Purple Design was founded by Orla Collins in 2003 and has since developed a reputation for professionally delivering exquisitely detailed residential interiors, each with a unique identity. The studio is small by design in order to oversee exceptional quality, control and detailing of every aspect of a project, considered essential by the most discerning clients.
Orla is driven to design beautiful spaces with longevity, whatever the scale, size, scope, or budget of a project. She is careful to select clients that have an interest, appetite and ambition to produce something extraordinary.
Orla has a bold and exciting aesthetic, is unafraid of taking risks, and is strong with both colour and pattern, happily referring to herself as a Maximalist.
A self-confessed ‘colour queen’, she adores mixing it up with pattern, texture and warmth. Along with a strong architectural foundation, Orla’s aim is to bring authenticity to each project, not only in the selection of furniture, lighting and art, but in the use of an exciting palette of finishes and textures. Unswayed by the passing dictates of fashion, Orla draws on her love of contemporary and antique furniture,art, colour and her latest discoveries, to deliver an eclectic richness to each interior. Working far beyond trends, what gets Orla really excited about is creating truly special interiors with heart and soul.
Our team is ambitious, committed, experienced and sympathetic. We work with the very best people. Our relationships with artisans, craftspeople, consultants, extensive resources and our continual foraging all play an integral role in developing each project. With Purple Design you get precisely the right team to turn the creative vision for your home into reality.
We believe a client who is investing their time, effort, money and their dreams into a project should enjoy the process. They are placing an enormous amount of trust in us, and we treat this trust with the utmost respect.
We aim to make the journey as smooth as possible by always explaining clearly what the next steps will be and making all the jigsaw puzzle pieces fit together as seamlessly as possible. At Purple Design, we understand the importance of delivering on our promises, meeting deadlines, staying within budget, and keeping our clients fully informed throughout the process are core values we uphold in every project.
Purple represents an intoxicating mix of royalty, mysticism, spirituality and alchemy. Since ancient times purple has conveyed value as it is a rarity in nature therefore craved by kings and emperors and legislated for their exclusive use for centuries up until Elizabethan times. 1856 was the first time a synthetic purple compound that could be used as a decorative dye heralded a heyday for this sensual shade.
Purple was chosen by the Suffragette Movement to signify strength and transformation and has been adopted as a symbol of individualism and creativity by pop culture icons since the 1960s.
Purple is ethereal and floats at the far end of the light spectrum and is the hardest part of the spectrum for the human eye to discern. Purple embodies the creative soul of the studio’s inspiration, a rare sense of the magic of design and an eye for the unique and precious.