About
Spacetherapy is led by Naomi Porter who draws on more than 25 years of experience in interior design, architecture, and recently working in collaboration with her husband and his landscape practice, Gustafson Porter.
Her team comprises design professionals whose unique mix draws on a varied cultural experience and professional discipline. We enjoy the artisan and artistic approach to design often using this as a clue for contemporary reinterpretation of historic themes. Art, commerce and technology combine to deliver design of the highest order.
We approach every project with a keen awareness that we must consider all the complex elements that contribute to a solution.
The surrounding space of a project is integral to understanding how it can evolve. Designs emerge from characteristics of site and building as well as from local culture, ambiance, climate, history, social and environmental contexts..
Our clients, their needs and desires reflect where they find themselves; we aim to design spaces that will bring a successful and harmonious interaction. The aspiration is to express a concept subtly, offering exciting possibilities, but without imposing.
Spacetherapy is concerned with all the spaces we use so our work is unique, creative and bespoke responding to each project to find better ways of solving problems.
We strive to understand the end user - the world they live in, their needs and aspirations. An essential part of developing and delivering pragmatic and enriching solutions is to encourage a free exchange of ideas with our clients.
We use all available sources to help us anticipate the future, to push boundaries and to challenge the status quo. We pursue state of the art knowledge about people, culture and society, technology and environment but especially how this might be applied creatively.
We know how to assess ambiguity understanding that intangible qualities can be harnessed and expressed through design to create a tangible essence of a place and its culture. We make rich aesthetic experiences appealing to all of our senses.
Design is a powerful tool that, with ethical understanding, makes a positive difference to people's lives, so important today as we encompass many issues financial, cultural, and environmental. Our work aims to stand the test of time by being human centred because it impacts on every aspect of our lives.
Naomi Porter BIDA MCSD
ISD Diploma (Hons) (The Inchbald School of Design)
BA in Architecture (1st class Hons) RIBA Bronze medal
In her early career at EAA Naomi had experience of luxury hotel and leisure design then decided to continue her studies in Architecture, joining David Chipperfield Architects after her degree.
In 1987 she joined The Richmond Design Group as Senior Associate working onThe Langham Hotel, The Royal Horseguards Hotel, The Dorchester and Crockfords Club, London; Eastwell Manor, Kent, and The Intercontinental, Vienna,
Naomi has had her own Design Practice since 1992 with varied projects including hotels, clubs, private residences and retail developments. She has taught and written a correspondence course for Interior and Garden Design.
In 1999 Naomi was invited to be Creative Director at Portfolio Design International. She developed designs for a number of successful London hotels, The Cavendish, 51 Buckingham Gate, K West, Holiday Inn Kensington and The In and Out Club.
Spacetherapy collaborates with architects on hotel and spa projects world wide. Naomi heads the Interior Design Team for Denton Corker Marshall’s London office and also provides hotel consultancy services for owners, operators and architects.
Our Team comprises interior and graphic designers, architects, and part time contributing members with backgrounds in hospitality, music, fashion and textiles. We are a mix of nationalities sharing a passion for travel and new experiences.
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