I wanted to share with readers of this blog some new thinking of mine on how to shift away from the horizontal

in fresh new design schemes. As a professional interior designer in London, I am often asked to give consultations on grand new projects. Recently, a London firm was hoping to renovate some office space on the executive level of their headquarters in Blackfriars. I was asked to offer my professional opinion on the interior designer concept options that lay ahead. Specifically, the chairman was eager to move away from the idea of “horizontal and vertical” in the scheme. One great example of this is the traditional London conservatory roof. One of my associate interior designers came up with a really imaginative way of using galvanised sheet-metal blades together with steel cables to create a ceiling piece that draws the eye upwards and gives the illusion of an angled slant. We presented our proposals to the executives at their London headquarters, and although they elected not to proceed it is definitely a scheme that I love as an interior designer. I hope to use a similar approach in a future