A Studio Between

Is a studio working between Interiors and Architecture, Furniture and Design. Founded in 2022, the studio moves across hospitality, living, and the arts, shaping spaces to feel soulful, artful and connected.

From crafted interiors, to the redesign of an art fair the scale of city blocks, to custom furniture and lighting sized for the hand, each project exudes a careful touch.

Highly personal and deeply collaborative, each project is an exploration in atmosphere, in bridging the practical with the poetic.

People

The studio is founded by Richard J McConkey, formerly Head of Hospitality at Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby’s Universal Design Studio. With over two decades of experience, Richard has shaped award-winning spaces for global clients including Villa Copenhagen, Frieze Art Fair, Mulberry, Ace Hotel, and At Six in Stockholm.

Internationally minded, but localised in approach, he has completed projects in Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Copenhagen, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, and London, amongst others.

Now, as A Studio Between, Richard leads a close team of London and international based designers and architects hand-assembled for each project; working in dialogue with fellow creatives, owners, developers, makers, and curators to craft sensorial, material-rich and enduring spaces. The work of many hands is distilled, to bring pieces and places to life. With thanks to the team, past & present, whose support, contribution and skill has been invaluable:

Anna Bernardi Anya Martsenko Bethan Glew Eva Feldkamp Oliver Hawkes Ryan Trew Sofia Bark

Current Projects

The studio is currently engaged in a range of projects, from architectural consultancy for an arts organisation, to a private residence for an arts publisher and writer, a series of custom furniture and lighting, and a 220-room contemporary luxury hotel with over 2,000 square metres of publicly accessible spaces in a European capital.

Across all scales, the studio’s ambition remains the same: to produce the exceptional, but in a quietly radical way.

Clients and Collaborators

Clients and collaborators, with thanks, for their continued and warm support:

Andy Liffner Erik LevfanderFriezeHattie Fox Leon Chew Puro Hotels RD-CK SESCC Studio Kage Tijs Vervocken Wolfe Hall © A Studio Between 2026