Transitional Interiors in a changing world

Panel discussion from leading interior designers at The Hearth, a women's space in Queens Park

In recent months during this period of lockdown and self-isolation, we have become increasingly aware of how our interior spaces and homes affect us; our mood, our ability to work productively, and even to sleep and eat, pushing the boundaries of our physical and mental comfort almost beyond our control.

Join Jess Keplinger, founder of Celadon Creative with Linda Boronkay, former Design Director of Soho House, the interior designer Stephanie Barba Mendoza and designer of The Hearth, Veta Sitaropoulos in this engaging discussion on the evolving landscape of the interior and how Coronavirus will affect the way we design and use our homes in the future.

Talk starts promptly at 6:30pm, followed by cocktails

Event tickets: £20 - including glass of wine, and a free trial at The Hearth (spaces are limited)

Zoom live stream price: £10

Please register using Eventbrite link

Please note this is a Covid secure event, seating will be socially distanced.

Open to all

A note on the space:

The Hearth is  a women’s space in Queens Park, London NW6, providing a welcoming and homely space for women to live, work, and feel better. Attracting a diverse community of women, members can enjoy full co-working facilities, wellness treatments, thoughtfully curated events and a relaxing lounge vibe by night to network and meet with girlfriends. The Hearth is a kind, safe and accepting space where women are free to be, grow, and focus on what’s important.

Interior Designer biographies:

Linda Boronkay

Linda Boronkay is a multi-award-winning interior designer based in London, specialising in high-end hospitality and residential projects. She has worked on a global platform utilising a visionary and multidisciplinary approach, free from rigid schemes. Linda strives for integrity and character in all her projects, and believes that the emotional impact of a space is just as important as the aesthetic. Her focus is first and foremost on how people live and inhabit a space, and this drives her experience-driven approach.

Linda Boronkay was the winner of Britain's Best Emerging Interior Design Award while still at university and since then she has worked for some of the world's top design firms such as Tom Dixon, Martin Brudnizki, global studio Woods Bagot, Tara Bernerd & Partners and most recently she was Design Director for Soho House responsible for UK, Europe & Asia regions.

She benefits from a distinctive and varied professional background that comes from working for some of the world’s leading hospitality companies such as Soho House & Co., Caprice Holdings, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Capital, The Morgans Hotel Group, The Howard Hughes Co., Virgin Hotels, Nobu and also from having created custom residences for high-profile private clients in 4 continents over 10 countries.

Stephanie Barba Mendoza

Stephanie Barba Mendoza is a London-based interior designer with a portfolio of interiors spanning a range of global, high-profile projects across hospitality, retail and private residences. 

Born and raised in Mexico, Stephanie began her career in London as a residential interior designer before joining the internationally acclaimed Martin Brudnizki Design Studio. During her decade at MBDS, she led and co-ordinated a diverse portfolio of iconic projects including Annabel’s, The Ivy, Les Jardins du Presbourg and Sexy Fish.

Stephanie Barba Mendoza has honed the unmistakably adventurous aesthetic that is now the signature of her work as an independent designer. Defined by a celebration of colour and pattern, a love of honest materials and a passion for collaborating with artisans, Stephanie’s projects are characterised by her ability to produce interiors that both surprise and inspire yet remain true to the context of her client’s spaces and visions. Her ever-evolving style always brings together highly curated and bespoke furniture with one-of-a-kind materials and an impactful use of colour. The result is warm, sensory spaces that stand the test of time thanks to their original character.

Stephanie Barba Mendoza is currently designing two private homes in Antwerp, Belgium and Coconut Grove, Miami, due to launch at the end of the year.

Veta Sitaropoulos

Founded in 2016 by Veta Sitaropoulos, Athé Design is an interior architecture and design practice based in Islington, North London. Veta holds a degree in Architecture, but most of the studio's work straddles both the Architecture and Interior Design fields. The studio is known for producing well-considered and distinctive interiors, with an emphasis on creative space planning. Athé Design has a reputation for providing exceptional personal attention to clients in the residential, commercial and property development sectors, both in the UK and abroad.

Born in Australia, Veta moved to the UK 15 years ago. Veta loves working closely with her clients to help interpret their vision of how they live, and how their living and working spaces can support and nurture their unique needs. Her relationship with many of her clients is a longstanding collaboration that spans many years and often, the design of second and third properties.  

The studio have been excited recently to work with a number of UK based artists and craftspeople, and have been thrilled to be able to promote their work in our projects, including some special pieces commissioned for The Hearth.

The studio is currently working on projects in London, Edinburgh, Berlin and Sicily, and is currently working on the 9th project in NW6.