Robert Angell: meet the designer creating the backdrop for London's social scene
If you’ve sipped champagne at the Savoy, stayed at the iconic Berkeley hotel, or sampled Marcus Wareing’s Michelin-star cuisine, it’s more than likely you’ve already been inspired by the work of Robert Angell, the creative genius behind the impeccable interior design at some of London’s most renowned hotels, restaurants and bars.
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A bespoke twisted metal and gold-leaf chandelier, designed to evoke the swirling horns of Spanish fighting bulls, hangs above the restaurant bar at Aqua Nueva in Regent Street. Inset: Robert Angell.
After 15 years as creative director of prominent design studio David Collins, Angell set up his own business in 2010 - a time when the country was in deep recession but “good little restaurants and unheard-of people who had worked for greats” were also setting out on their own.
