What has changed in your life, professionally
or privately, in recent years?
“I’ve just travelled through South East Asia,
a holiday I’ve always dreamed of. It was like
a reset. After eleven years as an interior de-
signer and managing director in a company,
I’m looking forward to what’s next – having
my own ofce under my own name, with
values that I want to stand for as a person:
quality, longevity, durability. Interior design
has increasingly become more of a lifestyle
topic; the furniture industry is almost as
fast-paced as the fashion industry. But good
interior design needs time, it needs to evolve.
It needs to integrate the qualities of the space,
its acoustics, the light – and it needs well
thought-through, comfortable furniture, the
quality of which has its price, but which
can be enjoyed for very many years.”
Justin Howlett, interior designer
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