About Us

Overview

Elliot James Interiors is a founder-led interior architecture and design studio headquartered in Dubai Design District. Founded by British designer Elliot Barratt in Singapore in 2012, the studio creates private villas, penthouses, family residences and select hospitality environments across the GCC, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom.

A studio built around how people live.

As an independent design studio, we establish the creative and technical vision, coordinate specialist consultants, curate contractors and craftspeople, and oversee procurement and design integrity from concept through completion.

Our work begins with a simple belief: a home should not be an expression of the designer alone. It should hold the identity, rituals, memories and ambitions of the people who live there.

We resist predetermined styles. Each project develops from its own architecture, location and human story — resolved through proportion, materiality, light, craftsmanship and detail.

Two men standing indoors near a sign on an easel in a tiled lobby, dressed in business casual attire.

Precision and emotion

Elliot’s approach to design is personal and intuitive. He sees every space as a story waiting to unfold, a narrative woven through thoughtful choices in fabric, furniture, and finish. For him, it’s never just about how a space looks, but how it feels to live in.

Elliot's father was an engineer; his mother and grandmother shared a deep interest in interiors, antiques, colour and texture. Those influences continue to shape the studio: the discipline to understand how something works, and the instinct to understand how it should feel.

We are intentionally boutique. Each commission receives senior involvement, a team selected around its requirements and one clear creative direction from concept through completion.

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Our story

Elliot’s love of design began early, nurtured by a family that valued creativity and hands-on involvement.

The studio's origins lie in furniture design. Elliot Barratt established his first furniture practice in 2008, developing an understanding of material, construction and the relationship between beauty and use.

In 2012, Elliot and Tom Ryan expanded that foundation into Elliot James Interiors in Singapore. Elliot brought creative intuition and an interest in how spaces influence emotion; Tom brought commercial structure and strategic discipline.

Today, Elliot leads the creative direction from Dubai, supported by an international team and established operations across Dubai, Singapore and London.
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“It’s about the theatre of it all, the celebration of the space, the slight injection of
humour or surprise; the intrigue and the contrast - it’s about experience and
personalisation.”

Elliot Barratt