Your name: Simone McEwan
What you do: Interior Design & Design Consultancy
Your latest project: The interior design for the Olympic Studios, London
Who are three people that inspire/excite you:
1) Paola Navone
2) Mathew Bourne
3) Phoebe Philo
What is your favourite…
Car/bike/plane/boat model: A BMW E9 classic in black!
Chair model: Robert Mallet Stevens Chair 727
Residential space: Lina Bo Bardi’s Casa di Vidro
Commercial space: The Barbican, London
Decorative product: All the gorgeous bedlinen from Larusi
Functional product: My Ally Cappellino Leather Rucksack
Handmade good: Ceramic plates by Kasper Wurtz
Mass-produced good: Duralex Gigogne tumblers for drinking red wine
Meal: Hama Sushi, Venice Beach, LA
Restaurant: Bakfickan Stockholm
Drink: My holiday drink obsession, Aperol Spritz
Bar: The Zetter Townhouse Cocktail Lounge and The Southampton Arms, for a pint.
Item in your studio: My Moleskine notebook
Piece of technology: Spotify and my Jambox wireless speaker.
Historical figure: Peggy Guggenheim
Fictional character: Ferris Bueller
Vice: Too much chocolate!
Virtue: Always positive.
What does the term ‘Design Hunter’ man to you? A compulsive obsession for inspiration, insight and intelligence.