Highly skilled hands-on Designer with over 14 years of design experience, adept at overseeing the entire creative process. Areas of specialism include: Creative Direction, Art Direction, Interior Design, Styling, Site-Specific Decoration, Custom Designed Products, Print Design, Custom Artwork and FF&E.
I have a background in fashion as well as procurement and therefore a wide and varied skillset including being an excellent communicator, problem solver as well as being incredibly detail-oriented. Having experience in building a successful business from scratch as well as working in C-level positions, I am highly proficient in creative direction, business operations as well as client relations.
ONLY CHILD Studio : interior design for special projects & spaces
ONLY CHILD London : jewellery and accessories brand
Kelly ONLY CHILD: original artwork + commissions
www.onlychildstudio.co.uk // www.kellyonlychild.com // www.onlychildstore.com
Projects
- Set Design + Art Direction // Lancôme RoadshowSet design + art direction for filming of globally renowned beauty brand Lancôme's 'roadshow' and 10th birthday celebration of their most successful fragrance, La Vie Est Belle. The brief was to design three areas; a seated interview area, product display and demo area and a celebration party scene for the LVEB birthday celebration. Including concept and design, art direction, budget management, procurement, set styling, prop and product styling Filmed in an East London warehouse, there was an
- Interior Design // 9 Apartments: Kula HolbornInterior design of nine apartments over two buildings in central London for international serviced apartment brand Kula. The properties consist of a mix of studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments, two of which are two-story penthouses, all with varying floorplans. Creating a sense of cool comfort and understated contemporary luxury was a key part of the concept and design. Sourcing and curating the art prints from independent artists and galleries was particularly important throughout t
- Interior Design // 6 Apartments: Cuckooz BloomsburyInterior design of six apartments in a central London Edwardian townhouse conversion for boutique hotel company, Cuckooz. The overall design took inspiration from the culturally-rich local area, encompassing some historically significant antiquities from the British Museum, curiosities from some of the other local museums, a nod to the infamous Gin Lane as well as the famous lion and unicorn clad spire of St George's Church (that can be seen through the rear windows of the property). Highlight
- Store Design & Showroom Curation // Showroom ShoreditchRetail design and showroom curation for concept store and independent fashion and lifestyle showroom in the heart of the Shoreditch Triangle. The two-story space located between Old Street and Great Eastern Street needed to be fully flexible in a way that allowed the product display to be fluid as per the constantly evolving nature of the brands and products - key to the concept of the store and showroom - whilst still ensuring that the clothing, accessories, artworks and lifestyle products
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Work history
Creative Director : Interiors, Special Projects & Art DirectionONLYCHILD STUDIO
London, United KingdomFull Time
www.onlychildstudio.co.uk
- Designing eclectic spaces & products.
- Art direction, staging & set design.
- Creating custom prints, textiles and artworks tailored specifically to individual projects.
- Procuring FF&E - furniture and unique statement pieces - from local artisans to global brands.
Clients include: Lancôme, Kula, Stay & Co, Vodafone, Simba, Stylographics etc.
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Creative DirectorVarious
London, United KingdomFreelance
• Fuud Clothing
Brand consultancy for unisex sports-luxe fashion brand focused on launching new product line and developing new e-commerce website. Consultancy included developing new marketing strategy, creative brand identity, art direction of shoot, development of visual assets.
• Tavistock Productions
Developed brand strategy and designed visual assets for start-up film production company created by Ridley Scott’s team.
• Soul Sergeants
Developed new marketing strategy for fashion accessories brand, Soul Sergeants focused on launching new product line.
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Skills
- Visual Art
- Graphic Design
- Creative Direction
- Brand Management
- Illustration
- Interior Styling
- Interior Design
- Fashion Styling
- Fine Art
- Print Design
Education
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1st Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Chelsea College of Art and Design
- London, United Kingdom
Awards
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UKTI & Ember Group Mission Grant for International Fashion TradeUKTI
UKTI & Ember Group Mission Grant for International Fashion Trade for NYC