L'O Dossier: 9 International Interior and Homeware Designers to Know

Interior designers approach their work as an opportunity to enhance the human experience. Creating ways to improve the functionality of our daily lives and utilizing inventive solutions to address problems, interior design as a practice makes an indelible impact on mental health, productivity, and overall peace of mind. In this continent-spanning roundup, L’OFFICIEL highlights designers who are creating a space in the international market. Taken together, the work of these designers provides a global narrative of contemporary cultures, values, and aesthetic perspectives.

Founded by musician, actor, and director Breanna Box and model Peter Dupont during the Covid lockdown (when they were trying to make their home “heaven”), Heven features vases, glassware, and signature devil-horned carafes, all hand-blown in Brooklyn. The multi-hyphenate couple recently collaborated with Coperni on blown glass Swipe bags, and look forward to further expansion: “Expect more pieces for the home besides glass; we want to make a world people can be fully immersed in.”

Since 2003, Zanini de Zanine has produced furniture and other design objects with a deep appreciation for Brazilian culture, processes, and raw materials. Committed to sustainability, the designer uses sustainably sourced wood and discarded plastic, metal, and consumer products. De Zanine’s pieces have won numerous national and international design awards and places in the permanent collections of national and international museums.

Architect, designer, and Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev works on a range of venues, from public spaces and retail stores to private residences. Informed by the aesthetics of contemporary consumer culture with color as a common thread, Nuriev creates functional furniture and sculptures that integrate art, design, and fashion. He has collaborated with Balenciaga on a sustainable furniture collection, with Nike on a collection to celebrate Air Max Day, and with designer Gaia Repossi on a virtual reality installation at the Galerie Charraudeau in Paris.

Taking its name from the act of jotting down thoughts and ideas, jot.jot creates interior items for contemporary design solutions, utilizing quality materials in innovative ways. Founded by artist and entrepreneur Jurgis Garmus, jot.jot brings leading designers with expertise in a broad variety of disciplines under one roof. With the founding mission of celebrating the outstanding and the ingenious, jot.jot produces exciting, imaginative pieces that embody the brand’s creative spirit.

Founded in Milan in 2006 by Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto, StudioPepe takes a multidisciplinary approach to design, incorporating architecture, interior design, product design, and creative direction. The studio’s projects for international retail, hotels, and private commissions integrate poetic vision with a rigorous attention to detail. Themes developed by the studio include the study of formal archetypes, experimentation with materials, chromatic research, and the dialogue between opposites.

As a resident designer for Serax for over 25 years, Marie Michielssen designs furniture and accessories with inspiration from her love for art, architecture, and nature. Michielssen uses contrasting materials, shapes, and colors to design objects that are both functional and aesthetic. In her furniture, she experiments with volumes, ovals, circles, and beams, while ensuring that proportions are in line with the fundamental Bauhaus principles of design. Michielssen has also had a lifelong fascination with paper—her latest collection features interior accessories of papier-mâché.

Led by Imaya Wong, Kedai Bikin produces Malaysian-crafted furniture and home accessories designed by parent company Studio Bikin. Kedai Bikin strives to create individual, well-designed, and reasonably priced furniture with fair and sustainable practices. Working directly with the artisans involved in the fabrication process, Kedai Bikin has introduced a new level of transparency and equity to the design process, creating a platform for other designers and offering Fairtrade products in ways that are making a lasting impact on the industry.

Created by designer Rolands Landberg, Boxetti features innovative, minimalist-style furniture. Landberg’s first collection was presented at the exhibition 100% Design London in 2008. “We live in a time of changes. A sofa can be more than just a sofa; an art object can be multi-functional. Boxetti furniture is a work of art,” says the designer. Ideas of suprematism and cubism influence Landberg’s pieces, which are dominated by pure forms and clean lines.

At the heart of Frama is founder Niels Strøyer Christophersen’s mission to build “strong connections between our sense of self and the objects we engage with.” Founded in Copenhagen in 2010 and infused with the Scandinavian traditions of quality and natural materials, Frama is a comprehensive home and lifestyle brand with offerings that span from furniture to skincare. Frama engages with natural materials—raw steel, marble, and premium oak—with a fresh perspective, designing pieces to endure, in form and function.