20 up-and-coming interior designers you need to know about in 2021

From the elegantly pared-back to the unashamedly maximalist, we round up 20 of the most exciting interior designers who should be on your radar

ANGUS REID
Angus Reid creates spaces that are calm, pared back and beautifully precise. Having started out in real estate, the designer quickly realised it wasn’t the career for him. He brushed up on his InDesign and CAD skills, soon scoring a job with architectural and interior design firm Minale + Mann, where he stayed for almost three years. He launched on his own in 2018, with current projects including a house in Portugal, a Georgian flat in Notting Hill and a cottage in Somerset. Angus is also working on a range of upholstered furniture – sofas, armchairs, benches and headboards – which is set to launch next spring and will no doubt reflect his clean-lined aesthetic. angusreidprojects.com
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BRANDON SCHUBERT
After a three-month course at Inchbald School of Design in 2015, Texas-born Brandon Schubert decided to swap a career in law for interior design. He soon landed a job at Ben Pentreath, where he spent a formative three years, before branching out on his own in March 2019. No doubt influenced by his time with Ben, the interiors he creates deftly combine country-house style with mid-century modern pieces. As demonstrated by his own flat (which featured in the November 2019 issue of House & Garden), he is confident with colour, often introducing punchy shades to create rooms that feel joyful and inviting. As well as a handful of small schemes, Brandon is currently working on full house renovations in Hampstead, Clapham and Dublin.
CLARE GASKIN
You may be familiar with the work of Clare Gaskin, who was the subject of a Designer Profile in the June 2020 issue of House & Garden. If you don’t recognise her, you soon will. We discovered Clare's work when she became a member of our online directory The List. As well as undertaking a variety of projects, from penthouses in Fulham to family houses in Kew, she is involved with United in Design, an initiative committed to diversifying the interior design industry. Her style plays with colour and pattern, but the most important thing for Clare is that design should tell the story of the client: ‘My role is to be an invisible curator.’
EMMA GRANT
Since we featured Emma Grant’s flat in the July/August 2020 issue of House & Garden, there have been waves of excitement on Instagram about her curved marble-topped dining table and her equally covetable bespoke marble sink. Emma, who swapped a career in fashion for interior design last year, has a fantastic eye for unusual antiques and an incredible skill at pulling together a scheme that feels genuinely original. Her aim is to create spaces that 'feel like they've slowly developed over time', with current projects including a house in Primrose Hill. There’s a line of fabrics in the pipeline too, inspired by vintage textiles.
HOLLIE BOWDEN INTERIORS
The projects Hollie Bowden, another member of our online directory The List, takes on are nothing if not diverse. At the moment, she is remodelling a Victorian terrace into an office space, working on a five-bedroom family house in London, a 14-bedroom house in Ibiza and a chalet in Gstaad. She garnered the skills for these projects during her time at KLC and set up on her own in 2013. She sums up her style as ‘minimal-maximalism’, using sophisticated palettes paired with diverse textures, finishes and details to create a look that is subtle and refined.
HOWARK DESIGN
James Arkoulis and Saskia Howard, who launched their studio in 2017, met while they were both working as designers at Studio Reed. From their west London headquarters, the duo conjure beautifully detailed interiors, describing their approach as ‘characterful and considered’. They are currently working on a family home in south-west London – described by James as ‘one of our most colourful projects yet, with a woven cherry-red and blue stair runner’ – and an apartment in a Grade II-listed former warehouse in Bermondsey.
ISABELLE LOMAS
With experience working for Martin Brudnizki, Sarah Delaney and Soho House, Isabelle Lomas was well-equipped with the tools to set up her own studio earlier this year. She studied textiles and fashion at Central Saint Martins before landing an internship at Vogue, which she credits for expanding her outlook on design and inspiring her to undertake a diploma at The Interior Design School. She has an eye for rich colour palettes and creates sophisticated interiors that are full of personality, mixing pieces from different eras to create spaces that feel as though they have evolved over time. Projects in Wimbledon and Notting Hill are currently underway.