“Stella spent her first few years after graduating from the Inchbald School of Design working for Flora Soames and then on the design team with Kit Kemp at Firmdale Hotels. These experiences inform her abundant use of pattern, bright colours and contemporary art. ‘I want my spaces to live, breathe and evolve, and to not be too precious or serious,’ she says. This is certainly the attitude with which she approaches her projects in London and Scotland, as well as her work designing and making lampshades.”