DESIGNER INTERVIEW

Flexibility, family and a quest to provide personalised service made Chantel Fisher and Kelly Rowe leave their former, larger design firms to start their own boutique version: Maken. Julia Gessler sat down with the pair to find out more.

Chantel, what projects did you work on in London? Chantel Fisher (CF): One of the most exciting projects I worked on there was the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Westminster. It was a beautiful period building that needed a full renovation. After about six months of being at my job there, they threw me in as, basically, the lead designer. There were a few tears. Lots of late nights, too, but it was amazing and it’s where I found a love of period buildings and that kind of classic, timeless feel of design. To have a project in Westminster and have meetings there every day was inspiring. Kelly, tell us about your background. Kelly Rowe (KR): I studied architecture at Victoria University of Wellington and then went to Sydney.…

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Interior (Digital) - 1 Issue, June / August 2019

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