Tom Dyckhoff

‘Architecture and design doesn’t have to be unapproachable – interior design is something that we can all do to connect to our homes and reflect our character.’

Tom has written widely for publications from The Sunday Telegraph to GQ and has written a weekly column for The Guardian’s ‘Weekend’ magazine for more than a decade. He was also architecture critic for The Times from 2003 to 2011.

He is the architecture critic for the BBC’s weekly arts programme, The Culture Show, and has written and presented many documentaries on British television and radio – including The Secret Life of Buildings on Channel 4, Saving Britain’s Past on BBC2 and Room With A View on Radio 4.

Tom is currently writing his first book – on architecture and cities since the 1970s.

 

Daniel Hopwood

‘You can’t learn about interior design, it has to be in your soul as a passion – passion that comes from going around stately homes at the age of six and loving it, or nicking your sister’s dolls house and re-jigging its spatial planning.’

Trained as an architect, Daniel set up his own interior design company in ’93 which from humble beginnings is now one of the most renowned design studios in London, so much so that his fellow interior designers have appointed him as President of their professional body the British Institute of Interior Design.

Occasionally he dips into the world of television, the last time ten years ago as the judge on Channel 4’s Britain’s Best Homes, and again now as the judge for BBC2’s The Great Interior Design Challenge.

 

Sophie Robinson

‘You don’t have to go into posh houses to see beautiful interiors; you can find them in the most unexpected homes in Britain.’

Sophie Robinson has been in the interior design business for almost 20 years, earning the reputation as one of the industry’s top interior stylists. After studying furniture design at university, Sophie went on to produce her own range of lighting for Liberty. She then moved into journalism, becoming Home Editor for BBC GoodHomes magazine.

Since setting up her own business she has continued to write for a number of interiors magazines such as Ideal Home, House Beautiful and Homes and Gardens. She has also appeared on BBC, ITV and Channel 5.