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Under the Direction
of Murude katipoglu

At Murudé, an interior is, first, an emotional environment. How a space makes people feel belongs in the brief as much as how it looks. The London studio designs refined, deeply tactile interiors for private residential, boutique hospitality and commercial spaces, in Britain and abroad.

‍The studio was founded in 2017 by Murude Katipoglu, a British-Cypriot designer who brings a Mediterranean instinct for warmth, light and natural materials together with a quietly rigorous interest in psychology and the relationship between people and their surroundings. Honed marble, solid oak, heavy linen and layered, sun-bleached tones recur throughout the studio’s work. These are materials chosen to age well and to be lived with.

That sensibility was formed early, in the house in Cyprus where she was born and raised. It was a place of tall ceilings and stone floors, of life lived half-outdoors and in constant conversation with the light. It was shaped, too, by her grandmother: a dressmaker and storyteller whose hands turned raw cloth into something purposeful, and whose legacy the studio’s name still carries. From her, Murude inherited an instinct for proportion and detail, and a conviction that craft is an act of patience.

She studied interior design and architecture at Kingston University and spent her early career on hospitality and residential projects across London before establishing her own studio. Today Murudé works across boutique hospitality, private homes and commercial spaces, in Britain and abroad. Recent projects range from a retreat on a private Scottish island to a West London townhouse and an 18,000-square-foot country house in Hampshire.

The materials are natural and made to be touched. But what stays with people is rarely a single object. It is the way a space makes them feel the moment they walk in.

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LONDON STUDIO

The studio works globally across private homes, boutique hotels and select commercial projects, taking on a limited number of commissions at any one time so that each receives the attention, rigour and discretion its clients expect.
 
Every project is led personally and seen through from concept to completion, delivered by a team of interior architects and designers, who each bring considerable experience and talent to the studio’s work. Its work spans the full arc of interior architecture and design, feasibility and space planning; renovation, fit-out and turnkey delivery; furnishing, styling and procurement; and the design of bespoke furniture and finishes.

The studio’s approach blends the emotional depth and individuality of residential design with the clarity, function and intent of commercial work, interiors that feel personal yet perform with purpose. It begins with how people aspire to live: their character, their lifestyle, their values. From that understanding, the Studio crafts spaces that reflect who its clients are, elevate the everyday, and inspire a more meaningful way of living.

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