The Kit Kemp Design Studio is celebrated for its highly creative, individual and original approach to design, with colourful and detailed storytelling which celebrates craft and captures the imagination. Working across hospitality, residential and product design, Kit Kemp Design Studio are passionate about creating exciting and unique interiors that entice and surprise. 2024 has seen Kit and her design team create 'A Dining Room of One’s Own' for the prestigious Kips Bay 49th Annual Decorator Show House in New York, complete a 69-bedroom hotel in TriBeCa and collaborate on a comprehensive textile collection with G P & J Baker.
The Kit Kemp Design Studio has collaborated with leading global design brands such as Wedgwood, Spode, G P & J Baker, Andrew Martin, Christopher Farr, Chelsea Textiles, Fine Cell Work, Porta Romana, Annie Selke, Wilton Carpets and Anthropologie, creating iconic fabric and wallpaper collections, signature tableware and bath & body ranges that each capture Kit's spirit and passion for craft.
Author of four books, 'A Living Space', which follows an inspiring personal voyage through the many spaces Kit has designed, 'Every Room Tells A Story', 'Design Thread' and 'Design Secrets’, Kit’s guide to adding character and style to an interior.
Sharing the Kit Kemp collections alongside favourite artists and craftspeople, Shop Kit Kemp, an online shop and showroom in Ham Yard Village, offers an exclusive range of bespoke and ready-to-buy products for the home, created and sourced by Kit Kemp and her design team, making Kit’s playful and sophisticated designs available globally.
In 2017, Shop Kit Kemp was launched. This is an online store complete with a range of products ready to buy for the home created by Kit Kemp and her design team. Spring 2019 saw Kit launch an exclusive collaboration with the New York department store, Bergdorf Goodman. The Loft on the seventh floor was transformed into The World of Kit Kemp with her collections of furniture, fabrics, fragrance and home accessories being brought together for the first time.
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"Colourful and detailed storytelling that celebrates craft and captures the imagination. We say that every room needs the 5 C’s; Colour, Craft, Character, Comfort and Curation. Colour makes you happy and spices up your life."
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"Kit Kemp Design Studio is an architecture, interiors and product design studio. Responsible for commercial and residential projects in the UK and internationally, the studio launches collections of furniture, textiles and homewares annually. Kit Kemp is a champion of British art, craft and sculpture. Current projects include a new build villa in the South of France, an estate in Barbados, an apartment in Manhattan and an English country farmhouse."
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