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# DEspotlight // interview

# DEspotlight // interview

By ANIRUDH DATTA DESIGN ESSENTIA MAGAZINE // DEINDIA
Sam Buckley the principal designer at Edinburgh based Studio Sam Buckley is famous for his latest interior creations with a bold use of varied colors in his design palette that would surely set a bright joyful tone to any living space . The interior designer shares his colorful creation and shares that colour has the power to soothe , excite and make people happy .
AD : WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO PURSUE A CAREER IN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN ?
SAM : From a young age I ’ d been exposed to the idea of house renovations and building from all the projects my parents used to do . I was brought up in quite a large house in Yorkshire , England , and over the years my parents always had a few projects on the go , whether it was to refurbish a space that had previously just been storage space or whether it was reconfiguring the layout of the space , there was always something going on . We also moved house a number fo times , and each time the house would be in a bit of a state when it was purchased and then it would be renovated top to bottom . I was also given free reign to design my own bedroom , which I always enjoyed .
AD : WHO WERE YOUR EARLY DESIGN HEROES AND ROLE MODELS ?
SAM : Early on I don ’ t think I really had any design heroes per say . At that time I don ’ t think I really grasped that Interior Design was an option , and instead was being steered into Architecture by my school . I remember being taken to the Guggenheim in Bilboa by my parents and that really was an incredible trip , to see such amazing architecture was awesome and Frank Gehry was definitely one of my early influences , similarly Frank Lloyd Wright , but it was years later that I would get into the Interior Design world and discover the many different facets of Interior Design .
AD : TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY IN THE INCEPTION OF STUDIO SAM BUCKLEY .
SAM : Studio Sam Buckley came about when I returned to the UK after my internship at Adidas HQ in Germany . I had just finished school in Milan , and whilst I didn ’ t work in an Interior Design studio , I did have plenty of experience working in Architecture & Engineering Offices previous to doing my Masters degree . Subsequently I work very much like an Architect in my approach to design and documentation .
( ON LEFT ) Merchiston Apartment in Edinburgh , UK by Studio Sam Buckley Photographer : Alix McIntosh
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