The flat of British interior designer Ilse Crawford in London is listed on the market for $1.6 million.
Located in the lively Borough neighborhood in the heart of London, the property is a converted Victorian warehouse on the third floor, and was designed in collaboration with Vincent Van Duysen and 6a Architects, as reported by House and Home.
The living room of the flat features emerald green chairs that pop against a neutral grey palette, and a large bookcase that divides the living area from the bedroom.
The open area of the property includes a kitchen that has a central island and one that is beautifully tiled with handcrafted Moroccan zellige tiles.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Crawford built her career as an interior designer. She made a name as the founding editor of the British magazine, Elle Decoration, which was launched in 1989. After almost a decade, Crawford departed to launch Donna Karan Home in New York.
She went back to London after two years, where she began consulting on design projects. Studioilse was established in 2001 and was soon creating high-profile interiors, including a Babington House and the Electric Cinema, both part of the Soho House empire. Public spaces have since become the signature of the firm and a proving ground for her philosophy of design as "a frame for life."
Most of the homes she scouted on the job were "about the spectacular over the normal." Crawford observes, "... I'm so interested in how you can upgrade the normal. You have to think of design as something that can evolve and change. That's what's interesting, knowing where to leave space for people. If people can't adapt it, then we've failed."
Lately, her firm Studioilse has been studying airport lounges. Her design concept will soon fill the business-class lounges of Cathay Pacific Airways around the world. It is just one aspect of a new project reshaping her career. Studioilse has also been hired to conceptualize a Hongkong carrier's 16 global lounges.
