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Meet The World’s Best 10 Interior Designers

Having success in the interior design industry is not for everyone. Professionals need to develop their path and overcome obstacles to build something beautiful that meets each client’s personality and taste, not giving up on his needs as well. And there’s something artsy in that: coming up with functional and efficient ideas can only be found in people with an instinct for that—and this is what creates the best interior designers.

These professionals can move design elements and create order, surprise us with unusual colour combinations and shapes and inspire us every day. It’s time for you to meet them. Dear readers, this is our selection of the world’s best interior designers.

1. Aero Studios

Bedroom project by Aero Studios with neutral tones and gold accents
Image Credits: Architectural Digest / Aero Studios

Aero Studios was founded by the designer Thomas O’Brien in the city of the Big Apple, which is famous for landmarks like Central Park and the Statue of Liberty – New York. This interior design studio has a specialised team to dominate three distinct areas: architecture, interior design and product design—incredibly successful in each one of them!

This studio layers traditional elements with a modern sense that is unforgettable. From lofts to commercial projects, this interdisciplinary studio is known for its elevated craftsmanship and layers of modern materials and elements that mark the start of a unique interior design project.

2. Albion Nord

Living room and dining room project by Albion Nord. With neutral and earthy tones and wood accents in the chairs.
Image Credits: Albion Nord

Albion Nord combines the old and new, developing authentic and curated interior design projects like no other.

Established in 2017, Albion Nord‘s soulful studio is composed of the interior designer Ben Johnson, the project manager Anthony Kooperman and creative directors Camilla Clarke and Ottalie Stride. This team specialises in drawing beautiful and balanced interiors with the right proportions and everything that each client needs. 

When it comes to style, you will find something distinctive and timeless, as this London-based studio believes that there is no beauty without character, which expresses their authenticity

“The result: spaces that have their own life and energy. Places that demand not only to be admired but to be engaged with, enjoyed. Lived in.”

3. ARRCC

A project by ARRCC with grey tones and wood accents.
Image Credits: ARRCC

If you are looking for something bold, then you should meet ARRCC. This interior design studio enhances residential, commercial and hospitality interiors worldwide, creating life in them. It is based in South Africa, but its footprint is global thanks to the successful leadership of three inspiring professionals: Mark Rielly, Jon Case, and Michele Rhoda.

With every interior design project, ARRCC proves new ways of living through the creation of smart spaces and authentic emotive experiences, challenging boundaries and delivering exclusive interiors, always according to their architecture, context and environment.

4. Colette van den Thillart

Project by Collette van den Thillart with pink and purple tones. With a sofa in the middle with different tones.
Image Credits: Collette van den Thillart

With an established reputation in the world of interior design, Colette van den Thillart created this interior design studio known for its contemporary and traditional interiors. From Toronto to New York and Los Angeles, the world is her home and its creativity lives in every interior design project she creates.

With a confident maturity of taste and scale provided by her impressive portfolio, Colette has a design philosophy of uplifting and experiential quality.

“I think a good designer is an anthropologist – it requires a certain amount of daring and erudition; to take risks, stimulate the senses, and explore personal style. You can tell the designers who work viscerally – their work is uplifting in its experiential quality which, to me, is entirely the point of design.”

5. Alyssa Kapito Interiors

Living room project by Alyssa Kapito with white tones and a black fireplace.
Image Credits: Alyssa Kapito

Responsible for minimalist homes, beautiful textures and clean lines, Alyssa Kapito created her interior design studio in New York City, being recognised all over the world for her imagination in the design field. You know, she’s the one that makes every space feel like home!

Inspired by Picasso, Josef Hoffman and Jean Michel Frank, Alyssa Kapito’s work makes every home design break out of the box evolving into something beautiful and unique full of warm neutrals and soothing shapes.

6. Champalimaud Design

Living room design by Champalimaud Design with beige tones and gold accents in the coffee tables.
Image Credits: Champalimaud Design

Committed to creating transformative spaces, Champalimaud Design is an interior design studio based in New York dedicated to expressing the individual character of each space through extraordinary design.

A team of 50 professionals with the same mindset is what it takes to reach success, as they have the right knowledge and expertise in the design industry.  Good design begins with an exceptional story and Champalimaud Design is always telling its own story through its interior design projects.

Every approach is a form of poetic translation and expresses emotions through textures and colours.

7. Brad Ford

Living Room project by Brad Ford. A very airy project withh neutral tones and an orange accent in a bench.
Image Credits: Brad Ford

Brad Ford and his studio have a special modern aesthetic and a warm soul.

Born in Arkansas, Brad established his interior design studio in Manhattan in 1998. A timeless effect with clean lines but simple, well-crafted furnishings is what makes Brad’s work distinctive.

With an emphasis on residential interior design projects, this interior design studio is known for its sophisticated and straightforward signature that complements and suits the lifestyle of each client to create an endlessly comfortable space.

8. Cullman & Kravis Associates

Bedroom project with brown and purple tones. With a purple sofa and a neutral toned bed. Designed by Cullman & Kravis Associates
Image Credits: Cullman & Kravis Associates

From Classic to Contemporary, Cullman & Kravis Associates never fails.

This interior design studio offers the highest quality when it comes to excellence and promises to redefine the traditional interior with a fresh approach and a contemporary point of view.

Located in the vibrant city of New York and founded by Hedi Kravis, Cullman & Kravis Associates works on projects all over the world exposing, in every space, the aesthetic ideas and practical needs of a team made by women. Well, you know who runs the world!

9. Danielle Colding Design

Living room design by Danielle Colding Design. With a sofa with brown tones and a blue armchair. The coffee table is in glass and gold accents.
Image Credits: Danielle Colding Design

A timeless interior design project is made of a wave of artsy elements. A cosy space is built to reflect every individual that lives in it and Danielle Colding is always proving this kind of philosophy that inspires us every day. There’s no doubt that she is part of this list of the world’s best interior designers. 

This interior design firm was founded in 2006 in New York City and it is committed to showing how the design community is always developing according to its culture and great influence. 

From a wide variety of residential to commercial projects, Danielle is always surprising us because of her classic, elegant environments with a comfortable and eclectic charm inspired by world travels.

“There are no “you can’t sit on that chair” spaces here.”

10. Haynes-Roberts

Open space concept designed by Haynes-Roberts. With grey tones, light colours and metal and wood accents in the kitchen.
Image Credits: Haynes-Roberts

Finally, eclectic elements combined with contemporary touches are what describe the next world’s best interior design studio: Haynes-Roberts founded by Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts in New York. And guess what? They are working on a new website!

With expertise in high-end residential projects, this interior design studio is a whole different level of sophistication: a classic design with an inviting contrast between colours, patterns, and elements transforming its clients’ dreams into reality.

Our curated selection of the world’s best interior designers is what keeps us motivated and makes the world of interior design evolve. Their creativity left a mark on the industry and influences our choices every day so we are sure that you won’t regret getting to know more about them and their work philosophy.

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