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Universal Design Studio is an award-winning architecture and interior design practice based in London. Driven by a deeply held belief in the transformative power of well designed, finely crafted spaces, it creates boutique hotels and restaurants, retail environments, workspaces, galleries and cultural institutions all over the world.Underpinned by a rigorous research and development process and inspired by the creativity that comes from the close collaboration of a diverse group of designers and architects with their clients, the studio employs a bespoke approach for every project, resulting in better spaces, better experiences and better cities.Universal Design Studio was founded in 2001 by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby in response to the growing demand for their distinctive design aesthetic and clever use of material details in architectural and interior design contexts. The studio is co-directed by Jason Holley and Paul Gulati. Through a process of research and experimentation, carefully chosen materials and crafted details are used to help create unique and beautiful spaces. Universal’s work ranges in scale, from the design of a bespoke door handle (the first touch point in a building) and the interior spaces through to large scale architecture and building façades. Universal collaborate closely with clients, consultants, contractors and makers in the pursuit of creating finely crafted spaces that enhance the experience of the end users. We offer a range of services from design strategy and research to full service architecture and interior design, working from the initial brief through to the finished project.

We help brands navigate the complex challenges of this ever-changing world. Using design and strategy we create emotionally compelling, authentic brands and the experiences that bring them to life.

Workstead is an award-winning, multidisciplinary design firm established in 2009. Since its founding, Workstead has earned acclaim for one-of-a-kind projects that are comprehensive in vision and exacting in detail. Stefanie Brechbuehler, Robert Highsmith, and Ryan Mahoney oversee Workstead’s creative practice from studios in Brooklyn and Hudson, New York. Workstead’s Brooklyn studio, which focuses on interior and building commissions, is sought-after by homeowners and hospitality entrepreneurs for evocative places that reflect the spirit of the client, site, and community. Workstead dedicates its Hudson, New York, studio and showroom to lighting. Workstead conceives lighting for its own interiors and building projects, and it designs lighting collections for online sale to trade professionals and retail consumers. Throughout its body of work, Workstead engages in a design process that is both disciplined and deeply collaborative. The outcomes of those efforts weave reverence for historic precedent, progressive expression, and authentic materiality into places of stunning longevity.