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Mikel Welch is an American interior designer, television personality, author, and creative director known for creating interiors that balance timeless character with the realities of everyday living. His distinctive approach, often described as “primitive modern,” brings together antiques, collected objects, natural textures, and contemporary elements to create spaces that feel layered, personal, and enduring.

Welch first gained national attention through HGTV’s Design Star and has since appeared across numerous design programs, including Trading Spaces, Murder House Flip, and Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning Hack My Home. He currently serves as a design expert on The Drew Barrymore Show and a monthly contributor to The Today Show. His career also extends beyond television into residential interiors, set design, and creative direction.

In 2024, Welch participated in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York. The following year, he published his first book, The Forever Home, exploring an accessible and practical approach to creating character-filled spaces designed to evolve over time. Based in Los Angeles, Welch continues to work across interior design, television, publishing, and product collaborations.

Nickolas Gurtler is an Australian interior designer and the founder and principal of Nickolas Gurtler Office, a boutique practice established in 2015. Over more than a decade in interior design and decoration, he has developed a distinctive approach spanning residential, multi-residential and commercial projects across Australia and the United States. His work is defined by a discerning and thoughtfully edited sensibility, with each project conceived around the experience of inhabiting a space rather than its visual impact alone.

Drawing from a wide field of references encompassing history, film, fashion and product design, Gurtler brings together different cultural and creative influences to form interiors with a strong sense of identity and atmosphere. His practice is also closely connected to contemporary Australian design, with an ongoing commitment to supporting emerging makers, local artisans and locally produced work. Through Nickolas Gurtler Office, he continues to develop a body of work that reflects both an international outlook and a strong connection to Australia’s creative community. In 2025, Gurtler was shortlisted for Designer of the Year at the IDEA Awards.

Hanne Gathe is a Norwegian interior designer and creative director whose work is defined by a refined balance of Scandinavian restraint, material richness, and understated elegance. As co-founder and creative lead of Gathe + Gram, she has developed a multidisciplinary practice spanning luxury residential, boutique hospitality, and lifestyle projects, creating interiors that are deeply personal, atmospheric, and timeless.

Guided by a strong sense of narrative, Gathe approaches each project as an opportunity to shape emotional experiences through space. Combining bespoke elements, carefully curated vintage pieces, natural materials, and a restrained palette, she creates environments that celebrate craftsmanship while fostering a lasting connection between people and place. Her work has been featured in international publications including Vogue Living, Homes & Gardens, Livingetc, and Travel + Leisure, reflecting an approach where architecture, interiors, and storytelling converge to create spaces of enduring character.

Joy Moyler is an American interior designer and founder of Joy Moyler Interiors, a studio renowned for creating refined residential, hospitality, and commercial environments that seamlessly blend architecture, fashion, and craftsmanship. Drawing on a career that spans leading architecture and design firms—including Ralph Lauren, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Thierry Despont, and Giorgio Armani Interior Design Studio—her work is distinguished by its sophisticated layering of textiles, colour, materiality, and bespoke detailing inspired by haute couture and traditional tailoring.

Moyler has completed projects for an international clientele, including private residences, luxury hospitality, and commercial commissions across the United States, Europe, and beyond. Her work has been recognised with repeated inclusion in the Elle Decor A-List (2019–2026) and Architectural Digest AD100 (2021–2026). Alongside her design practice, she serves as Contributing Design Editor for Veranda magazine and continues to contribute to the broader design community through writing, editorial work, and industry leadership.

Atelier HA is a Paris-based architecture and interior design studio founded by Hugo Vince and Adèle Nourry. After meeting at the École Camondo in 2015, the duo established their practice, combining Adèle’s expertise in spatial planning with Hugo’s focus on three-dimensional design and materiality. Their collaborative approach has led to a portfolio of refined residential and hospitality projects, including private residences in Paris and the celebrated Mistinguett restaurant at the Casino de Paris.

Guided by a deep sensitivity to detail and the identity of each space, Atelier HA creates interiors shaped by intuition, materiality, and atmosphere. Through a thoughtful dialogue between architecture and its constraints, the studio develops expressive environments where colour, texture, and light contribute to a distinct sense of place.