Our Design Heroes
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Jean Michel Frank
“Elegance is elimination.” Jean Michel Frank is considered to be the most influential designer of the 1930s for his understated and stripped-back interiors. His ‘less-is-more’ approach allowed simplicity and proportion to be the key factors within his spaces, creating a ‘lightness’ and somewhat minimalist aesthetic. In addition to this, his interiors are surprisingly multidimensional,…
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Dorthy Draper
‘Dorothy Draper was to decorating, what Chanel was to fashion’ Carleton Varney Dorothy Draper interiors are celebrated for their flare of the unexpected, along with a brilliant sense of colour. She turned a world that was dreary and drab and gave it personality through colour and playfulness. She hated dull pastels and muddy neutrals, and…
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Nancy Lancaster
'Understatement is extremely important and crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's make a room look overdone and tiresome' Nancy Lancaster is considered a crucial figure for 20th Century Interior Design. Although born in America, she was obsessed with British architecture and lifestyle and her work is considered to optimise The English Country…
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Elsie De Wolfe
‘We may talk of the weather, but we are looking at the furniture’ Elsie de Wolfe For most if not all designers, Elsie de Wolfe plays an influential role in their design approach. She is revered as America’s first designer, if not going further to say she invented the profession. Almost singlehandedly she vanquished Victorian…
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