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
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.
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
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
INDEPENDENT BRAND IDENTITY
REUSE OF EXISTING SPACE
