Journal
Notes from
the studio.
Occasional writing about how projects actually run — briefs, budgets, plans and the decisions that are expensive to reverse. Written for people about to start.
Working together
18 September 2026
Seven questions to answer before you brief a designer
The brief does more work than any other document in a project. Here is what we wish every client had decided before the first meeting — and what is genuinely fine to leave open.
6 min read
Design
7 August 2026
Open plan or rooms? A practical way to decide
Knocking everything through is not automatically an upgrade. Four tests we run on a plan before deciding how open it should be.
5 min read
Design
24 June 2026
The three layers of light every interior needs
A ceiling full of downlights is not a lighting scheme. What we specify instead, and the three questions that decide every fitting.
5 min read
The studio letter
Four letters a year, nothing else.
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