Designed Space

We share creativity and design thinking. Our content focuses on the physical spaces of design studios and the artistic individuals who create in them.

Studio spaces are a representation of creativity and an allegory for imagination. They house a unique culture found few and far between in any other industry. We step inside these studios to deliver an engaging discovery of creative prowess. It's in these studios that the most valuable design solutions are conceived.

Through thoughtful conversations with industry professionals, we nose into creative processes, cultures and inspirations. We push for the career defining projects, the stories behind them, the client interactions, collaborations, and choices of vendors. Join us in exploring quality creativity.

We are actively searching for design studios and individuals in any design/artistic discipline to participate. Please get in touch if you are interested.

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Blaze Type

Matthieu Salvaggio of Blaze Type shares his knowledge of type design and talks with us about running an independent type foundry.

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c-90

Chris Ritter opens the door to his Cincinnati based studio and talks with us about design in the pandemic and setting up a flexible studio space.

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Matthew Hilton Studio

Matthew Hilton opens the door to his London based studio and talks with us about nailing a design brief, running a studio during the Covid Pandemic, and working through design constraints.

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Minimalissimo

Carl MH Barenbrug takes us through the past 10 years of Minimalissimo, the quintessential minimalism magazine, and opens the doors to his Edinburgh based studio.

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Heydays

Mathias Haddal Hovet takes us through Heydays, one of Norway's most recognized design studios, and shares some insight on how it all began.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist

A rooftop studio in an old sugar factory paired with a sharp attention to detail, Andreas Friberg Lundgren and Carl-Johan Lindqvist welcome us to into their Swedish based studio, Lundgren+Lindqvist.

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Awkward

Awkward's Kevin Kalle gives us a tour of their Rotterdam based digital studio and explains how the studio started through a tweet.

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byHAUS

Identity builders and London the dog, Philippe Archontakis and Martin Laliberte walk us through their Montreal based graphic design studio.

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Toormix

A Barcelona design studio and tapas restaurant team up to create a food truck. Oriol Armengou of Toormix walks us through their new studio and sheds light on this gastronomic love story.

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Bakken & Baeck

A feeling of blue, space-age inspired interior design, a conference hosted on an island, and a colony of bees living on the roof. All just normal happenings for the Oslo based digital design studio Bakken & Baeck.

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Mentsen

An intersection of product and graphic design, working with a new furniture brand, and a controlled patience. Japanese designers Risa Sano and Yasu Sakurai walk us through their London based design studio, Mentsen.

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Build

Historic towers, creative romance, and a journey up North, Michael C. Place walks us through his Leeds based studio Build.

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Berger & Fohr / Ello

Cheeky posters and loads of books, Todd Berger and Lucian Fohr welcome us into their multipurpose studio which serves as a headquarters for the creator's network, Ello.

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This Also

A sunset view for a progressive digital studio, Brooklyn based This Also shares their seventeenth-floor studio space.

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A Hundred Monkeys

Naming and branding and Davis the dog. A Hundred Monkeys welcomes us into their California studio. Sorry, no live monkeys.

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Random Studio

A full dining area plus a plethora of plants—try saying that three times fast. Amsterdam based Random welcomes us to their home-like studio.

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Rosie Lee

A chair made of skateboards, designing for retail, and an interconnection with tea. Mark Fleming takes us through Rosie Lee’s London studio.

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STRV

Two high school students create a multinational digital agency and bring a taste of Silicon Valley to Prague.

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Order

Peaceful walks, quick decisions, and finding designer’s gold in a basement. Hamish Smyth and Jesse Reed walk us through the creation of their design studio, Order and publishing imprint, Standards Manual.

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De:strukt

Street art inspiration, mural installations and moving into a community of creatives. De:strukt welcomes us to Glasgow's The Hidden Lane.

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Folch Studio

Dilapidated factories and warehouses spark a fire for a Barcelona district creative rebirth. Folch Studio was in the thick of it before it was cool.

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