_a room within a room - Elite Design Awards 2025

Elite Arts and Crafts Award

_a room within a room - Elite Design Awards 2025

February 23, 2025

For its 8th edition, the prestigious Elite Design Awards, organised by Maison Elite, celebrate the emblematic "Arts and Crafts" movement. Ella Doran and Rachel Forster are proud to announce they have won the 3rd prize in the Elite Design Awards 2025 for their bed design.

Their design merges commodity with a reverence for nature and longevity. Inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Glasgow, it is a modern interpretation of the movement’s ethos: utility meets beauty. Every element reflects function and form, creating a sanctuary—a privy chamber for the soul; a room within a room. Read More

Meticulously crafted from the finest English oak, our bed combines timeless mortise-and-tenon joinery with the elegant artistry of Arts and Crafts-inspired reed weaving. The headboard is designed for both style and functionality,

offering a comfortable cushioned surface for reading or working in bed. The elegant hanging light shade can be adjusted or dimmed as required, from the thoughtful storage behind the headboard, which integrates built-in compartments for books, light control, and charging points, easily accessed from either side of the bed.

Front _a room with a view bed, designed by Ella Doran and Rachel Forster