Interview Alongside Designer & Stylist Claire Delmar

There's a sense of comfort that comes from recognising the piece of occupation of 1 of your favourite interior stylists earlier you lot fifty-fifty read the credit. That's how I experience most Claire Delmar, whose styling, though incredibly varied inward damage of projects, carries a distinctive feel. Transcending trends, Claire creates elegant, nuanced interiors that weave her signature textural elements alongside warm muted tones. Having carved out an impressive career that has seen her concord peak editorial roles alongside several leading magazines both inward Commonwealth of Australia together with abroad, Claire at 1 time runs her ain consultancy, Studio Delmar, where she is inward high demand. Working on a vast attain of interior styling projects, a few of which withdraw hold been featured on TDC, I idea it was fourth dimension that I reached out to Claire to notice out to a greater extent than most her processes, inspirations together with what's to come.

Riverview House yesteryear David Boyle Architect / Styling yesteryear Claire Delmar / Photography yesteryear Chris Warnes

Tell us most your styling career, how it began together with how it has evolved over time.

My career is quite varied inside the styling public together with started later completing a Bachelor of Media. From this I stepped into the editorial public equally a fashion stylist for 5 years until deciding to focus to a greater extent than on the public of interiors. This pin included the piece of occupation of Style Director for Home Beautiful magazine. 

I stepped out of the editorial public to percentage my noesis together with experience inward the senior pose of Department Head of Advanced Diploma of Styling & Design Coordination at the Whitehouse School of Design until my passion for editorial lured me dorsum together with I became the Style Editor for Inside Out magazine. 

Back inward the inventiveness of styling I followed piece of occupation overseas alongside freelance roles inward London working for Elle Decoration together with Living Etc magazines together with upon returning to Commonwealth of Australia I expanded my skills into the culinary public alongside Gourmet Traveller magazine along alongside exciting conceptual piece of occupation inside the advertising industry. 

My consultancy line concern at 1 time plant inside spheres of residential together with commercial styling, interior blueprint projects, concept stores together with merchandising, interior together with cookbook styling, advertising campaigns together with TVC’s along alongside my ain creative projects such equally the STILL fine art exhibition alongside lensman Felix Forest.

How would you lot depict your personal aesthetic together with how does this interpret to both your styling together with your ain home?

Paired back, considered, textural together with a honey of grey. I withdraw hold a passion for fine art together with ceramics which withdraw hold choke my signature style through both my piece of occupation together with abode equally I experience they create comfort together with add together layers to a infinite specially when nevertheless life moments are created.

Raglan Street Project yesteryear Alexandra Kidd Design / Styling yesteryear Claire Delmar / Photography yesteryear Pablo Veiga 

You piece of occupation on some incredible architectural projects. Many are newly completed renovations or novel builds, yet you lot care to select the spaces to life alongside grapheme together with a lived-in feel. How make you lot make this?

It’s a consideration of many things that volition piece of occupation together coherently including colour, shape, scale, materials together with textures. Raw, organic together with textured materials are signature to me equally the rawness brings a stronger connectedness together with portrays the lived-in-feeling you lot teach through the shot. I thus residue this alongside contemporary lux fabrics that add together a modern deport upon to the space. 

What are iii of your favourite local haunts for sourcing furniture, lighting together with objects for the projects you lot are working on? 

Instagram has choke a fantastic, together with albeit dangerous, resources for purchasing interesting pieces for projects. Sites such equally Curated Spaces together with En Gold withdraw hold unique 1 off pieces of slice of furniture together with accessories. 

Marz Designs – They are designing affordable lighting that is classic together with their novel attain inward particular is stunning. 

Hearth Collective - I honey how Alichia plays alongside dissimilar materials together with forms through her sculptures.

Woolwich House yesteryear Daniel Boddam / Styling yesteryear Claire Delmar / Photography yesteryear Pablo Viega

Stylists are known for having to survive resourceful, going to cracking lengths to teach what they ask for a shoot. What has been the most challenging or ‘out of the box' affair you’ve sourced or created?

Everything together with anything! From fields of grass to coat hangers. It’s the best portion of the chore though equally you lot never know what you’ll survive tested to notice together with beg to loan. You terminate upwards inward some really interesting locations e'er searching together with never accepting ‘no' for an answer.

You’ve spent fourth dimension abroad working inward freelance roles together with for peak U.K. magazines Elle Decoration together with Living Etc. How has locomote influenced your work?

I’ve been fortunate plenty to locomote a lot throughout my life. My parents loved to locomote thus I grew upwards inward markets but about the world. It has had a huge influence on my style equally I mix thus many cultures together with eras. I endeavour non to stick to a style but mix together with interplay alongside shapes to teach the best effects. My background inward styling way I plough over projects thus fast that e'er having dissimilar briefs has actually meant my style has evolved together with I endeavour non to create anything similar.

Styling yesteryear Claire Delmar for Armadillo & Co / Photography yesteryear Sharyn Cairns 

Where else make you lot notice inspiration?

Inspiration for me is really much a sensory objective together with I notice it through everyday moments from walking downwardly the street, something inward a cinema or pocket-size details I encounter inward objects that don’t necessary relate but spark a creative journey.

How has the digital historic catamenia together with ascent of social media changed the way you lot work?

While at that spot is nevertheless a lot of on the basis piece of occupation when sourcing together with keeping upwards alongside electrical flow pieces social media together with the digital historic catamenia has broadened the content available. Whether it’s at 1 time finding pieces through Instagram or newsletters it’s much to a greater extent than instantaneous together with the attain infinite. We’ve fifty-fifty been able to usage our social media equally a way of finding up-and-coming creatives that nosotros peradventure wouldn’t withdraw hold institute otherwise. And this is the same for sharing our piece of occupation also, spell magazine editorial is nevertheless really important, social media platforms allow us to acquaint our piece of occupation alongside our ain phonation together with the might to attain who nosotros wishing also.

In improver to running your busy styling consultancy, you lot equally good write a blog, The Palate Project. How make strike a residue betwixt piece of occupation together with household unit of measurement life, together with what make you lot make to unwind together with recharge?

Trying to notice residue is the constant create make when owning your ain line concern together with having a immature household unit of measurement specially when nosotros oft withdraw hold pocket-size kids climbing all over the office.

I withdraw hold a wonderful squad behind me together with I couldn’t make it without Karen together with Margo. I’ve been lucky plenty that I’m surrounded yesteryear amazing people together with nosotros honey to withdraw hold a laugh. You alone alive 1 time thus you lot withdraw hold to endeavour together with survive happy everyday.

Styling yesteryear Claire Delmar for The Palate Project / Photography yesteryear Chris Chen 

What are you lot currently working on? Any exciting projects on the horizon?

We’re currently working on the interiors of luxury storey suites inward Melbourne earlier I jet off to Paris for Maison et Objet inward early on September together with to London equally we’ve been Shortlisted for the International Design Awards. 

What's 1 slice of advice would you lot give to someone wanting to choke an interior stylist? 

Work experience is fundamental for both experience together with human relationship edifice equally you lot never know if a pose volition come upwards up together with it volition aid you lot survive forepart of mind. Stylists are e'er inward ask of extra hands on gear upwards together with it’s a cracking way to piece of occupation out if it’s something you lot would wishing to make inward the future. Research together with contact people that you lot experience align alongside your style. Also it’s non equally glamorous equally many believe. It’s fast together with exhausting together with non for everyone thus it’s always cracking to teach your human foot inward the door together with kickoff networking together with navigating your ain path.

Claire Delmar / Photography yesteryear Russell Horton 

Huge thank you lot to Claire for taking fourth dimension out of her busy workload, together with best of luck for the International Design awards inward London!

I promise you've enjoyed gaining to a greater extent than insight into her piece of occupation equally much equally I have. 

For farther inspiration, survive certain to follow Claire on her Instagram, STUDIO DELMAR.

Images courtesy of Studio Delmar

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