About
Maven means "to know; to understand" because it's through deep listening insights into the people, culture and context of a project that the exceptional design concepts of our time begin. Cookie cutters make great biscuits but not great design!
Whilst responding to the way people live today, we believe every space should offer belonging, joy, wellbeing and beauty as standard. Spaces designed for the users - supporting the innate need of people for connection; to self, others, purpose, nature and place.
Through a biophilic approach we design for physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, creating spaces rooted in the sensory experience, shaped by local culture and community. We bring hospitality thinking across sectors to design lifes backdrops, creating the places people want to return, again and again whether its public realm, restaurant, retreat or the office.
We work collaboratively with our clients, bringing clarity, strategy, and creative vision. We're in the business of creating more joyful moments out in the world and feel the design process itself should do that too... because great design never came from a stuffy boardroom! Our clients are visionaries - deeply ambitious and ready to build something original, lasting and meaningful.
Our project experience ranges from a shipping container start-up to a 130 key new build hotel, with many restaurants, bars, members clubs, retail and work spaces between. We design spaces to nurture people, purpose, and nature together.
Chloe Wynn
Founder & Director
My design career started aged 11 when inspired by garden designer Gavin Dermot on TV, I sketched a plan for a Japanese inspired garden centred around a bamboo water feature fed from a down pipe and with a solar powered pump. This says everything about me still as a designer today; inspired by nature, culture, and the sensory experience of how we live, with technically considered solutions and circularity in mind.
My early career years were spent in award winning West London and Hampshire design studios, where I worked alongside a blend of corporate and entrepreneurial clients on diverse hospitality, leisure and retail projects in the UK and internationally before establishing Maven in 2017.
As a designer I'm interested in creating positive change- working with businesses improving social and environmental value is my passion. My diverse career has offered perspectives that deepen my commitment to design for holistic wellbeing at every level; from the teams working on and in projects, the staff, families and the communities now and in the future that will feel the ripples of impact.
When I'm not designing you'll find me in or on the water, on the yoga mat, with the pooch, fair-weather cycling and exploring cities, landscapes and cuisines.
