Today we’re gonna talk about one of the most amazing interior designers in the world, the one and only: David Collins! During his lifetime, Collins, was with no doubt, a top interior designer that inspired others and had created stunning interior designs. Here, we would like to show you a little more about his life and his work. Take a look at our special selection, and get to know better, the best of the bests designers!
DAVID COLLINS
(1955-2013)
Born and raised in Dublin, David Collins‘s childhood ambitions might have denied the world some of the most precious interiors of the 20th and 21st centuries. Luckily, his family put pay to fashion designer and musician aspirations while an aversion to latin prevented a career in law. Instead, David followed his father’s footsteps with a degree at Bolton Street School of Architecture.
From Dublin, he had travelled Europe, settling in London where, in 1985, serendipity would have him redecorate a friend’s home- a design that was later seen by Pierre Koffmann who enlisted Collins to design La Tante Claire. These kind of projects were the foundations of David Collins Studio. At the time, a modest practice specialized in small interior and architectural jobs. Chance decisions and opportunities had led David to the point where he would definitely begin to define his innovative creative vision.
From those early beginnings, David and his business partner (Iain Watson) set out to bring a new form of thinking to the design industry. The vision was clear: projects that are a mature counterpoint between aesthetics and rationale.
So, inspired by the approach of 20th-century modernist titans like Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier and Mies Van der Rohe, David and Ian conceptualized a Studio that employed a team covering all elements of interior and architectural practice. This multidisciplinary team facilitated a multifaceted approach ensuring an initial concept that could be developed, detailed and successfully delivered trough to the final stages. Adhering to Can der Rohe’s adage that ‘God is in the details’.
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A sneak peak to some of the greatest projects by David Collins…
The Ritz-Carlton Residences
Best Bar in 2009, by Time Out London, with the project “The Blue Bar” in the Berkeley Hotel in London.
David Collins interior design.
Sky Residence at the Ritz-Carlton in Mahanakhon, Bangkok
The London NYC in Manhattan
The Continental Hong Kong
Vogue Lounge in Mahanakhon Cube, Bangkok
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