Gail Race Interior Design

25/09/2026

A few details from Palazzo Fiuggi, where the soaring ceilings, frescoes and generous spaces give this historic hotel such a sense of occasion.

A true, authentic, sense of place.

A beautiful reminder that the setting is part of the experience.

22/09/2026

A wonderful evening at the Fisher & Paykel London Experience Centre, joining a small group of architects and interior designers for dinner and conversation with Aidan Anderson, founder of The Local Project.

The Local Project Aidan Anderson Fisher & Paykel Appliances

15/09/2026

I’m delighted to be speaking at the the Independent Hotel Show in London this October, joining three fellow interior designers for a panel discussion:
Designed to Feel Good: Putting Wellbeing at the Heart of Hotels

When we talk about wellbeing in hotels, it’s easy to think about the spa, the gym or the wellness menu. But our experience of wellbeing is shaped throughout an entire stay, by the way we arrive and navigate a space, the light in our bedroom, the materials surrounding us, an authentic connection and sense of place, and ultimately how we feel when we wake.

A hotel is never a neutral backdrop. It is constantly influencing the emotional, psychological and physical experience of the people within it.

I’m looking forward to exploring how we can move wellbeing beyond an amenity and make it a fundamental design principle, from sleep and recovery to beauty, neuroaesthetics, sensory experience and the commercial realities of creating hotels that genuinely make people feel good.

This is a subject very close to the work I’m developing through VITAE Longevity Living, so I’m particularly looking forward to the discussion.
Reach out if you’d like to have a conversation.
See you there.

Independent Hotel Show London

08/09/2026

We don’t design for the photoshoot.📸

We are always delighted to see our work in print, and especially pleased to have our Grade II* listed Georgian townhouse project in southwest London featured in the October issue of 25 Beautiful Homes.

But a home is never designed for the magazine feature, the portfolio or the photograph.

Every project is personal. It reflects the character of its owners, supports the way they live and creates an atmosphere in which they genuinely feel at home.

The photographs capture the finished rooms beautifully—but the real measure of a successful interior is the life that happens after the photographer leaves. 🌿

Photography PHILIPVILE

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Do we spend too much time designing what people see - and not enough time designing what people feel?

This was one of the questions I explored recently at TechX/LIA, where I was invited to speak about lighting for wellbeing.

Perhaps surprisingly, my staring point wasn’t lighting.
It was people.
Before thinking about products, fittings or even lighting levels, i want to understand who’s going to live in a space.

How do they want to feel? How do they need to function? Do they need to focus, entertain, relax, recover or sleep?

Because we don’t experience our environment as a collection of individual design decisions, we experienced them as a whole. Light interacts with colour, materials, acoustics, texture, proportion and layout and together those things influence not only what we see, but how space makes us feel.
It’s one of the reasons I developed the Conscious Living Framework ™ to look at the spaces we Inhabit through three interconnected lenses, experiential intelligence, environmental intelligence, and human alignment.
Of-course beautiful aesthetics matter enormously, but I believe beauty is felt much more deeply than purely through a visual lens.

20/07/2026

One of the most encouraging things I’ve noticed recently is that conversations around lighting are becoming much broader than illumination alone.

We’re beginning to ask bigger questions.

How do our environments influence the way we think, feel and perform?

How can light support sleep, concentration and recovery?

How do we design spaces that are not only beautiful, but genuinely support the people living within them?

It was a pleasure sharing my Conscious Living Framework™ and joining such a thoughtful discussion with fellow professionals who are helping shape the future of the lighting industry.

18/07/2026

When we intentionally design a space around the life we aspire to live, creating that life becomes much more effortless.

The juicer placed where you see it, a rainbow of fresh, nutritious fruit and vegetables on display, comfortable seating for friends and family.

AI-generated concept visualisations exploring the future of behaviour-led luxury kitchen design.

14/07/2026

We’re becoming increasingly sophisticated about nutrition, fitness and longevity.

The next frontier is the environment itself.

The spaces we occupy shape our biology in ways we’re only beginning to appreciate.

Designing for human wellbeing isn’t a trend. It’s the future of luxury residential design.