Rose Uniacke at Work

Rose Uniacke is an architectural interior designer, a furniture and lighting designer, and an antiques dealer. She and her team work internationally but are based in Pimlico, in central London. Alice Rawsthorn, OBE, is an award-winning design critic and author of critically acclaimed books on design. François Halard has been a regular contributor to American Vogue, Apartamento, T Magazine, and Cabana, among other publications, for over thirty years. Simon Upton travels the world capturing people and their homes on behalf of major magazines and publishing houses, including World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, Cabana, Elle Decor (US), Vanity Fair, and Vogue. Luke White is a highly regarded photographer shooting portraits, interiors, and architecture. White’s work is featured in elite international magazines worldwide and his portraits have been selected twice for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery

"The British designer ROSE UNIACKE balances rigor and softness in her work, which extends from interiors to her acclaimed lines of furniture, fabrics and paint. In this Rizzoli volume, which includes a foreword by design writer Alice Rawsthorn, Uniacke begins with a look at her own London home. Its spaces prominently display artworks by the likes of GERHARD RICHTER and CARL ANDRE, as well as what she calls “John Soanian views through arches,” an allusion to the 19th-century British architect that reflects her love for updating classical forms. With the help of images from photographers SIMON UPTON, FRANÇOIS HALARD and Luke White, she moves on to show off other houses, like a particularly impressive 19th-century Notting Hill home, whose drawing room features Uniacke’s own Rosewater armchair in dark green across from sleek 1950s ALVAR AALTO chairs, while a bedroom incorporates a chair by JEAN ROYÈRE in yellow velvet and Royère wall lights. On every page, the designer demonstrates her knack for making smart planning look like offhand simplicity." —1st Dibs