Experience

Personal statement :

With 10 years professional experience of visual merchandising and window design for the retail sector I made the transition to interiors – initially within retail before moving onto residential.

My knowledge of the luxury retail sector combined with my fine art education fused perfectly to create innovative interiors for clients large and small both here and abroad.

McOwen and Banks Ltd :

Director/Partner in creative consultancy
Interior designer and styling East Sussex, Cornwall and London
Artwork and antique sourcing
Bespoke furniture design
Visual merchandising

Clients: Hospitality Cornwall, Hall for Cornwall, Woven Ground (King's Road, London) and private residential clients including listed country houses

Keech Green :

Project manager – architectural interior designers
Producing schedules, controlling budgets, sourcing of all fabrics, props, art and antiques and installation of projects

Peter Banks Ltd :

Freelance interior designer

• Keech Green, Interiors - Project Coordinator (freelance contract)
• All Saints            
Sourcing props and antiques for their new Spitalfields stores and national roll-out

• Private clients      
Designing and restyling of a country home
Artwork and antique sourcing
Bespoke furniture design

- Sourcing and commissioning artwork for a penthouse flat in Canary Wharf
- Room design and artwork for apartment in Maida Vale
- Attic room design, sourcing flooring, walling and fabrics in Holland Park
- Art Direction on interior flooring photo shoot for Woven Ground – www.wovenground.com

• Jean Brown Antiques (freelance basis)

Jean Brown :

Part time antique advisor
Re interpretation of redundant found objects and antiques into new useful objects
Store layout and merchandising

Ralph Lauren :

European Interior co-ordinator (UK & EMEA)
Re-configuration and installation of seasonal based themed roomsets
Sourcing of all props and antiques
Merchandising of all home related product

Ralph Lauren :

Window co-ordinator and designer (UK & EMEA)
Originate concepts and window designs
Installation of all window displays throughout Europe
Day to day running of team

Mulberry :

Assistant display manager.
Originate designs and install all window display and showrooms worldwide
Day to day running of window and merchandising team

Harvey Nichols :

Visual merchandiser of 1st floor international fashion
Installation and styling of window and instore display

Selfridges :

Homeware visual merchandiser
Key role 4th floor furniture layout and presentation
Merchandising of Food Hall and related product

Fine Art BA(hons)