We are thrilled to announce that Francis and the studio have been listed in not one, not two but three of the world’s most prestigious Top 100s this month. We would like to thank all our wonderful friends at AD US, AD France and AD Italia for including us in their AD100s - it really does mean the world to us and marks a fabulous end to a truly game-changing year. Thank you, merci and grazie!
We are thrilled that Francis and the team have once again been included in the prestigious annual AD100 list compiled by Amy Astley and Alison Levasseur and the team at AD USA. It’s been an amazing year with the launch of our first major European hotel project and this December, AD also features a stunning house in New York designed by Francis. We would like to thank everyone at AD for their continued support, which is so greatly appreciated.
Francis has designed a new bed for luxury British bed manufacturer Savoir. Called ‘Louis’ it is the ultimate bespoke, haute-couture bed and goes on sale at Harrods this Spring.
Francis says, “When I started working on ideas for Savoir I decided that I didn’t want to design a headboard in the traditional sense but work around the idea of a bed collar - I’ve always been rather taken with Elizabethan ruffs and collars and inspired by the portrait artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger as well as the miniature artists such as Nicholas Hilliard and Hans Holbein the Younger. They add a sense of fashionable opulence and drama to their subjects, and it was an idea which I thought could translate well into a statement headboard design. For me, the one thing you must have in a bedroom is a statement bed - the headboard should always be the focus of the space as it’s the central element that your whole bedroom can be built around. So I began by sketching fluid lines for the silhouette of the bed that gave the effect of a collar with curved, winged edges which stand out from the rigid lines of the room structure.”
We are delighted to have once again been included in the prestigious annual AD100 list compiled by Amy Astley and Alison Levasseur and the team at AD USA. We are so thrilled that our hard work is recognised and would like to thank everyone at AD for their continued support. It means the world to us.
Thank you so much to all the team at @ad_italia for including us in the AD100. What an amazing finale to a fantastic year in Italy and around Europe. We cannot wait to see you in Capri in the Spring! #AD100 #ADITALIA
