aesop, as well as product collaborations with IKEA and Bolon. Crawford is also the founder of the Man and Wellbeing department at the Design Academy Eindhoven in Holland, and has written several books: Sensual Home (1997), Home is Where the Heart is? (2005) and more recently A Frame for Life (2014) – all exploring the idea of interior design rooted in one’s experience of a space, rather than simply what looks good in a room together.

Suzy Hoodless founded her eponymous studio in 2000, and it has since grown into one of Britain’s most exciting interiors brands. Based in West London, Suzy and her team create characterful spaces that combine contemporary and vintage elements with a distinguished use of colour, whilst remaining mindful to both comfort and function. The studio’s designs feel good to live in, and are inspired around their owners’ personalities in an authentic and thoughtful way.

Suzy herself was part of Wallpaper* magazine’s founding team, acting as Interiors Editor. Her experience art directing shoots for the publication formed the foundations of, what’s now, her unrivalled reputation as an interior designer. Suzy Hoodless regularly appears on House & Garden’s list of the top 100 interior designers. Most recently, the studio won ‘Best Residential Project’ at the Home & Gardens Design Awards 2021, and appeared in By Design: The World’s Best Contemporary Interior Designers (Phaidon, 2021).

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Image credits: A sophisticated townhouse by Anthony Crolla (1-2); A slow-designed home by Paul Massey (3-4); A modernist home by Will Pryce (5-6); A home of bold contrasts by Lucas Allen (7-8); A curated family home by Elsa Young (9-10); and A highland haven by Tom Mannion (11-12).

Tamzin Greenhill was born and educated in London and studied at the London School of Design, forming Tamzin Greenhill Designs in 2003. She prides herself on her style that is sophisticated, comfortable and timeless. Her work has taken her to projects in London, New York, Geneva and Los Angeles and she has designed for clients including Charles Finch, Eddie Spencer, Nat Rothchild, Ellie Shultzman and collaborated on homes for David Bowie and Claudia Schiffer.

Thomas Griem holds a BA and a diploma in architecture, studying in Berlin and London, where he won the Hubert Sands Memorial Award. In 2011 he formed TG-Studio, an interior architecture practice offering tailored bespoke concepts and architectural services to commercial and residential clients in the UK and internationally. The Studio offers planning, new build and refurbishment architecture, interior design and decoration and product design. They work in the UK and internationally.

Interdisciplinary architecture and design studio, THISS, is driven by a sense of curiosity and exploration. Led by Tamsin Hanke and Sash Scott, projects by the London-based practice sit within the realms of architecture and landscape and by using carefully selected materials and low-impact methodologies, they apply a climate conscious approach, with Tamsin recently Passivhaus Certified. The studio has an adventurous perspective and specialises in nurturing a spirit of possibility, collaboration and resilience, finding interesting ways to make challenging things happen. Both Tamsin and Sash are actively involved in teaching architecture which carries a continual focus of innovation and experimentation through the studio’s work.

Figgy’s Garden Photography by Louisa Tratalos

Hartley House Photography by Henry Woide

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Tom Raffield founded his eponymous company in 2008, just after completing his degree in 3D Sustainability & Design. Having discovered the traditional, age-old technique of steam bending wood over his studies, he was determined and eager to put it to use, creating intricate curves and pleasing twists that mimic the organic shapes found in nature – Tom’s primary source of inspiration.

Today, Tom Raffield Ltd’s team of designers and craftsmen hand make lighting, furniture, accessories and spaces, all from the company’s Cornwall base. The remastering of this ancient craft for modern times leads to low levels of wastage, and negates the need for toxic glues. And, a deep understanding of both material and process means that the studio’s attitude to creativity is both broad and exciting.

Sustainability provides a further, central tenet for Tom Raffield Ltd, as their ethos sees it as integral to good design. Pieces are built to last and to be used through generations, and the efficiency of the steam-bending process means less waste is produced and less energy is used. The company recently became members of the WWF 2030 Circle to support the Trillion Trees programme.

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Founded in 2011 by James Hoy and Alan Drumm, Uncommon Projects is not a traditional joinery company. Their bespoke furniture is made from high-quality hardwood veneered plywood – all designed and crafted in London. Both men come from very different creative backgrounds – James studied Fine Art and worked in toy design and Alan spent 14 years as an architect, but it is these differences that come together to create their unique and distinct style – informed by an honest approach to materials, functionality and visual balance.

Water and Wood began in 2018, when their founder realised that there was a gap in the market for original antique hardware items whilst restoring a Victorian town house. From ornate cast-iron door knockers and rare vintage taps through to intricately patterned finger plates, their online showroom and store is a one-stop-shop for authentic antique hardware for the home.

In 2024 Water and Wood began an exciting new chapter with the introduction of two new home accessories ranges. Each is a celebration of British craftsmanship. Both decorative and functional the bathroom range consists of bronze swan towel rails and lavatory roll holders, individually cast in one of the oldest bronze foundries in the UK. The second collection continues a long tradition of British tap making. Four models of kitchen and bathroom taps have been engineered and assembled by hand from solid cast brass; to include bib, basin and wall mounted models. With a focus on functional and timeless elegance these thoughtfully designed taps are crafted to the highest quality, ensuring each product is built to last.

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