Recent work
2016 is just another busy year for Ilse Crawford. As the
founder of the Man and Well-being Department at the
Design Academy Eindhoven, she curated an exhibition
of students work on the sense of touch during the Milan
Design Week. At Salone del Mobile, Studioilse unveiled
‘Perching’ a family of stools designed in collaboration with
Artifort. As for interior projects, Studioilse completed the
rst Aesop shop in Copenhagen in April and Cathay Pacific’s
business class lounge in Hong Kong opens in May.
In September, Ilse Crawford will be named Designer of the
Year by MAISON&OBJET PARIS. As such, she is in charge of
designing the Designers’ Studio, a work and networking
space located in Hall 8 of the Parc des Expositions Paris
Nord Villepinte.
Awards and honours
As a designer, an art director, a curator, a lecturer and an author
of three books (Sensual Home, Home Is Where the Heart Is,
and A Frame for Life), Ilse Crawford was made a member of
the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen
Elizabeth II in 2014, for her services to interior design. In 2015,
she received a Doctorate honoris causa from the London
College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
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