Founded in 2016, Tatjana von Stein’s London design studio creates intuitive interiors for its clients. Her work has included high-end residential projects, restaurants, members’ clubs and hotels in London, New York, Paris and Zurich. A subtle nod to the past is a common thread throughout her designs. In 2023, von Stein launched her first furniture collection, Mise en Scène, produced with a group of French artisans.
Where do you live?
I live between Belsize Park and Hampstead Heath in London, in a collection of eight cottage studios known in the modernist era as a “nest of gentle artists”. It’s a place that’s close to my heart, because Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore and many other artists worked there. It doesn’t feel like London.
What’s the style of your home?
It’s an open studio space with a separate bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, and a four-metre-high window. There’s an original brick fireplace and the mezzanine has been transformed into another room. Previously it was where the sculptors would look down at their work. I’m renting the space, and that’s a big challenge – as a designer, it’s hard not to rip everything out and start again. So my home is a lot of curated items put together, rather than the result of a full design brief.
Do you have a signature design style – in your home and in your work?
I’m half French and half German, so broadly speaking my style is European. There are a lot of influences from the art deco era.