TO BE,
TO BECOME

We are inspired by the past,
we listen to the present,
and we provoke the future
Verda, from the Old Norse, to be or to become, is a London-based studio working at the intersection of interior design and architecture. We believe that the most enduring spaces are those that resist the moment they were made in: rooted in craft and history, yet restless with possibility. 

Every project begins as an act of listening. We immerse ourselves in context, the grain of a stone wall, the cadence of a city street, the way light moves through a client's life. From that understanding, we develop spaces and objects that could not exist anywhere else, for anyone else.

Our furniture is bespoke, our detailing is obsessive, and our ambition is singular: to leave behind spaces with identities so strong they become irreplaceable.

Every object, surface and installation we create begins with a single client, a single site, and a problem that has never been solved in quite the same way before. Our studio and maker network spans patinated metalwork, hand-worked stone, cast glass, woven textiles and structural joinery. We draw on these disciplines not as a menu, but as a material vocabulary selecting and combining them in response to the specific conditions of each project.
We do not work in styles
We work in stories

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Verda operates across the full spectrum of interior design and architecture, from initial concept through to the placement of the final object. We are a studio with an exacting standard: every project we undertake is resolved completely, at every scale, with every element considered.
ARCHITECTURE & SPATIAL DESIGN

New builds, conversions and adaptive reuse; working with listed and heritage structures as readily as contemporary frameworks.
INTERIOR DESIGN

Full interior schemes from concept to completion, across residential and commercial typologies.
BESPOKE FURNITURE & CABINETRY

Designed and made to commission. No catalogues, no off-the-shelf. Each piece drawn for its room and made once.
INSTALLATIONS & ART DIRECTION

Site-specific sculptural and material installations conceived as permanent fixtures, anchoring spaces in identity and memory.
SURFACE & MATERIAL SPECIFICATION

Custom finishes, specialist plasterwork, stone selection and treatment, bespoke tilework, surfaces treated as primary design material.
LIGHTING DESIGN

Atmospheric and architectural lighting strategies; bespoke fixture design and manufacture where standard solutions fall short.
FF&E PROCUREMENT

Curation and sourcing of furniture, fixtures and equipment; global supplier relationships alongside handpicked independent makers.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & SITE OVERSIGHT

Full delivery from planning through to handover; direct relationships with contractors and specialist craftspeople across Europe.
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THE Minds at VERDA

PER KROGSGAARD
Founder, creative director

Per works at the scale where architecture becomes atmosphere, the moment a plan stops being geometry and starts being feeling. He is drawn to projects where the brief contains a contradiction, and treats that friction as the design opportunity.

Current obsession: the acoustic properties of rammed earth, and defining the luxury of slowness.

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LOUISE ERIKSEN
Co-Founder, managing director

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JANE DOE
Interiordesigner, associate

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