ELITE BED AWARD
An award-winning bed design collaborating with fellow RCA tutor Ella Doran - Arts and Crafts meets modern utility in English oak.
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CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
"Rachel and Ella's design merges commodity with a reverence for nature and longevity. Inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Glasgow, it is a modern interpretation of the movement’s ethos: utility meets beauty. Every element reflects function and form, creating a sanctuary—a privy chamber for the soul; a room within a room.."
Judges
Elite Bed Awards
PROJECT KALLAX
CLIENT
Yodomo
LOCATION
Hackney Wick
SCOPE
Retail and workshop fit out
APPROACH
Circular design and reuse
Yodomo needed a space that could switch between retail and workshop use without a fixed layout for total flexibility.
The design gives them exactly that: everything moves, everything can be reconfigured and the environment works equally well for a customer browsing textile remnants and a group of participants in a making workshop.
Equally important was doing this without buying new. The budget was tight and the values were clear: everything reused where possible, nothing wasted. The result reflects what Yodomo stands for, which is the best kind of brief to work with.
CLIENT
Elite Beds
LOCATION
Switzerland and Milan
SCOPE
Bed design and specification
APPROACH
Arts & Crafts inspired, sustainable materials
A collaboration with multidisciplinary designer and fellow RCA tutor Ella Doran, this award-winning bed was designed around a single idea: the bedroom as a sanctuary, a room within a room.
Every feature serves that concept — integrated storage and charging so nothing needs to be on a bedside table, adjustable lighting controlled without getting up, and a seasonal drape system that lets the space change with your mood and the time of year.
The judges’ response confirmed what the brief set out to achieve: a bed that is simultaneously a piece of furniture and a complete environment.
A collaboration with multidisciplinary designer and fellow RCA tutor Ella Doran, this award-winning bed was designed around a single idea: the bedroom as a sanctuary, a room within a room.
Every feature serves that concept — integrated storage and charging so nothing needs to be on a bedside table, adjustable lighting controlled without getting up, and a seasonal drape system that lets the space change with your mood and the time of year.
The judges’ response confirmed what the brief set out to achieve: a bed that is simultaneously a piece of furniture and a complete environment.
CLIENT
Elite Beds
LOCATION
Switzerland and Milan
SCOPE
Bed design and specification
APPROACH
Arts & Crafts-inspired, sustainable materials
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