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Katty Schiebeck
Katty Schiebeck is a Barcelona-based interior architect and designer of Uruguayan origin, and the creative director of her eponymous studio, which she leads alongside partner and co-founder Rubén Ortiz. Working internationally across interior architecture, spatial design, and bespoke furniture, the studio has developed a refined and deeply considered approach to contemporary luxury, one defined not by excess but by balance, proportion, atmosphere, and material sensitivity.
Known for her meticulous attention to detail and instinctive understanding of atmosphere, Schiebeck creates interiors where warmth and restraint coexist naturally. Her work combines sculptural clarity with layered textures, muted palettes, and carefully curated materials, shaping spaces that feel calm, timeless, and quietly expressive.
Rather than imposing a fixed signature style, the studio approaches each project as a dialogue between architecture, context, and client. Influenced by artistic references, spatial harmony, and a sensitivity to light, Schiebeck’s interiors reveal their elegance gradually through subtlety, coherence, and refinement.
Catherine Kwong
Catherine Kwong is an American interior designer known for her refined approach to luxury residential interiors, blending modern architecture with rich materiality, custom detailing, and carefully curated artworks and objects. Her work is distinguished by a balance between contemporary restraint and warmth, creating spaces that feel both sophisticated and deeply personal.
Based in San Francisco, Kwong founded Catherine Kwong Design with a focus on crafting timeless interiors that emphasize atmosphere, craftsmanship, and livability. Often described as “a modernist with romantic tendencies,” her design language combines architectural clarity with layered textures, collected elements, and subtle moments of unexpected beauty.
Before establishing her own studio, Kwong worked closely with renowned designers Bill Sofield and Paul Vincent Wiseman. She holds degrees from Brown University and Parsons School of Design, and was named a “Designer to Watch” by Architectural Digest for her thoughtful and disciplined approach to contemporary interiors.
Studio ŪMA
Studio ŪMA, founded by Michelle Song and Amber Pan, draws deeply from Eastern philosophy and the aesthetics of imperfect beauty. Their work embraces time’s subtle marks oxidised metals, weathered wood, softened edges as signs of life rather than decay.
Each element is quiet but intentional, layered with contrast: stillness and movement, weight and air, the seen and the suggested. Whether it be through the convergence of different textures, or the artful juxtaposition of mid-century furniture, entwined tree vine, and tribal utensils sourced from around the globe, their designs embody a harmonious fusion of elements coming from various cultures and origins.
Their services include architectural planning, listed building consent consultancy, planning application consultancy, remodeling, interior architecture design, and art advisory.
Linda Boronkay
Linda Boronkay is a London-based interior designer known for her emotionally driven and richly layered interiors. Born in Budapest, she developed an early passion for design through her family background in architecture, art, and antiques before originally training in fashion design in Paris.
Having lived across Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, New York, and Paris before settling in London, Boronkay draws inspiration from travel, art, fashion, cinema, and craftsmanship. Prior to founding her own award-winning studio, she served as Design Director at Soho House, leading projects across Europe, Asia, and the UK.
Today, her studio is recognized for creating immersive and emotionally resonant spaces, and her work has been featured in House & Garden’s Design 100 and Country & Town House’s Best 50 Interior Designers.
Marie Coomber
Marie Coomber is Design Director at Concept Eight Architects & Concept Eight Design, known for their design-led approach in creating bespoke homes as unique as their clients. Marie works with a team of 12 out of her Surrey-based studio, just outside of London. With an eye for sophisticated architectural interiors and a passion for crafting deeply personal spaces, we believe in our homes curating lifestyles for our clients. Switching her career 18 years ago from a dermatology lecturer to an interior designer, she joined her husband, who led the architecture business, in creating a complete design studio delivering both architecture and interior design for discerning clients. Marie has always enjoyed working with people to find solutions to improve lifestyles. She thrives off turning ideas into reality and gets a buzz from liaising with clients to understand their aspirations and vision for their dream home and how she can turn this into reality, gaining the satisfaction of working closely with clients from conception to completion.
And achievements for the company we have won and been shortlisted in various industry awards, including The British Home Awards, as well as winning best in category for the International Property Award. This is coupled with the studio work featuring in 2no. hardback coffee table books for architecture and interior design that feature up-and-coming studios around the globe.
