Craftsperson working on lighting during a fit-out

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Leadership

The studio is small enough that the people who draw the work still walk the site. These are the leads you are most likely to meet.

Portrait of Miriam Calder, design director

Design director

Miriam Calder

Miriam holds the drawings. She trained in interior architecture and spent years on site learning which lines survive contact with an old house. She still does the first measure herself when a kitchen is awkward, because the awkwardness is usually the useful part.

She cares about ordinary comfort: a switch you can find in the dark, a drawer that opens beside the cooker, a paint color that does not turn green at four in the afternoon. Clients meet her at the walkthrough and again at the final walk.

Portrait of Owen Brist

Owen Brist

Master carpenter

Stairs, doors, and the millwork that has to meet a wall which was never straight.

Portrait of Lena Voss

Lena Voss

Kitchen lead

Layouts, cabinet interiors, and the argument for keeping the table in the room.

Portrait of Julian Hart

Julian Hart

Bath lead

Waterproofing, glass, and the storage that keeps a bath from becoming a shelf.

The bench

Team Behind the Rooms

Designers, makers, and site leads share one scope. If you write to us, a person from this group reads it.

Portrait of Priya Sen

Priya Sen

Color specialist

Samples on the wall, in the light you live with, before a tin is ordered.

Portrait of Marco Ellison

Marco Ellison

Site lead

Protection, sequence, and a site that can be walked through at the end of the day.

Portrait of Helen Cho

Helen Cho

Lighting

Task, wash, and evening layers, with switches placed where you enter.

Portrait of Caleb Ward

Caleb Ward

Outdoor rooms

Decks, porches, and thresholds that meet the kitchen without a surprise step.

Work with us

Join the Studio

We hire carpenters, decorators, and design assistants who like a written scope and a tidy site. If you want to build rooms that people cook and sleep in, send a note through the contact form. Tell us what you make with your hands and which kind of room you want to be trusted with. We read every note. There is no street lobby and no telephone queue — the form is the door.

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