Ghost Design Studio (Ghost) is an interior architecture and design practice founded and run by heritage designer Paul Bonnici-Waddingham. The studio specialises in works to period and listed buildings. Ghost's unique approach is rooted in storytelling, memories and revoicing* heritage spaces, creating exciting, unexpected and enduring relationships between buildings' pasts and their contemporary use.
*Revoice: to utter again, echo; to adjust the design of (...) as after disuse or to conform with modern pitch. English Collins Dictionary
Ghost's services include heritage interpretation, space planning, concept development, furniture design, architectural detail design, product sourcing, project management and much more. The studio works both independently and collaboratively offering design consultancy for property owners and other professionals' projects.
The studio's recent and ongoing projects include works within a late medieval timber framed conversion in Kent, a five storey Georgian terrace house in Holborn, Victorian school buildings in Berkshire, a Georgian former inn in Oxfordshire and a former sailmaker's cottage on the south coast.
Ghost is based in Berkshire and covers the whole of the UK. The studio has a growing international interest with projects currently progressing in Malta.
Paul has a first class BA (Hons) degree in heritage interior design, is an Associate of the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and chairs the Brooking Museum of Architectural Detail. As well as designing, Paul has worked hands-on with period buildings for over 20 years and was formerly a brand and marketing consultant where his focus on experiences and storytelling took root. He is currently studying part-time for a master's degree in heritage and interpretation.
Paul writes the Interior features for the Listed Property Owners' Club membership journal, Listed Heritage Magazine. Issued every two months, this series shares how and why heritage design is a critical part of working with period buildings. He has also recently written for The Georgian, the twice-yearly magazine of The Georgian Group.
*Revoice: to utter again, echo; to adjust the design of (...) as after disuse or to conform with modern pitch. English Collins Dictionary
Ghost's services include heritage interpretation, space planning, concept development, furniture design, architectural detail design, product sourcing, project management and much more. The studio works both independently and collaboratively offering design consultancy for property owners and other professionals' projects.
The studio's recent and ongoing projects include works within a late medieval timber framed conversion in Kent, a five storey Georgian terrace house in Holborn, Victorian school buildings in Berkshire, a Georgian former inn in Oxfordshire and a former sailmaker's cottage on the south coast.
Ghost is based in Berkshire and covers the whole of the UK. The studio has a growing international interest with projects currently progressing in Malta.
Paul has a first class BA (Hons) degree in heritage interior design, is an Associate of the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and chairs the Brooking Museum of Architectural Detail. As well as designing, Paul has worked hands-on with period buildings for over 20 years and was formerly a brand and marketing consultant where his focus on experiences and storytelling took root. He is currently studying part-time for a master's degree in heritage and interpretation.
Paul writes the Interior features for the Listed Property Owners' Club membership journal, Listed Heritage Magazine. Issued every two months, this series shares how and why heritage design is a critical part of working with period buildings. He has also recently written for The Georgian, the twice-yearly magazine of The Georgian Group.
If you would like to know more about heritage design, you have a project to discuss or you would like to collaborate with the studio, please say hello.
Paul Bonnici-Waddingham
Founder + heritage designer
Ghost Design Studio
Dene House, 11 Montagu Road, Datchet, Berkshire SL3 9DT.
hello@ghostdesignstudio.co.uk
