Studio Natalie researching native supplies for interiors initiatives after being stranded on coral island
In essentially the most unique VDF video message we obtained, inside designer Natalie Papageorgiadis explains how she discovered herself stranded within the Maldives because the world went into lockdown on account of coronavirus.
Papageorgiadis is the founding father of London-based inside design studio Studio Natalie and seems within the video with its managing director Stuart Trevor on an island within the Maldives.
“We have ended up stranded but it surely’s a extremely lovely island and it is virus-free,” Trevor mentioned. Papageorgiadis and Trevor got here to the island for a mission and, regardless of being stranded there, have continued their work.
“We’re utilizing our prolonged keep to analysis native supplies like driftwood and coral that we have found within the native village,” Papageorgiadis defined.
Papageorgiadis’s video message additionally options within the VDF launch film alongside contributions from 34 different architects, designers and artists in lockdown world wide, together with Stefano Giovanni, Es Devlin, Ini Archibong, and Bec Brittain. You possibly can watch the total film right here.
She has beforehand designed a number of residential and resort interiors together with the Park Hyatt India Tower in Mumbai and the Hilton Resort and Spa in Kyiv.
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