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Studioilse Overview

Studioilse Overview

Studioilse Overview

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Introduction
Studioilse, founded by Ilse Crawford, focuses on creating environments that tell the story of people and places, emphasizing design that enhances daily experiences by placing humans at the center. The studio employs a multidisciplinary approach, integrating creative direction, design strategy, interior design, architecture, product design, and communication.

Design Philosophy
Ilse Crawford's design philosophy is rooted in creating spaces that are emotionally and intellectually engaging. Her work spans brand creation, interior architecture, and product design, aiming to foster change and revitalization through a human-centered approach.

Product Design
Studioilse has developed award-winning products such as the W084T task light and W093W wall light for Wastberg, emphasizing honest materials and emotional connections. Other notable designs include a collaboration with Michael Anastassiades on glassware and furniture collections like 'The Other' and '36-24-36'.

Vision and Brands
The studio has redefined modern coaching inns with projects like The Crown Inn and The Olde Bell Inn, using British materials and local produce. Other projects include Kettner's in Soho and various collaborations with the Soho House Group, creating spaces that blend cultural identity with modern design.

Identity Through Interiors
Studioilse's interior projects include the Aesop store in London, the Kranzbach spa hotel in the Bavarian Alps, and Mathias Dahlgren's restaurants at the Grand Hotel Stockholm. These projects emphasize authenticity, comfort, and a connection to nature.

Exhibitions and Teaching
Ilse Crawford has curated exhibitions like 'A Frame for Life' and '1% Water and Our Future', exploring themes of change and sustainability. She also leads the Man and Well-being department at the Design Academy Eindhoven, promoting a design philosophy that combines emotional and physical experiences.

Publications and Media
Ilse Crawford has authored books such as 'Home is Where the Heart Is' and 'Sensual Home', focusing on integrating design with human needs. She has also been involved in editorial roles, launching magazines like 'Bare Well Being' and 'Elle Decoration UK'.

Awards and Recognition
Studioilse's work has received numerous accolades, including awards for lighting design, restaurant interiors, and hospitality projects. The studio's projects have been featured in various international print and online media outlets.
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Simon Kaempfer ‘Crawford doesn’t have a signature style, but rather a signature feeling: emotional and deeply rooted to the place’, New York Times Ilse Crawford, creative director and designer, and founder of Studioilse, creates worlds that tell the ongoing story of the people and the place. The studio has a fascination for design that is a frame for life and puts the human being at the centre. Design that is the invisible hand that adds meaning and depth to our daily experience. It relishes the warm and the synergy of the heart and head – places to live and love, eat and sleep, work and play....

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Studioilse w084t for Wastberg lighting PRODUCT DESIGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STUDIOILSE W084T, 08; task light for Wastberg lighting Our light is a sturdy friend, unpretentious and always there for us, using honest materials that carry clear messages and create a powerful link to our emotional psyches STUDIOILSE W093W, 09; wall light for Wastberg lighting The second in the family of lights. Building on the first task light, which was a friend for a lone late night worker, this wall light is for drawing...

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Lisa Cohen VISION AND BRANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE INNS; local chairs, local cheese The Crown Inn, 08; 37 bedrooms, dining room, bar, inner courtyard The Olde Bell Inn, 07; 47 bedrooms, dining room, bar, malthouse, meadow garden The new vernacular; defining the dna of a modern day coaching inn using largely British materials and designs, local produce, home cooking favourites, events KETTNERS, 08; 100 seater brasserie, champagne bar, private dining rooms The new Soho identity celebrates the thrills...

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Lisa Cohen IDENTITY THROUGH INTERIORS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AESOP, MOUNT ST, 08: first UK stand alone shop Translating the values, authenticity and intelligence of this purest Australian skincare brand; a loving restoration of the historic interior with modern interventions KRANZBACH, BAVARIAN ALPS, 07; well being spa hotel in Mary Portman house A 1918 Detmar Blow building, commissioned by a renegade young aristocrat. The look and feel focuses on intense aesthetic colour, comfort, Englishness, nature...

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Malamp, 2001-2008, Brandon Ballangee EXHIBITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A FRAME FOR LIFE, 09; exhibition in Svenskt Tenn’s Stockholm shop, using shop furnishings Interiors are about the life that is lived within; allowing for change, is tolerant, responsive and alive. Life isn’t fixed so our spaces can’t be either. 1% WATER AND OUR FUTURE, z33, Hasselt, 08; a travelling exhibition with Jane Withers An exploration of our relation to water, the ideas that are shaping change, experimental environments, designs...

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AUTHOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, 05; Quadrille, Rizzoli publishing Design with a warm heart. How we can integrate the way our homes look and feel with our basic human needs SENSUAL HOME, 97; Quadrille, Rizzoli publishing Mapping out how homes can engage us sensually as well as visually. To look at our homes from the perspective of the senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell EDITOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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PRESS AND AWARDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WASTBERG LIGHTING Wallpaper* - Milan round up 08 Monocle - 25 Best Design products 08 Elle Interiör Sweden - Best Lamp 09 Good Design, Chicago Athenaeum - Best Lighting 08 THE OLDE BELL INN Harpers Bazaar - Top Ten Loveliest Rural Retreats 08 Times newspaper - Top Ten British Inns 08 Guardian newspaper – Top Food Retreat ,Top 100 British Breaks 08 Restaurant and Bar Design Awards - Best Restaurant and Best Other space 08/09 Vogue UK - Secret Address book 08 Time...

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