Ed O’Donnell Lives for the Details, Theater, Après-ski + More

When inside designer Ed O’Donnell met Richard Angel at a London-based design studio in 2017, he had a sixth sense that they have been going to create a enterprise collectively. One 12 months after that fateful encounter, Ed and Richard opened Angel O’Donnell with one pitch win and 0 funding. Since then, they’ve develop into some of the critically acclaimed inside design studios within the UK. On high of their awards success – which incorporates the coveted Total Winner trophy from the Society of British & Worldwide Inside Design 2021 – they’ve earned a repute for considerate discretion, pleasant collaboration, and pin-sharp detailing, all qualities their UHNW purchasers prize.

From heritage properties to up to date new builds, current initiatives of Ed’s embrace a Cubist-inspired villa on the Greek island of Paros, two luxurious penthouses in One St. John’s Wooden, and an impressive condominium in The OWO Residences by Raffles within the coronary heart of Whitehall.

As Inventive Director, Ed approaches each transient with recent eyes, unhampered by a singular signature type. This permits him to include every shopper’s persona, aesthetic tastes, and necessities into his work. Nobody-size-fits-all course of. No cookie-cutter type. Simply lovely, bespoke interiors impeccably delivered.

At the moment, Ed O’Donnell is becoming a member of us for Friday 5!

Ed O’Donnell

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1. Shirt Detailing

Simply as I really like small gildings in an inside – a faceted wallpaper, an appliqué border on a curtain, a brushed fringe on a cushion – I dwell for these little particulars in a shirt, too. It could possibly be a distinction button constituted of an sudden materials, like wooden or steel. Or a placket entrance in a velvet trim. Or colourful stitching across the yolk or cuffs. It’s a little bit artistry instead of utility; particulars that elevate the useful to the first-rate. Paul Smith and Gresham Blake incorporate these kinds of particulars as commonplace, which is agreeable.

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2. Pedro Almodóvar

Every part you could possibly presumably crave in a cinematic expertise, Almodóvar delivers in probably the most spectacular means. Even when ambiguous femme fatales, fractured identities, gender conflicts, unrequited passions, frantic obsessions, and wanton jealousies don’t float your boat, the kaleidoscopic visuals certainly will. Garish, clashing, kitsch – and at all times impeccably assembled. Nice storytelling and characterization apart, each movie he’s made is a masterclass in image-making, trend, and inside design.

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3. Perfume

Smells, aromas, scents, perfumes, bouquets, no matter you need to name them, they’re intoxicating. I really like how summary and inconceivable to explain they’re. Maybe it’s as a result of I work in a discipline the place every thing is visible and tactile, whereas a perfume is airborne and invisible. Piquant, ambrosial, leathery, or gentle, none of those descriptions come near capturing the emotional and bodily response a odor can elicit. I’m somewhat keen on Penhaligon’s Halfeti proper now, which, if you happen to’re , smells of ‘vigorous grapefruit and rose tangle within the moonlight.’ Who knew?

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4. London Fringe + Off-Broadway

There’s one thing oddly clandestine about fringe theaters. Their smallness by some means sharpens the senses and heightens one’s emotions of anticipation. The Playhouse Theatre in midtown Manhattan is an effective one. So, too, is The Public Theatre, the place I had the doubtful honor of tripping up Glenn Shut as she walked off stage following the execution of her daughter in ‘Mom of the Maid’. London’s additionally fab for fringe. Menier, Younger Vic, Almeida, Soho Theatre – too many to listing. They’re immersive, very like the current manufacturing of Cabaret, which has remodeled each inch of the Playhouse Theatre (London) into the notorious Equipment Kat Membership. It’s a must-see.

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5. Après-ski

For me, post-piste bliss is a slope-side bar thronged with folks of all ages. Nice spots for people-watching and, very like airports or music festivals, regular guidelines of conduct don’t apply. Après-ski periods are at all times good naturedly raucous, foolish, and final hours longer than deliberate. La Folie Douce in Val d’lsère is a favourite hang-out of mine, as is Basecamp in St. Anton. Each serve nice meals, too, which is important.

Work by Ed O’Donnell:

Amory Tower, London, Canary Wharf Photograph: Taran Wilkhu

The Atlas Constructing, London, Shoreditch Photograph: Taran Wilkhu

Georgian Townhouse, London, Chelsea Photograph: Taran Wilkhu

The OWO Residences by Raffles, London, Whitehall Photograph: Taran Wilkhu

Kelly Beall is senior editor at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based graphic designer and author has had a deep love of artwork and design for so long as she will be able to keep in mind, and enjoys sharing her finds with others. When undistracted by nice artwork and design, she might be discovered making a multitude within the kitchen, consuming as a lot data as potential, or on the sofa together with her three pets. Discover her @designcrush on social.