Holly Hallam, Managing Director of Design LSM, put together her knowledge and experience in marketing and branding and combined it with a passion for design to help grow Design LSM. Using a 360-degree approach to design, the studio's portfolio includes The Alchemist (Manchester), Kiss The Hippo (London), JiJi (London), 100 Queen's Gate Hotel (London) and recently Heythrop Park (Oxfordshire). Hallam joined Hamish Kilburn, Editor of Hotel Designs on the podcast to discuss a new era of...

Episode 20 of DESIGN POD, sponsored by Minotti London, will explore a hotel concept that Hotel Designs has been interested in since its early conception. Hot off delivering a Ted talk about creating the world’s first energy-positive hotel, developer and former designer and architect Ivaylo Lefterov, while on a whistle-stop tour, joined Hamish Kilburn live in the Minotti London showroom to discuss how SVART, the latest hotel set to join the Six Senses portfolio, will break down boundaries when...

Episode 19 of DESIGN POD, sponsored by Minotti London, is an exclusive interview with Nils Sveje and Kyoko Inoda, the Founders of INODA+SVEJE, which was one of few protagonist studios behind the 2022 collection by Minotti. The pair joined Editor Hamish Kilburn on the podcast sofa just one week after Milan Design Week to record the episode where they discussed how their latest products – Yoko, Lars and Sendai – went down with the design and architecture community when they launched during the...

Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi, the Founders of GamFratesi, are masterminds of crossing cultures, bending tradition and producing stunning furniture pieces.   In this episode, sponsored by Minotti London, Hamish Kilburn caught up with the designer duo ahead of their latest unveiling to explore how the process of creating some of their most iconic pieces for Minotti changed their perception in design and architecture. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and...

Simon Kincaid has more than 20 years’ industry experience and knows better than anyone else the value of flexibility in an industry that is ever-evolving. Kincaid has worked across residential, hospitality and retail sectors, and brings a great understanding of consumer lifestyle trends to the communal and public areas of all project typologies, often to engage with the wider neighbourhood, as well as creating well detailed desirable homes, hotels and experiential retail experiences. And he...

Ed Murray is an accomplished associate and architect who has led a wide range of projects for independent owners and international brands across the entire hospitality spectrum, including luxury hotels, banqueting and conference venues, resorts & spas. The latest of which is Westin London City, which he and his team are working on renovating a history-riddled property elsewhere in London.    For this episode of DESIGN POD, sponsored by Minotti London, Murrary joins Hamish Kilburn and...

If anyone understands the evolutions in luxury design it’s interior designer Jo Littlefair who has worked on high-end luxury projects, such as The Mayfair Townhouse, Villa Copenhagen, Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik and Gleneagles. In 2019, Littlefair earned the title of Interior Designer of the Year at The Brit List Awards.   She and her team, co-led by Martin Goddard, are currently working on the Mandarin Oriental Vienna (and a few other extra-ordinary projects that not even we are allowed to...

It’s probably easier to tell you about the hotels and luxury residences that interior designer Guy Oliver has not touched in Mayfair, London. His portfolio includes, but is not limited to Claridge's, The Connought Hotel and The Princeton Club in New York – making him, arguably, the most qualified to discuss the topic of blending old with the new in hotel design. In this episode of DESIGN POD, sponsored by Minotti London, Oliver joins Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde to discuss the...

Hen’a Yadav, Principal at Studio Carter, is an award-winning interior designer and creative director for spectacular projects across the world – from royal palaces in the Middle East, to a boutique lifestyle-driven projects in Western Europe and Southern California.   The visual storyteller who prides herself in creating unique lifestyle driven hospitality experiences joins Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde to explore the largely unwritten world of materials in luxury and lifestyle...

In a career geared towards growth, Timothy Griffin has taken a single site hotel and crafted a globally renowned hospitality brand. Griffin, who was the Managing Director of Ennismore in the United States, recently with a handful of former colleagues set up his own hospitality brand – and hasn’t looked back since.   His team’s latest labour of love, LEVEN, is a hotel brand that has launched with a rather infectious personality. Its first hotel is located in the heart of Manchester,...

In episode 11, sponsored by Minotti London, Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde meet Rachel Hoolahan from Orms. A pioneering example of someone who is putting forward innovative and honest initiatives that will encourage the industry – and the wider world – to work towards a circular economy, Hoolahan recently become the studio’s sustainability coordinator. She joins the podcast while the studio’s latest project to breathe new life into the former Central St Martins Building in London –...

Before series 2 of DESIGN POD drops, which is sponsored by Minotti London, Hamish Kilburn and co-host interior designer Harriet Forde come together with a teaser as to what to expect from the next eight episodes of the podcast for design and architecture enthusiast. From new initiatives around sustainability to a from the complex world of luxury furniture manufacturing – and everything in between, series 2 will give texture and perspective on the key issues that face modern A&D...

As the industry regains momentum following uncertain times, DESIGN POD’s Hamish Kilburn and Harriet Forde meet Marie Soliman, Founder of Bergman Design House. Following her departure of one of the world’s most well-known hospitality design firms, Soliman with her husband embraced change when they launched Bergman Design House in 2016 with the aim to disrupt the market with meaningful and impactful luxury design. Today, half a decade on, the studio is boldly taking the hotel, residential and...

In episode nine, in association with Bathrooms Brand Group, Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde invite George Couyas, Founder of Interior Design Geek, to join them on the Minotti London sofa. With more than 20 years’ experience designing high-end spaces, Couyas saw that there was a demand beyond his tight-knit client base. His new brand, Interior Design Geek includes a design surgery for anyone who is in need of advice on their own interior design project, whatever size or budget. With a...

In this In this episode, in association with Bathrooms Brand Group, Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde meet up with Patrick McCrae, Founder and CEO of ARTIQ, to understand not only what goes into curating the art collections for some of the world’s most incredible hotels and private spaces but also how the brand scouts emerging artists and how the company is at the forefront of ensuring that all artists are paid fairly… after all, exposure doesn’t pay the bills. See acast.com/privacy...

In this episode, in association with Bathrooms Brand Group, Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde share more about how their journeys in design started, the ambitions of DESIGN POD and what their highlights have been (so far) when creating the contemporary podcast for all designers and architects on-the-go. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, in association with Bathroom Brands Group, we look at architecture and design through a slightly different lens in order to understand responsibilities of – and challenges faced by – stylists and photographers. Florence Rolfe is a freelance stylist who started her career working for House & Garden magazine. Mel Yates, meanwhile, in an award-winning architecture, interior design and portrait photographer. Together, they form a powerful story-telling team who bring to life...

In association with Bathroom Brands Group, in episode 5 of DESIGN POD, editor Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde meet Audrey Carden and Eleanora Cunietti who are the founders of design studio Carden Cunietti. In this episode, recorded live at Orangebox in London’s Clerkenwell, we learn about the pair’s authentic journey in business as well as design, discuss diversity and explore the trends in design and architecture that both ladies would hate to re-emerge. See acast.com/privacy for...

In this episode, in association with Bathroom Brands Group, editor Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde welcome designer Jack Irving as their special guest. Irving, who has created outfits for the likes of Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton, The Spice Girls and more, discusses fashion highlights, collaboration goals and the result of his debut interior design project. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In association with Bathroom Brands Group, episode 3 of DESIGN POD welcomes technology expert Jason Bradbury, former presenter of The Gadget Show. In this exclusive interview, Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde explore technology’s role in design and architecture. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In association with Bathrooms Brands Group, Episode 2 of DESIGN POD welcomes Christos Passas, Director at Zaha Hadid Architects, as a special guest to help Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde to explore architecture beyond boundaries. As well as discussing how the team at Zaha Hadid Architects are stretching what is possible in design and architecture, in this episode, Kilburn also dives deep into the legacy that the late Zaha Hadid left behind, whose outstanding contribution to the...

In association with Bathroom Brands Group, and to kickstart our DESIGN POD journey, editor Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde explore the topic of ‘choosing your lane’ in architecture and design. Whether you are working for a brand, independently or are about to embark in a new journey, choosing your lane – your style, if you like – is an integral and pivotal moment of any design/architecture process. In order put some personality into this topic, Kilburn interviews special guest...

In association with Bathroom Brands Group, and to kickstart our DESIGN POD journey, editor Hamish Kilburn and co-host Harriet Forde explore the topic of ‘choosing your lane’ in architecture and design. Whether you are working for a brand, independently or are about to embark in a new journey, choosing your lane – your style, if you like – is an integral and pivotal moment of any design/architecture process. In order put some personality into this topic, Kilburn interviews special guest...