Hackney might seem a long way from New Zealand, but it’s where interior designers Jess Murphy and Josie de Guzman, founders of our Next in Design 2025 winners, Studio Jey, first connected – despite both having grown up in Wellington. ‘We were aware of each other as kids, but we were in very different circles,’ Josie says.
In London, however, they found themselves working in complementary areas of interiors – Jess in set design, and Josie trained in architecture. By 2022, with a growing list of projects and a shared design perspective, they decided to formally establish their studio.
