As a vivacious kaleidoscope of cultures, the United Kingdom has raised many artists, each boasting an utterly unique creative arsenal. The country is indeed armed with a dynamic aesthetic landscape. As such, if you’re looking to spruce up your interiors, the United Kingdom certainly has immense design promise. Panache, luxury, and refinement personified, here are the top ten UK interior designers.
An alum of Brown University, internationally renowned Natalia Miyar has achieved the perfect balance of glamour and comfort.
Natalia Miyar’s penchant for art nurtured a unique eye for style and an affinity for architecture and interior design. She blends her technical understanding of space, construction methodology, and textures with her creative instinct and love of nature. Her deeply personal connections with clients and unmatched elegance have catapulted her to celebrity status, with her work being featured in Architectural Digest, FT’s How to Spend It Magazine, House & Garden, Christie’s Interiors, and Harper’s Bazaar.
Her signature style is a contemporary vibe with contrasting colours, drawing on the natural environment of the site. With respect to the importance of contextual design, she said, “I wouldn’t recommend a velvet sofa on a beachfront home in Miami, for example – it feels counterintuitive.”.
London-based Christian Bense has been critically acclaimed for effortlessly blending old-world refinement with modern dynamism.
His portfolio encompasses upscale residences and commercial boutiques – one of his residential projects was adjudged the “Best Living Space in the UK.".
London-based Maurizio Pellizzoni is famous for bringing his Italian elan to the United Kingdom’s interior design space. His award-winning work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, AD Italia, AD Style, and Times Magazine.
Raised near Lake Como, Pellizzoni always had an eye for style. Having refined his creative instincts at Ralph Lauren Home, he started his own consultancy in 2007. Besides suffusing spaces with his Italian roots, Pellizzoni’s work stands out in his strong client relationships. His ethos has certainly stood the test of time: “To understand and interpret (the client’s) lifestyle, tastes, and styles.”. He is deeply involved in all projects and curates a bespoke team for each client based on their needs.
With four decades of experience in her field Wood is certainly equipped with unrivalled design expertise. She is a fellow of the British Institute of Interior Designers and the Royal Institute of British Architects. She has been the recipient of the BIID Award of Merit for 2021, their highest accolade.
Besides her globally acclaimed design practice, she has established fabric and lighting companies. Wood’s aesthetic may be described as traditional, with understated glamour. Having worked extensively with period buildings, she is skilled in restoration, a process she describes as “carefully picking it apart and putting it back together again.”.
London-based Australian designer Peter Mikic is renowned in the design space for his detail-oriented work, profound love of antiques and his very own line of luxury furniture.
Mentored by London’s foremost fashion designers and interior decorators, Mikic has imbibed a versatile sense of style. His signature approach is defined by maximalism, playfulness, and elegance, with a keen focus on the miniscule details.
With over twenty years of design experience, Helen Green has risen to prominence in Britain for perfecting timeless elegance.
A vocal champion of British design, Helen Green’s methodology is guided by aspirations of “luxurious, yet liveable, residences.”. From conception to resolution, sustainably-tailored design strategies are employed.
Angella Bligh’s luxury design prowess is peppered with a global perspective owing to her extensive travels as well as her meticulous personalisation.
René Dekker is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning interior designer with a 30-year-old practice. The Netherlands-born Dekker is known for his unabashed lavishness and maximalism – his atelier’s philosophy is “that the client should have fun.” Interior design is treated like the once-in-a-lifetime grandiose affair that it truly is. He has several awards in his kitty, including “the best bathroom category” at the KBBR Review, a Harper award for the “best new restaurant,” and the Daily Mail Property Award for “the best property over £100k.”. He was also featured in the Top 100 Designers You Should Follow list. His roster of projects includes furniture designs, restaurants, and exclusive residences. Dekker’s expertise is particularly exemplified at the African restaurant Akoko, located in Westminster.
Shalini Misra is a renowned interior designer and property developer, with offices in New York, London, Delhi, and Dubai. Columbia University-bred Misra is a committee member of the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and serves on the advisory board at KLC School of Design. A distinguished professional in the realm of design, she is also a trustee of the Vahani Scholarship Trust, a UK charity.
Her miscellany of projects includes luxury residences and high-end commercial properties throughout the United Kingdom, India, Dubai, and New York. Some of her notable works include the Chakra Restaurant in Kensington and the Decorex Champagne Bar in Richmond.
Kicking off her career in 2008, Sophie Paterson combined her remarkable design prowess and experience in luxury property development to create one of the United Kingdom’s most exclusive interior design practices.
Paterson has curated a multidisciplinary team of architects, project coordinators, and designers in order to offer extremely friendly and approachable service, to gauge a client’s style. Besides creating exquisite spaces, Paterson focuses on crafting practical, optimised milieus that absolutely reflect a client’s persona. She takes pride in cultivating long-standing, intimate relationships with clients to deliver a perfect project – as such, her practice takes on only a handful of projects every year, making Sophie Paterson Interiors one of the country's most coveted design ateliers.
Paterson’s compendium of works includes luxury residences in Mayfair, Marylebone, Chelsea, Kensington, and Surrey. Boasting a global reach, she also has a significant project in Portugal. Among her many accomplishments, she was listed on LuxDeco’s highly anticipated annual “Top 100 Interior Designers to Know” list in 2022.