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The Design Platform is about bringing together the most respected and prestigious businesses in the design industry to share their inspirational news and knowledge about their business, their services and their journeys, educating us and the world about what they do. Anyone who is interested in developing their understanding about all forms of design or anyone who simply loves design should tune in and listen and become a part of this joining together of great British design minds.

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Week Nine: Talking To Luke Thomas of John Cullen Lighting

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Noor Charchafchi
CEO & Creative Director
Celine Interior Designer

Noor Charchafchi is the founder and Director of one of the UK’s top 50 Interior Design practices, hailed a great Great British Brand and delivering exceptional projects worldwide, the company has become synonymous with luxury interiors and excellent design ethics.

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Carole Annett
Interiors Editor
Country & Town House

Carole Annett is interiors editor at Country & Town House magazine and host of The House Guest podcast. She enjoys getting to know the people behind the brands and companies that make up the world of interiors as much as the product of their skills and creativity.

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Bernie De Le Cuona
CEO & Creative Director
De Le Cuona

Bernie de Le Cuona is unique, being at the helm of both the design and creative direction as well as business operations. With her vision, de Le Cuona is a luxury global brand. Now with fabric and home accessory collections launched each year, the company has grown into an international enterprise with thriving showrooms in London and New York with a network of elite distributors and agents worldwide. The headquarters are in Royal Windsor.

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Andrew Cotgrove
Director
Loomah Bespoke Carpets & Rugs

Loomah specialise in the design and supply of luxury bespoke carpets and rugs.

Loomah use only the finest and most luxurious yarns in the manufacture of both their handmade and machine made carpets including the purest wools, silk and bamboo.Their silk carpets and rugs give the most luxurious sheen and are the ultimate in elegance and quality.

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Hollie Moreland
Creative Director
David Hunt Lighting

Hollie studied at Parsons School of Design Paris and started her career in print and graphic design.

She joined David Hunt as Brand Manager in 2011, becoming Creative Director in 2017 being responsible for all creative aspects fo the brand including new product design and development, art direction and exhibition design

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Adam Mills
Co Founder & Sales Director
Oliver Knights

In 2015, he approached the Managing Director of Oliver Knights and also his father and expressed his desire to market Oliver Knights using his marketing and product design skills. After that, they launched the first Oliver Knights website and brochure. Over the past 5 years, the organic growth they have experienced and feedback they have received has surpassed their expectations gradually creating a well-recognized brand well known for its outstanding quality and bespoke capabilities.

Oliver Knights is now a globally recognized manufacturer with distribution partners around the globe, working alongside the world’s best interior designers and architects on some of the most prestigious projects around the globe.

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Jonathan Holmes
CEO & Founder
Lux Deco

Jonathan Holmes is a tech and design entrepreneur with previous businesses in digital, e-commerce, and media. He founded LuxDeco in 2012, after being frustrated and uninspired by luxury interiors on the high street.

LuxDeco has partner relationships with over 350 brands, and also supports small artisan, giving them an opportunity to reach a global luxury audience.

Jonathan Holmes believes that LuxDeco’s success is based very much on how it uses data science, proprietary algorithms, and expert curators to aggregate and standardise product data. In doing so, this approach enables LuxDeco to offer a curated selection of products from its 350+ premium brands, with minimal inventory risk and a personalised shopping experience.

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Patrick Folkes
CEO & Founder
The Graphene Company (UK exclusive distributors of Graphenstone)

The Graphene Company owns the exclusive marketing and sales rights to the Graphenstone paints brand. The most sustainable,
healthy and high tech range, Graphenstone’s ecological coatings incorporates the oldest most trusted materials, like lime and silicate, whilst utilising graphene technology to significantly enhance performance and durability.
With zero plastic ingredients, VOC free and air-purifying, Graphenstone is well placed to assist designers, developers and private customers, to make the move to a high quality, sustainable
option in the paints sector, so in need of modernisation and change.

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Sean Clayton
Managing Director
Peter Reed

Sean Clayton comes from the third generation of a textile manufacturing family, and spent 10 years in the family business -Calder Weaving, learning the ropes. This was then followed by a career in fabric manufacture covering all aspects of the business through producing the yarns, to weaving, finishing and printing.   Sean ran two John Lewis textile businesses, before moving to Peter Reed where he is now Managing Director, responsible for all aspects of the company covering Finance, Production, Design and Development, Sales  and Customer Relationships. Sean travels around the world promoting and building the Peter Reed brand. Established in 1841, every piece of Peter Reed bed linen is hand made to order in Lancashire, and they hold a Royal Warrant from the Queen.  

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Ann Sutherland
CEO & Co-Founder
Perennials Fabrics & Rugs

Ann had never planned to leave her successful interior design business to head a textile manufacturing firm. But her design sense, combined with her drive to ensure that the fabrics would maintain their beauty under all conditions, led to the founding of Perennials Fabrics in 1997.

Ann works closely with her husband, overseeing design and business management for all Perennials and Sutherland, LLC brands. After several years serving as President, she was appointed CEO in 2018. As a brand co-founder, she cherishes the memory of her collaboration with design master John Hutton, who created some of her earliest patterns for Perennials and continues to inspire.

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Luke Thomas
Design Director
John Cullen Lighting

Luke Thomas is Design Director of John Cullen Lighting, heading up the team of 9 designers.

He has been a lighting designer at John Cullen since 2008 having graduated with a First Class Honours in Product Design and Innovation. Working in a team with top interior designers, architects, contractors and clients, Luke has been involved in a wide range of projects from new build Wentworth Mansions to hotel renovations through to Scottish Castles.

He believes in the power of light to transform your experience of spaces.

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The Design Platform

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Talking To Bernie De Le Cuona Of De Le Cuona

 

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May 20, 2020 | 10:00 am

Talking to Bernie about her determination and success in delivering the best even through Lockdown and revealing new and exciting launches never before revealed and how this has impacted design and designers.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Bernie De Le Cuona, Founder and Director

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Talking to Andrew Cotgrove, Co Founder And Director Of Loomah Carpets

 

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May 27, 2020 | 10:00 am

A focus on how one of London’s leading rug suppliers to international celebrities, high-end homes, and hotels is continuing to drive the business forward and take time out to enhance their services and be ready to hit the ground running after lockdown.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Andrew Cotgrove, Co-Founder and Director of Loomah Carpets

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Talking to Hollie Moreland, Creative Director of David Hunt

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June 3, 2020 | 10:00 am

It’s all about the lights! In this week’s panel, we talk about illuminating beautiful objects and calling them lights as well as listening to Celine Interior Design’s Noor Charchafchi about making a statement with your lighting and David Hunt’s Hollie Moreland on turning an object into a lighting piece.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Hollie Moreland, Creative Director of David Hunt

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Talking to Adam Mills, Co Founder and Sales Director of Oliver Knights

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June 10, 2020 | 10:00 am

An insight into the world of ironmongery and handles galore! This amazing talk explains how to turn a functional product into a major statement or a design feature and gives you some hints and tips on how to choose the right product handless in a way that’s smart and sassy.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Adam Mills, Co-Founder and Sales Director of Oliver Knights

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Talking to Jonathan Holmes, CEO of Lux Deco

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June 17, 2020 | 10:00 am

A glimpse of the man behind the incredible brand that is Lux Deco, the iconic platform which is home to some of the best furniture brands in the world. Listen to Noor Charchafchi talk about why she loves to shop on the platform as well and the interesting conversation between her and Lux Deco’s founder and CEO.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Jonathan Holmes, CEO of Lux Deco

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Talking to Patrick Folkes, CEO, and Founder of The Graphene Company (UK exclusive Distributors of Graphenstone)

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June 24, 2020 | 10:00 am

An intriguing conversation with Graphenstone, a company about what eco-friendly paints are and why we should all be seriously considering the paint we put on our walls.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Patrick Folkes, CEO, and Founder of The Graphene Company (UK exclusive distributors of Graphenstone)

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Talking to Sean Clayton, Managing Director of Peter Reed

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July 1, 2020 | 10:00 am

An insightful conversation with Sean Clayton of Peter Reed, the incredible linen brand with a rich and colorful history lining the shelves at Harrods and the beds at Windsor Castle for the Queen of England, this brand has been long established as one of the best linen companies in the country.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Sean Clayton, Managing Director of Peter Reed

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Talking to Ann Sutherland, CEO of Perennials Fabrics

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July 8, 2020 | 10:00 am

A thoughtful and inspirational conversation this week with the vivacious Ann Sutherland, founder of Perennials, pioneers of luxurious indoor-outdoor fabric, and leaders in the industry.

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Ann Sutherland, CEO of Perennials Fabrics

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Talking to Luke Thomas, Design Director of John Cullen Lighting.

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July 15, 2020 | 10:00 am

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Luke Thomas, Design Director of John Cullen Lighting. 

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Talking to Noor Charchafchi, Karen Howes and Sophie Paterson

August 19, 2020 | 10:00 am

Host: Carole Annett, Interiors Editor, Country & Town House

Noor Charchafchi, Founder & Creative Director, Celine Interior Design

Karen Howes, CEO of Taylor Howes

Sophie Paterson, CEO of Sophie Paterson Interiors

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