Amazing Britain Awards
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PATTERNITY is a 'Conscious Creative Organisation' founded by Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham in London in 2009. United by their deep love of pattern and its ability to bring ideas, people and perspectives together, they wanted to share the  positive power of pattern with the world.

Adam Khan Architects is a practice with an established reputation for built work of sensitivity, elegance and refinement which addresses key issues of our time: social inclusion, sustainability and the vitality of public space. 

Established in 2007 by Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, the London-based studio is renowned for its inventive approach to design, working on  products, limited-editions, and space-installations. 

Eleanor Lakelin works with the ‘life-force’ of trees sustainably felled in the UK. For Eleanor, each tree embodies a distinct story of growth and struggle that underwrites its passage from matter to material in her studio. 

Hannah Watts (b.1997) is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. Silo Studio is a design studio consisting of Hannah’s artwork as well as homewares she has designed. 

A Practice for Everyday Life is a studio for creative direction, design and type since 2003. Through research and consultancy, it create meaningful, original design across brand identities, campaigns, digital, editorial design and custom type. 

Gareth Neal is a progressive and collaborative East London design and craft studio. Our work harmoniously unites traditional and digital techniques to create uniquely crafted pieces.

Mark Titchner (born 1973) is an English artist and 2006 nominee for the Turner Prize. He lives and works in London. Focusing on an exploration of words and language, in recent years much of his production has been based in the public realm both in the UK and internationally. 

Founded by Sara Slade, Sara Slade Interior Design has grown from a small independent studio into a leading name in luxury interior design, with projects across Cambridge, the UK, and overseas. With over 28 years of experience, Sara and her team create bespoke, timeless interiors that balance craftsmanship, comfort, and refined elegance.

Fiona Grady's colourful and dynamic geometric artworks include architectural interventions that transform their setting. She utilises light, colour, shape, surface and scale to ensure each unique work is transformational and impactful. Her works metamorphise with the light of day, reflecting the passing of time, memory and experience to create ambient environments.

Bethan Laura Wood has run a multidisciplinary studio since 2009 characterised by materials investigation, artisan collaboration and a passion for colour and detail. Residencies and location-based projects have become an important factor in her design process, often working in response to her location, in collaboration with local manufacturers, or reflecting back into her work the visual and material culture particular to that area. 

Jess Wheeler Studio is a multidisciplinary practice creating lighting, decorative objects and furniture, inspired by natural forms and driven by a playful approach to materials. We work globally, designing and creating pieces for private residences, hotels and public spaces.

Rhea Dillon is an artist, writer and poet based in London. Dillon works across sculpture, painting, olfaction and wide-ranging materials to articulate an aesthetic of diasporic Blackness grounded in a postcolonial nonbeing. Her charged exhibitions and writing use poet(h)ics, abstraction, and everyday objects to produce distinctive arrangements of sense and affect. 

Studio Varey Architects is an innovative, design-led practice established by Nick Varey in 2018. Previously Nick spent five years at award-winning West London architectural practice, Hogarth Architects.

At Studio Varey, we strive to create homes designed for modern living with a focus on clean, functional design that captures the natural beauty and craftsmanship of the materials we use.

Studio Weave is an architectural practice based in London, UK. We build new connections between materials, history and culture. The practice has developed an international reputation for delivering a wide range of extraordinary projects in cultural, educational, heritage, arts, public realm and residential sectors.

Ayo Akingbade (b. 1994, London, England) is a London-based artist whose current practice comprises film, installation and printmaking. Her work is rooted in notions of urbanism, power and stance, as well as personal occurrences informed by Akingbade’s interests. She previously studied at London College of Communication and Royal Academy Schools.

Flora Soames set up her design consultancy business in 2009. One of House and Garden’s Top 100, her discerning eye and instinct for channelling both old and new has been formed through a lifetime love of collecting furniture, textiles and accessories.

Born in 1975, Rachel Duckhouse grew up in Nuneaton before studying at Leeds College of Art and Winchester School of Art, moving to Glasgow in 1998, where she now lives and works. 

Phoebe Unwin (b1979, Cambridge) is a British painter exploring the boundary between figuration and abstraction. Her paintings are responses to memory through spatial arrangements and colour.

Turner Prize 2024 winner Jasleen is an artist making with the slurry of life. Raised amidst betrayal, secrecy and banished outsiders, her work is to make sense of what is out of view or withheld. She is called towards plurality, declassifications, polyphony, the blur. She is practising singing in the sediment till she is intoxicated.

Freya is a ceramics artist based in London, creating work with a strong connection to the natural world.

Freya has been working with clay since she was a child, firing pots in her father’s studio from a young age. Her father, Chris Bramble, has been a ceramics artists and teacher for over 30 years, and they now share a studio space in Kingsgate Workshops, London.

Lazerian is a multidisciplinary creative studio specialising in designing and creating bespoke products and experiences for both interior and exterior spaces. This can be in the form of public artworks, brand promotional objects and statement sculptural pieces.

Kavel Rafferty combines drawing, found imagery, print and paint to create unique images of real emotional resonance and genuine charm. Her inspirations and interests – like rare old soul 45s, flea markets and vintage shop signs and type – help inform her distinctively bittersweet, elegantly nostalgic style.

Lewis Kemmenoe is a London based designer of furniture and functional objects. Lewis has developed a practice that takes the experimentation from his time studying, combined with his personal interests and tastes, and channels this into furniture that he sees as produced predominantly to be functional, whilst acknowledging the influence of his previous research.

Kusheda Mensah is a British born Ghanaian designer, based in London. At the root of her work, exploring and examining how one can create an idyllic, yet fun and functional living environment has always been paramount.

Alice Walton (born 1987) is a British ceramic artist whose intriguing labyrinthine forms have attracted international acclaim. With a forensic eye, Walton translates the seemingly familiar into highly complex and multi-layered porcelain objects. 

Yemi Awosile lives and works in London. Her studio practice is informed by cultural insights expressed primarily through textiles. The broader scope of her work combines a multi-disciplinary design practice with visual arts projects and social interventions open to the public.

Handmade, steam bent, wooden Lighting. Sustainably crafted In Cornwall, UK by Tom Raffield. Contemporary, designer, luxury homeware.

FOREST + FOUND is a UK based studio collective established in 2014 by artists Max Bainbridge and Abigail Booth. Working across the visual arts their studio gives them a space for material experimentation and collaboration, as well as a platform to pursue their individual art practices.

Nice Projects create welcoming, enjoyable, inspiring homes, workplaces, retail and hospitality spaces.

Home to artists Marina Dragomirova & Iain Howlett, Studio Furthermore seeks out new kinds of material and cultural realities informed by processes occurring in nature. The two artists met at the Royal College of Art while studying the Design Products MA course and founded their studio soon after in 2015. Studio Furthermore creates design objects in glass, ceramic, metal and other materials blending aspects of craft with future narratives.

Common Practice is an independent architecture studio working across the Northwest, creating thoughtful, low-carbon buildings rooted in community and place.

Rob Lowe is Supermundane, a graphic artist based in London famous for his signature geometric illustrations that play with line, colour and optical effects.

SmithMatthias is an award winning design studio founded by Jack Smith and Gemma Matthias. The multi-disciplinary studio applies a rigour and thoughtfulness to create soulful and impactful work. The studio is based in a former hat factory in Liverpool’s Fabric District.

Dreamt up by founder Rosh Mahtani when she was going through a dark time. Alighieri was inspired by Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, and his story of being lost in a dark wood, searching for strength and courage. Modern Heirlooms hand-carved and cast locally in the UK, each piece has a story and invites you to unlock your own.

Tom Croft is a classically trained portrait painter based in Oxford. He has produced paintings for a wide range of clients, from Manchester United Football Club to Oxford colleges and family portraiture.

Forge & Foundry was founded In London by two brothers; originally hand-forging pieces of metal into shiny jewellery relics and packaging each order by hand. From day-one their designs have been inspired by their historic London surroundings and the gritty nostalgia of London’s original metal foundries.

HELEN KIRKUM STUDIO started in 2019 with a clear mission: to rescue odd sneakers from landfills and transform them into new creations that highlight and address the problem of post-consumer sneaker waste from linear production processes.

HMp is brought to you by London’s jewellery provocateur Hannah Martin.

A collection of jewellery to be pierced with. Gold that goes beneath the surface. Gold to wake up your senses. HMp is expertly crafted 18 ct gold body piercing jewellery, for the pierced and the (as yet) unpierced. Sculptural designs with an instantly recognisable Hannah Martin edge that can be worn alone, customised and added to through time.

Katie Jones is an inspirational knitwear designer who teams playful aesthetics with serious ethics! Katie's work has been featured in luxury stores worldwide.

Negar creates abstract works that explore themes of freedom, femininity, cultural identity, and the emotional duality of pain and pleasure. Rooted in her Iranian-British experience, her paintings move between the deeply personal and the universal, reflecting on belonging, resilience, and transformation. 

Jan founded his design workshop, where his drive for play, experimentation and British timbers has shaped the studio’s distinct design language: large format, sculptural simplicity that masks the complex connections and technical intricacies born from an absolute obsession with process, material and tactility. 

Alex Chinneck's large-scale sculptures manipulate industrial materials beyond their apparent capacity, transcending their material nature.

Every piece of Alex Monroe jewellery is designed and handmade in their London studio, using traditional techniques and the finest materials. From iconic designs to seasonal collections, each piece is crafted with care to be treasured for years to come.

Elicyon is a global luxury interior design studio crafting tailored spaces with expertise in interior architecture, bespoke design and project management. Elicyon was founded to redefine luxury design through a seamless integration of architecture, interiors, and project delivery within one cohesive studio. 

Led by designer Robert Barnby, the workshop sits just outside the picturesque town of Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Since founding Barnby Design in 2012, Rob has worked with a simple aim: to create furniture that stands apart not only in build quality, but in the care and thought behind its design.

Katie Paterson is widely regarded as one of the leading artists of her generation. Collaborating with scientists and researchers across the world, Paterson’s projects consider our place on Earth in the context of geological time and change. 

De Rosee Sa is a full-spectrum architecture and interior design studio based in London and Lisbon.

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House of Grey proves that Circular Salutogenic design can be both ethical and beautiful, combining practicality and luxury in their projects.

Faye Halliday is a young artist from London. Her doodles are her vision of beauty. She creates mindful, intricate nature art.

Faye Toogood is a British artist working in a diverse range of disciplines, from sculpture to furniture and fashion.

Larry Achiampong is a British Ghanaian artist whose work includes moving image; sculptural installation; photographic and painted collage; audio and visual archives; live performance; spoken word; recorded sound bytes and composed scores. 

Sebastian Cox is a furniture designer, maker and environmentalist based in South London. Founded in 2010, his design studio holds an acute dedication to sustainability at its heart, elevating carbon counting, forward thinking and zero waste as the principal components in all they do.

Multi-award winning label Ahluwalia was launched in 2018 by Priya Ahluwalia.
Ahluwalia represents the intersection between near and far, past and present.

John Cullen Lighting combines 40 years of expertise and innovative design to create understated, high-performance luminaires, transforming spaces with the power of light while championing sustainability and British craftsmanship.

Since opening its Kings Road showroom in 2014, Loomah has welcomed interior designers and homeowners alike to explore its collections and discuss bespoke projects in person. With Avalon by Loomah, British luxury is no longer defined by waiting. It is defined by vision, craftsmanship and confidence.

With its roots firmly in London and its vision reaching around the world, For Art’s Sake is more than a fashion brand — it’s a celebration of artistry, individuality, and sustainable luxury. 

The beauty of Ellis Mhairi Cameron’s work lies not only in its striking aesthetic but also in its philosophy. Her jewellery is sculptural yet wearable, ancient in spirit but modern in form. She champions sustainability by using only recycled gold and traceable stones, and every piece is designed to be handed down — heirlooms of the future.

A Turnberry rug isn’t just something to walk on. It’s a piece of art underfoot — a tactile, visual anchor to a space that tells a story of heritage, place, and personal taste.

To wear or live with a Sian O’Doherty design is to embrace a piece of Wales – its culture, its colours, its sense of place. Her pieces are bold, yet intimate. Local, yet with universal appeal. From heritage to horizon, everything she creates is stitched with passion and purpose.

Handcrafted in Britain using sustainable, marine-grade materials, Coco Wolf furniture redefines outdoor living with elegant, long-lasting designs that offer the comfort of indoor pieces and the performance needed for every climate.

Each Fleming Howland creation reflects centuries of English craft. Through hand-coloured leather, bespoke proportions and sustainable materials, the workshop preserves artistry that transforms functional furniture into something deeply personal and lasting.

In today’s world of fast fashion and global outsourcing, William Lennon & Co stands proudly as one of Britain’s last true bootmakers. Every pair of boots carries the weight of history and the strength of tradition—crafted not for trends, but for those who value quality, heritage, and authenticity.

 Yinka Ilori is a British-Nigerian artist and designer known for his playful design language and the bold use of bright colours. His work includes architecture, public spaces and sculptural installations, interior design, graphic design, homewares, textiles, fashion, and furniture.

In 2004 directors Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon established PINCH with the aim to create furniture and lighting that they would want to live with. They set their sights on what they would want to surround themselves with, indulged in the detail and didn’t compromise on materials. Products are characterised by a quiet and elegant aesthetic, the result of tireless refinement and an intense dedication to craft and process.

Bianca Saunders explores the nuances between tradition and modernity, intricately navigating the seamless blending of masculine and feminine elements in its design ethos. Crafting an aesthetic that delves into the psychology of men's tailoring, with the aim to usher in a modern, reinvigorated evolution of menswear and beyond. With a growing circularity responsibility, the brand works with repurposing dead-stock and regenerative materials to ensure environment is a key focus.

Chopova Lowena juxtaposes folklore and sportswear with a concentration on sustainability and craft. Their anthropological approach to design is defined by observations and modernization of traditional textiles, crafts and techniques.

Completedworks creates sculptural jewellery and ceramics that explore form, emotion and the quiet beauty of the everyday. Designed in London.

In their own factory in Manchester, England, their clothes are made largely by hand using as much locally sourced material as possible, including everything from wool from nearby sheep farms to fabrics woven in the city’s legendary textile mills. Their holistic approach to fashion makes for products of unmistakable quality. The company takes its name from founder Private Jack White, who was awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross for having saved the life of many of his comrades during a failed river crossing.

The PHOEBE ENGLISH studio has dual roots in textile craftsmanship and reduced environmental impact: aiming to develop ways of working with design, and its surrounding systems, that align within the realities of our planetary limitations. A personal narrative runs throughout the work within the studio's established aesthetics of both the decorative and the utilitarian.

Children's Interior Design. London-based Eklektik Studio specialises in children’s bedroom design, nursery and playroom decoration. Consultations and Full Project Management available on request.

An East London-based design studio working across print and digital spaces. Since its founding in 2016, it has specialised in creating work as playful as it is meticulous – embracing a love of colours, fonts and forms to shape projects big and small.

Haroon Mirza has won international acclaim for installations that test the interplay and friction between sound and light waves and electric current. He describes his role as a composer, manipulating electricity, a live, invisible and volatile phenomenon, to make it dance to a different tune and calling on instruments as varied as household electronics, vinyl and turntables, LEDs, furniture, video footage and existing artworks to behave differently. 

Studio Rae is a Surrey based interior design studio that brings spaces to life. We believe that the spaces we dwell in should be spaces we love - embedded with personality, a sense of style and atmosphere. We house an exclusive and limited collection of handmade ceramics created by founder Jen Ray - believing that our homes and the things in them are paramount to our sense of self and wellbeing.

The Ouze is named after The River Ouse, which flows through founder Toby Vernon's hometown of Lewes, East Sussex. Like the river's aqueous flow, his experimental designs work in harmony with nature, using recycled materials and slow production principles. At The Ouze, they celebrate imperfection and pay homage to their heritage through hallmarking, etching, and hand carvings. Their pieces are crafted by hand, making each one unique.

Kaushik Velendra is a London based menswear designer with an instinctive appreciation for impactful clothing, whose trailblazing collections are reshaping modern menswear. Forging a new paradigm of traditional tailoring combined with innovative construction, Velendra continues to showcase a refreshing and inclusive vision. ‘Power dressing for the people and tailoring for the future’ is how Velendra describes his brand’s DNA.

Established in 2018 by Bleue Wickham-Burnham, Bleue Burnham is a fine jewellery brand based in London. The purpose and philosophy of our practice is to create jewellery of timeless beauty and extraordinary quality, which is developed and actualised from detailed research of human culture and its connection to the natural world; Focusing our minds, creativity, and presence to heighten and amplify the beauty of this connection. 

A-COLD-WALL* is a British sportswear brand inspired by the legacy of national industry. Explicitly referencing domestic cultural frameworks, A-COLD-WALL* utilises experimental materials deriving from performance-wear and industrial palettes inspired by post-war Britain to subvert classic menswear staples. Over the past decade, A-COLD-WALL* has cemented its positioning through a sustained commitment to exploring subcultural movements and collaborating across disciplines. By working closely with emerging talents and established names alike, the brand has built a platform that merges design with broader social dialogue.

The Award Winning Charlotte Findlater Design Studio uniquely positions itself at the intersection of luxury and sustainability, offering comprehensive design solutions that span from regenerative architecture to eco-conscious & luxury interior design and ecoscaping.

Samuel Wilkinson Studio focuses on creating elegant work that balances form and function. With a strong understanding of materials and manufacturing, the studio aims to craft thoughtful designs that blend precision and craftsmanship with material efficiency, while minimizing environmental impact. Their work spans various disciplines, from small consumer products to larger public realm projects.  

Studio Gil is an architecture and design practice. It blends design sensibility and craft with social agency, working closely with global majority groups and organisations. Studio Gil listens to the often unheard voices of marginalised communities; translating their stories into architectural propositions. 

Le Kilt is a fashion brand that creates traditional classic pieces inspired by founder, Samantha McCoach's Scottish heritage.

S.S.DALEY founded by London based menswear & womenswear designer Steven Stokey-Daley won the prestigious LVMH prize in June of 2022. Stokey-Daley uses donated, deadstock and end of roll fabrics, and has been featured in titles such as British Vogue and i-D. Exploring themes of British aristocracy and class in regard to uniform and attire, S.S.DALEY is a modern brand redeveloping ideas of British heritage,

The fusion between metal and textiles is what drives Megan Brown’s innovative approach to fine jewellery creation. Hailing from North Yorkshire, Megan grew up surrounded by the industrial machinery of her family’s century-old textile mill. This sparked a fascination for the physical process of weaving, with the intricate textures and dynamic movement of the looms recaptured in her work today. Now based in the heart of Soho, London, Megan’s work unites her manufacturing roots with contemporary design to create unique and elegant works of art. 

Based in St Leonards-on-Sea, Kelly Jessiman creates her pottery at the family dinner table, with each piece fired and glazed in her garden shed. Drawing inspiration from contemporary paintings and ancient artifacts, Kelly embraces an organic creative process where the clay often takes on a life of its own, influencing the final form. From there, she decides on the glazing.

Joshua Hale founded his studio in 2023 after working closely with Emma Burns, Managing Director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler. Projects include large country houses, Oxford University Colleges and a cottage in Oxfordshire. Alongside Joshua’s design work he continues to develop his portfolio of paintings. Work can be seen in the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold. 

Joshua has been named as one of House and Garden Rising Stars for 2025. 

Garden designer based in Hampstead London. House and Garden Rising Star 2024. Designing emotive, textural and personal gardens in London and beyond.

Kate is a potter, Artist and Illustrator who works from her home studio in York.
Kate's primary medium is clay. Her main subject is the humble receptacle which she explores by creating hand built sculptural interpretations of these everyday shapes found within our homes.

Working from his harbourside workshop in Cornwall, Will creates furniture with a focus on organic forms, hand-hewn textures, and thoughtful functionality.

Inspired by human emotion, queerness, and contemporary design, Iona Hindmarch Bisset specialises in eye-catching pieces for bold individuals. Their aim is to create jewellery that empowers, reimagining classic styles for the modern day wearer.

Stephen Gillies & Kate Jones have made contemporary glass in Rosedale Abbey since 1995. Known for their skilfully engraved sculptural vessels and their finely crafted bowls, their work is in numerous museum collections including the V&A.

George Young is a painter and print maker living and working in Somerset. He studied painting at Falmouth College of Art and the Royal College of Art. Since then he has shown widely in solo and group exhibitions, art fairs and biennials throughout Europe and the U.S. 

Shivangi Vasudeva is a London-based Indian designer whose research focuses on uncovering unfamiliar or forgotten artifacts and the vibrant material culture they represent. She weaves these discoveries into narratives that connect words within worlds, self and others, and past with present.​

Rosie Stonham brings a conceptual approach to functional objects. Inspired by human biology she uses digital and hand-made techniques to explore personal narratives and philosophical ideas.

Alongside making conceptual work Rosie has designed furniture, lighting, ceramics and textiles for high-end homeware brands including The Conran Shop and MADE.com. Her collaborations include manufacturers such as Bert and May, and French porcelain house Pillivuyt.

From her workshop, based in Northamptonshire, Helen designs and makes a collection of both Jewellery and larger Hollow Forms and Bowls taking inspiration from the Ancient Egyptian ritual of mummification.  These bound forms of old, steeped in mystery and surrounded by the ancient beliefs of the Afterlife, continually offer a rich source of inspiration for her more recent Bound Jewellery Collection and larger pieces.  

Born in Ichikawa, Japan, Miya Kumo came to the world of jewellery by chance. Now based in London, Kumo's work is simultaneously arcane and child-like in nature. Much of Kumo’s jewellery explores the themes of duality and human nature as interpreted through the mediums of gold and silver. Kumo alludes to a fascination with hidden meanings, characterised by the engraved messages, emblems and symbols

Brought up in rural North Wales, Fflur has always been inspired by nature. From an early age, she has been creating and developing her hand-making skills.  Working with organic materials and combining traditional techniques with modern tools, Fflur Owen creates sculptural forms that have a unique beauty.

Molly Goddard was born and raised in London and studied at Central Saint Martins. Exploiting the tension between maximalism and restraint, Goddard’s exploration of transparencies, fabric manipulation, construction and volume is key to her work, as are techniques such as hand-smocking and shirring. Since its inception in 2014, the label has developed considerably - signature tulle has been joined by taffeta, organdy and silk - while the range of products has expanded to include menswear and accessories. 

Founded in 2025 by Amy Powney, former creative director of Mother of Pearl, AKYN is a contemporary womenswear label rooted in integrity and elevated by detail.

With a focus on impeccable craftsmanship, considered fabrics, and an effortlessly refined aesthetic, AKYN offers a modern, enduring wardrobe for women who prioritise both style and substance. Each piece is made to last– timeless, beautifully-crafted, and aligned with our belief that we can create and care for the Earth.

Over 23 years of experience making, studying, and teaching kilnformed glass. Creating sculptural objects showcased in galleries, museums, and private collections.