PHILIA MAGAZINE

Jess Cooney is the founder and principal designer of Jess Cooney Interiors, where she has led residential construction, renovation, and custom furnishing projects for more than two decades. Known for creating calm, functional, and highly livable interiors, Cooney and her team have received national recognition with features in Architectural Digest, Martha Stewart Living, HGTV, as well as frequent coverage in The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

Passionate about restoring older homes and developing thoughtful green new-build projects, Cooney specializes in custom built-ins and tailored furnishing solutions designed around family life. Her work combines clean lines, modern sensibilities, and rustic warmth to create interiors that feel both refined and relaxed. Together with her team, she focuses on meticulous project execution and close client collaboration, developing spaces that are elegant, durable, and deeply functional for everyday living.

Melis Tatlıçıbasi is a Turkish interior and furniture designer whose practice explores the relationship between sculptural form, craftsmanship, and everyday function. Working through her studio ME.T, she creates collectible furniture and lighting distinguished by clean lines, organic curves, and a refined minimalist aesthetic inspired by architecture and contemporary living. Guided by a passion for material exploration, her work balances expressive forms with timeless simplicity.

Studio AOAO is an Amsterdam-based interdisciplinary design studio founded in 2020 by Alicja Strzyzynska and Onur Iseri. Working at the intersection of art, sculpture, and collectible design, the duo creates handcrafted pieces that explore the relationship between object, space, and human experience.

Defined by organic forms, tactile surfaces, and a sculptural approach to functionality, AOAO’s work blurs the boundary between furniture and art. Through lighting, objects, and sculptural works, the studio develops pieces that evoke contemplation, emotion, and a deeper connection to materiality.

Rooted in craftsmanship and experimentation, Studio AOAO has developed a distinctive design language characterized by expressive forms, rich textures, and a poetic exploration of the dialogue between the physical and the metaphysical.

Marie Jeunet is a Paris-based artist and designer whose practice explores the expressive potential of light through sculptural objects and collectible lighting. Working with refined materials and minimalist forms, she creates poetic compositions that reveal subtle reflections, luminous refractions, and shifting perceptions, transforming light into an immersive sensory experience.

Guided by a delicate balance between craftsmanship and experimentation, Jeunet’s work celebrates the unique qualities of each material while inviting contemplation and imagination. Through understated forms and ethereal light effects, her creations blur the boundaries between art and design, bringing a quiet sense of wonder to the spaces they inhabit.

Nicole Fuller is the founder and principal of Nicole Fuller Interiors, an internationally recognized practice known for creating richly layered residential and commercial interiors defined by sophistication, individuality, and refined luxury. Named to the A-List by ELLE Decor and the Gold List by Luxe Interiors + Design, Fuller is celebrated for her highly personalized approach and meticulous attention to detail.

Originally working in fashion as both a model and director of fashion films, Nicole brings a strong sense of style, narrative, and visual composition to her interiors. Deeply influenced by art and her upbringing in a creative environment, she has cultivated longstanding relationships within the art world, seamlessly integrating collectible works and bespoke pieces into her projects.

Her distinctive design sensibility has attracted an international clientele across the creative industries, including artists, musicians, and fashion figures such as Usher, Gianvito Rossi, Steven Klein, Cass Bird, and Questlove.

Le Berre Vevaud is the Paris-based design and interior architecture studio founded by Raphaël Le Berre and Thomas Vevaud. Working across interiors, collectible furniture, lighting, and bespoke objects, the duo develops a distinctive design language that combines French decorative tradition with contemporary sensibilities. Guided by a deep appreciation for exceptional craftsmanship, noble materials, and refined color palettes, their practice creates environments and objects that balance sculptural expression with everyday functionality.

Drawing inspiration from Art Deco, Bauhaus, the Memphis movement, and modernist architecture, Le Berre Vevaud explores the interplay of organic forms, rich materiality, and meticulous detailing. Through close collaboration with French artisans and manufacturers, the studio produces timeless works distinguished by their elegance, technical precision, and enduring sense of craftsmanship.

Ludovic Clément d’Armont is a French designer, artist, and founder of Semeur d’Étoiles, a studio that continues his family’s long tradition of artisans spanning glassmaking, painting, woodworking, and the decorative arts. Trained as both an engineer and an artist, his multidisciplinary practice bridges scientific knowledge with artistic intuition, creating sculptural lighting and objects that explore the relationship between mathematics, nature, and human perception.

Guided by the belief that science and nature follow the same universal principles, Clément d’Armont combines experimentation with craftsmanship to develop works that unite technical precision with poetic expression. Through this dialogue between analysis and imagination, his creations seek to reveal the harmony between natural phenomena, scientific discovery, and the human experience.

Zoe Feldman is the founder of her eponymous interior design studio, established in 2004 and based between Washington D.C. and New York City. Known for her fresh and modern interpretation of classic design principles, Feldman creates interiors that balance bold color, rich texture, and playful sophistication with a strong sense of warmth and livability.

Drawing inspiration from art, architecture, and fashion, her work reflects a layered approach shaped by both mid-century modern influences and traditional design training. After studying at Parsons School of Design in New York, Feldman worked at the AD100 firm Mark Hampton under the mentorship of Alexa Hampton, an experience that continues to inform her refined yet approachable aesthetic.

Working on residential projects nationwide, Feldman collaborates closely with creatives, collectors, and design enthusiasts to create interiors that feel personal, timeless, and deeply expressive.

Ana Cecilia Tron Rubio is a Mexican designer and the founder of Abitante, a Mexico City–based studio dedicated to furniture, objects, and collectible design. Through a practice rooted in craftsmanship and material exploration, she develops pieces that balance sculptural presence with everyday functionality.

Drawing inspiration from Mexican artisanal traditions, natural forms, and contemporary living, Tron Rubio works closely with local craftspeople to create objects distinguished by organic silhouettes, tactile materiality, and a quiet sense of refinement. Through Abitante, she explores the relationship between heritage and contemporary design, creating works that evoke intimacy, atmosphere, and human connection.

Gabriela Campos is a Brazilian architect and designer based in Rio de Janeiro and the founder of Mais Alma, a design studio dedicated to creating furniture and objects with a contemporary yet inviting sensibility. Her work is characterized by clean lines, warm materials, and refined details, resulting in pieces that balance simplicity, comfort, and timeless elegance. Through Mais Alma, Campos develops a design language rooted in softness, authenticity, and a thoughtful connection between people and the spaces they inhabit.

Pernille Vest is a Danish Interior Stylist. She graduated from the Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design and worked as an independent fashion designer for several years in Copenhagen and Paris. During that period, she became more and more interested in the styling aspects of fashion and started to style fashion photoshoots for magazines. Soon she began to style interior design, first for magazines and later also for companies. Pernille was part of the founding team for the magazine RUM and later for ARK JOURNAL, which is an internationally distributed magazine for design, architecture, and art. 

Today, Pernille works as an independent Interior Stylist combining her passion for furniture design and art. She curates exhibitions and showrooms, and style catalogs for both Danish and international furniture companies, such as Carl Hansen, Astep, Dagmar London, CC-Tapis, and Molteni. She has curated exhibitions at Salone del Mobile Milano, London Design Festival, Maison Object Paris, and 3 DAYS OF DESIGN in Copenhagen.

Mylène Niedzialkowski is a French designer whose practice explores the expressive potential of raw materials through a process of experimentation, reduction, and craftsmanship. Working between Paris and the southwest of France, she creates collectible furniture, lighting, and sculptural objects distinguished by minimal forms, subtle irregularities, and an enduring respect for material integrity. Each work emerges from a careful dialogue with its medium, allowing texture, colour, and inherent properties to guide the creative process rather than impose upon it.

Rooted in an ever-growing archive of found materials, production remnants, textiles, and everyday objects, Niedzialkowski’s practice balances intuitive making with refined precision. Her studio functions as both a material library and a cabinet of curiosities, where local resources and collected fragments become the starting point for new creations. Through this restrained yet poetic approach, she develops timeless works that blur the boundaries between functional design, sculpture, and contemporary craft.

Verónica Mar is a Spanish artist and designer whose work explores the relationship between nature, energy, and human emotion. Working across collectible furniture and sculptural objects, she creates refined forms that express balance, harmony, and simplicity, distilling the essence of the natural world through a minimalist visual language.

Trained in both fine arts and interior design, Mar approaches each creation as an object with its own presence and emotional resonance. Her work is distinguished by its sculptural purity, quiet elegance, and enduring connection to nature.

Franklin Azzi is a French architect and designer whose multidisciplinary practice, founded in 2006, works across architecture, interior architecture, design, and contemporary art. Through projects ranging from urban interventions and adaptive reuse to large-scale towers and cultural spaces, Azzi has developed an approach grounded in sustainability, flexibility, and the intelligent transformation of existing structures.

Known for an architecture that is minimalist in expression yet highly attentive to functionality and environmental quality, his work explores how spaces can evolve alongside contemporary ways of living and working. Rather than pursuing a fixed formal style, Franklin Azzi emphasizes context, materiality, and long-term adaptability as central elements of the design process.

His projects include the rehabilitation of the Alstom halls in Nantes, Beaupassage in Paris, Tour d’Argent, and the transformation of the Montparnasse Tower alongside Nouvelle AOM. Working with a multidisciplinary team, Azzi continues to develop architecture that balances innovation, sustainability, and human experience across all scales.

Pani Jurek is the creative practice of Polish artist and designer Magda Jurek, whose work exists at the intersection of art, craftsmanship, and collectible design. Trained as a painter, she approaches furniture, lighting, and objects as sculptural compositions, exploring colour, material, and interaction while challenging conventional notions of function.

Working on an artisanal scale alongside Michał Borecki, Pani Jurek creates pieces that evolve through their relationship with space and the people who use them. Guided by experimentation and a painter’s sensitivity to composition, the studio transforms everyday objects into expressive works that blur the boundaries between fine art and design.

Sander Bottinga is a Dutch designer whose work explores the relationship between light, form, colour, and authentic materials. After more than two decades working across interior and design studios, he established his own practice to create collectible furniture and objects distinguished by refined craftsmanship and understated elegance.

Produced in limited editions and often handcrafted in collaboration with artisan workshops, Bottinga’s creations balance sculptural simplicity with material honesty. His work reflects a deep appreciation for handmade processes, resulting in timeless objects defined by individuality, warmth, and enduring character.

Melissa Lee founded her multidisciplinary design firm, Bespoke Only, in 2012. Bringing both her multicultural upbringing and academic background in psychology, along with a former career in luxury goods, Lee’s personal and professional experiences enrich and set apart Bespoke Only’s practice, resulting in work with an exceptionally layered quality and depth. These experiences now shape the way she works with clients at Bespoke Only, which is based in Brooklyn, New York. Lee’s ability to bridge the realms of the human psyche and the world of design on an emotional level within spaces is evident through her work. Her design ethos lies in a firm curiosity about human experiences with their environments, while acting as a custodian to the dwelling with a timeless touch. A Parsons School of Design alum, Lee has an affinity for elevating architectural elements and integrates her modernist aesthetic with a quiet yet strong sensibility. 

Lee perceives each space as a living, evolving entity shaped and transformed through intimate interactions over time. As an immigrant and first-generation American herself, there’s an earnest sense of belonging and acceptance Lee creates in her work.

Umberto Bellardi Ricci is a German-Italian architect, sculptor, and designer based in New York, where he founded UBR Studio in 2019. Working across collectible furniture, lighting, sculpture, and interiors, his practice explores the dialogue between architecture and sculpture through a distinctive language of form, scale, and materiality. Drawing on his architectural background and years of teaching, he creates works that balance industrial elements with refined natural materials, blurring the boundaries between functional design and sculptural expression.

Characterized by geometric clarity, meticulous craftsmanship, and a fascination with contrast, Bellardi Ricci’s work juxtaposes aluminum, steel, bronze, and stone with glass and textiles to create sculptural compositions that investigate the spatial qualities of architecture. Through UBR Studio, he develops collectible objects and interiors distinguished by their material richness, structural precision, and contemporary architectural vocabulary.

Lee Sisan (b. 1995) is a South Korean designer and artist based in Seoul whose practice spans furniture, lighting, sculpture, and spatial design. Originally trained in interior design, he developed a deep appreciation for the natural world while studying in a landscape surrounded by mountains and rivers. Fascinated by the individuality of stone and its resistance to standardization, he explores the dialogue between nature and artificiality, tradition and modernity, translating these tensions into contemporary functional objects.

Working across materials including stone, wood, leather, and metal, Lee embraces experimentation to reveal their inherent character and expressive potential. Through a refined design language rooted in material honesty and craftsmanship, he creates sculptural works that balance purity of form with everyday function. Alongside his independent practice, he co-founded the spatial design studio PRACTICE in 2020, extending his multidisciplinary approach across architecture, interiors, and exhibition design.

Ali Budd is the founder and Creative Director of Ali Budd Interiors, a Toronto-based studio specializing in luxury residential projects across North America, including New York, Florida, and Washington D.C. Since founding the practice in 2010, Budd has become known for creating refined yet deeply livable interiors tailored to the lifestyles of her clients.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary all-women team, Ali Budd Interiors approaches design holistically, combining interior architecture, custom furniture, lighting, styling, and art curation into cohesive environments that balance beauty and functionality. The studio’s work has been internationally recognized in publications including Vogue Living and ELLE Décor, while Budd’s television series House of Ali is now streaming globally on Hulu.

Evan Jerry is a Canadian-born designer, artist, and the founder of Studio ANANSI, a London-based practice established in 2018. Drawing inspiration from art, architecture, craft, and the storytelling traditions of the African diaspora, Jerry creates sculptural furniture and objects that explore the relationship between culture, materiality, and contemporary design. Named after Anansi, the legendary figure from West African and Caribbean folklore, the studio is rooted in narrative, curiosity, and a desire to foster new cultural dialogues through form.

Through Studio ANANSI, Jerry develops works that balance artistic expression with functional design, combining refined craftsmanship with a strong conceptual foundation. His practice has gained international recognition through collaborations, exhibitions, and collectible design presentations, creating pieces that celebrate heritage, innovation, and the enduring power of storytelling.