A Library in Somerset House

For the Prince of Wales' 'Campaign for Wool' I designed this study in historic Somerset House, inspired by an imaginary client, one of the classic English gents of the civil service who worked in its rooms for so many years, with walls of sober, pin-checked grey flannel like their business suits, and sudden flashes of bright pinks and reds like their braces, socks and handkerchiefs suggesting some hidden flamboyance. Behind my red lacquered 'Sabre' desk I wanted a lovely bookcase groaning with books, but the budget didn't allow. Instead we made a simple black box stuck with my photographs of museum treasures, a faux Collector's Cabinet, with faux reflections of the courtyard photoshopped on.