The interior design industry is made of brilliant and creative minds that interpret the world in their own unique way. Some of the distinguished names in the interior design world are women who have and continue to pioneer in this field. These women challenged or revolutionized design concepts resulting in the industry of today. As an homage to design divas everywhere, explore the empowering list of the most influential women in interior design.
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Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstler Studio has grown from boutique interior design firm to global lifestyle brand. Driven by the signature aesthetic and idiosyncratic spirit of its creator and namesake, the Los Angeles-based company boasts a diverse range of modalities, taking an all-encompassing approach to design that includes everything from residential and commercial.
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Patricia Urquiola
Patricia Urquiola was mentored by some of the giants of Italian industrial design such as Achille Castiglioni and Vico Magistretti. She learned her craft in Italy and opened a studio in Milan in 2001. Her designs are unconventional, flexible, and experimental, blending humanist sensibilities and technical expertise—qualities that also inform her work as an architect.
Teresa Sapey
Teresa Sapey Studio is a multidisciplinary architectural and design team based in Madrid since 1990. The curiosity to design energic spaces for different sectors is the main motivation for the studio, who is also involved in ephemeral installations, graphic and product design. The intention of projects that are born from a bunch of emotions and feelings is to provoke a reaction/sensation on the users.
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Casa do Passadiço
In this privileged space, Catarina Rosas, Cláudia Soares Pereira and Catarina Soares Pereira, dedicate their work to the interior design since 1992. The current, cosmopolitan, comfortable and elegant style is always present in the environments they create. All elements are all allied in harmony to conceive actual and refined interiors, in which comfort and distinction are preserved.
Kelly Hoppen
Kelly Hoppen is one of greatest interior design inspirations of all times. Her home projects are an unbelievable source of luxury interior design ideas that can motivate you to get great home interiors. Hoppen‘s idea is to give the most personalized and proper interior for the client’s lifestyle. She assures that each interior is tailor-made to their requirement and delivers the best in every aspect.
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Annabelle Selldorf
Known for her sophisticated, inviting takes on minimalism, New York-based Annabelle Selldorf has long established herself as one of the art world’s go-to architects, having designed homes for top collectors and gallerists—as well as countless exhibition spaces worldwide.
Kelly Behun
Founded by Kelly Behun, a former trainee of Philippe Starck, Kelly Behun Studio is an interior design firm based in New York. Known for being an interior designer with the eye of a gallerist, which we find incredibly fitting, her projects make use of custom design pieces that blend with bespoke furniture and contemporary art with flawless taste.
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Tara Bernerd
Tara Bernerd is the founder of the established interior architectural practice, Tara Bernerd & Partners. Working with an executive team of highly experienced architects and designers based out of the London Headquarters in Belgravia the focus for Bernerd is on the relevance of creative direction and interior design.
