Useful interior design

Much like slow food or good clothes the places we live, work, meet & shop in can be made with care and enjoyed over time.

We prioritise keeping existing above building new, use time and material resourcefully, and design interior space to work, look good, wear-well and adapt: the opposite of fashionable & disposable.

For everyone & any space
We work with cultural and commercial clients, homeowners, shopkeepers, start-ups and anyone with a building and a question: all types and scale of project, same pragmatic, uncomplicated approach.

What we do
Building review
Brief & concept
Feasibility & research
Planning, material, detail
On-site
Client advice & consultancy
Identity
Furniture & art

How it works
Collaboratively & flexibly. Directly with clients, specialist interior input for architects & developers and technical advice for client teams. Or something else? Always open to a new way of doing things.

Whatever the scope it starts with a conversation, a site visit, gathering a brief and looking at all options to align ambition with practicalities.

Once we have a feel for the job we adapt our role to suit: we can take a project from first meeting to finishing detail, if that’s what you need, or work on specific stages as appropriate.

If you have a project in mind send a quick message & we’ll see how we can help.

Amanda Culpin Interior Designer
has a background in commercial practice with Sheppard Robson and Conran&Partners, has lived & worked in France, Australia and Chile, now combines design with teaching & consultancy.

A graduate from University of Cambridge CISL Business Sustainability Management, and a signatory to UK Interior Design Declares, Amanda Culpin & Utility are part of a community of designers, suppliers and educators committed to addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency.