20 episodes
Space by Stansons Stansons
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Welcome to Space by Stansons. Listen to raw, thought-provoking conversations with key players in the interiors industry, as we challenge conventional thinking towards aesthetics and sustainability. Most importantly our objective is to inspire designers to think holistically, creating spaces where people of today and the future, truly flourish.
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First Look! 👀 Jeni Durksen, Senior Associate at M Moser Associates. " Unlocking hidden value"
🪙what's a golden rule you live by?
🏢what do you look for when in a building?
We chatted to Jeni Durksen, Senior Associate at M Moser Associates. Jeni provides innovative design solutions for forward-thinking companies; transforming bespoke strategies into inspiring experiences & environments through cohesive visioning and thoughtful decision-making. Working in partnership with her clients, she fuses the exceptional opportunities of each project with that of a company’s culture and values, leading a design team from high-level master planning down to differentiating details. An award-winning multidisciplinary designer, her experience stretches from product launches and marketing showrooms to designing boutique hotels and workplaces for tech start-ups and law firms. -
Matthew Constantinou, founder of ORCA Studios. "Treat everyday like a school day"
🏢How has your experience working in different sectors and company sizes influenced your approach to design? 🧑🤝🧑What are the most important people to involve when working on a design project for a client?
Matthew Constantinou is the founder of ORCA Studios, a boutique creative studio based in London. He has over 13 years experience in interior design. Matthew studied interior design at the University of Kent and graduated in 2010. He started his career at Superior Interiors, gaining experience in workplace design. Matthew then worked for several large firms such as Tetris-Bluu and Thirdway, gaining exposure to larger projects. In 2023, Matthew founded ORCA Studios to continue pursuing creative projects in various sectors whilst nurturing a positive work culture. He brings a wealth of knowledge from his diverse career journey in both small and large design firms. -
First Look! 👀 Matthew Constantinou, founder of ORCA Studios. "Follow you heart, follow your passion and keep knocking at those doors"
🧑🏻🎓What advice would you give to students or people exploring career options who want to pursue a creative career?
🏢How has your experience working in different sectors and company sizes influenced your approach to design?
Matthew Constantinou is the founder of ORCA Studios, a boutique creative studio
based in London. He has over 13 years experience in interior design. Matthew
studied interior design at the University of Kent and graduated in 2010. He
started his career at Superior Interiors, gaining experience in workplace
design. Matthew then worked for several large firms such as Tetris-Bluu
and Thirdway, gaining exposure to larger projects. In 2023, Matthew
founded ORCA Studios to continue pursuing creative projects in various
sectors whilst nurturing a positive work culture. He brings a wealth of
knowledge from his diverse career journey in both small and large design firms. -
Étaín Neary, Co-founder of Cast Interiors "we'll use them we'll repurposed to the world, design them into another project, we'll donate them"
🏢 What is the purpose of the office?
🫂How should people feel when in a space?
We chatted to Etain Neary, One of the founders of Cast Interiors. Cast was established in 2020 by founders Zoe Moss, Etain Neary and Steve Gayle. The trio had a shared philosophy and vision to create a business which would ‘rise above’ our soon to be peers, by taking a special approach to delivering office fit out. From day one, our 3 founding principles were established and a shared promise to uphold these wherever the journey ahead may lead!By March 2023, despite a global pandemic, Cast had grown from the 3 original founders into 4 distinct businesses within a group structure turning over almost £36m across the group in our 2022-23 financial year -
First Look 👀 Étáin Neary, Co-founder of Cast Interiors. "Creativity is the fundamental to how businesses grow and develop"
🫂 How should people feel when in a space?
🏢 What are the typical challenges when designing a space?
We chatted to Etain Neary, One of the founders of Cast Interiors.
Cast was established in 2020 by founders Zoe Moss, Etain Neary and Steve Gayle. The trio had a shared philosophy and vision to create a business which would ‘rise above’ our soon to be peers, by taking a special approach to delivering office fit out. From day one, our 3 founding principles were established and a shared promise to uphold these wherever the journey ahead may lead!By March 2023, despite a global pandemic, Cast had grown from the 3 original founders into 4 distinct businesses within a group structure turning over almost £36m across the group in our 2022-23 financial year. -
Bex Moorhouse, Former-Nike Workplace Director, Founder of Invigorate Spaces. "The Office is like a, like a mobile recharging point where you go and you plug back into the culture"
We chatted to Bex, discussing a shared vision for happy, healthy workplaces this episode is sure going to be exciting as we both pick out what that means for each other.
Bex is here with tonnes of exposure from holding top leadership roles in the corporate world including Regus and Nike.
Now the founder of Invigorate Spaces Bex is working with an impressive portfolio including JLL, Barclays, Westfield Health as a consultant to breathe life into the corporate world, through careful curation of workplace culture, environment and experiences.