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Truly bespoke
Someone once told me that as a designer I care too much about my work, and that, combined with a recent interview which I read in kbbreview magazine, set me thinking about the true nature of bespoke design.
The perfect project has a helpful client, a very good design team, and contractors who genuinely care about their work. If any of that group are slap dash, or do not truly concern themselves about the quality of the final outcome, the project will not be genuinely bespoke. Creating an interior which is tailored to meet the client's expectations, whilst also navigating the building's limitations, the budget and legislation, is a highly skilled occupation. It also takes time, the ability to think through everything in great detail, and to communicate ideas up to the client, across the design team and down to the contractors.
There are many companies who claim to provide a bespoke service, particularly in kitchen, bedroom and bathroom design, but actually use modular systems, company specific CAD programes and standardised designs. In my view, to be a bespoke installation the kitchen, bathroom, library or dressing room has to be designed to fit the space exactly, to accommodate the client's wishes precisely, and to be built immaculately.
That is what I do, and why I care. It does not come cheap, but the outcome is unique, I think it is worth it, but then so is a Savill Row suit.
The perfect project has a helpful client, a very good design team, and contractors who genuinely care about their work. If any of that group are slap dash, or do not truly concern themselves about the quality of the final outcome, the project will not be genuinely bespoke. Creating an interior which is tailored to meet the client's expectations, whilst also navigating the building's limitations, the budget and legislation, is a highly skilled occupation. It also takes time, the ability to think through everything in great detail, and to communicate ideas up to the client, across the design team and down to the contractors.
There are many companies who claim to provide a bespoke service, particularly in kitchen, bedroom and bathroom design, but actually use modular systems, company specific CAD programes and standardised designs. In my view, to be a bespoke installation the kitchen, bathroom, library or dressing room has to be designed to fit the space exactly, to accommodate the client's wishes precisely, and to be built immaculately.
That is what I do, and why I care. It does not come cheap, but the outcome is unique, I think it is worth it, but then so is a Savill Row suit.
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