Journal

Welcome to Maddux Creative’s journal – a place to discover more about the studio’s co-founders, Scott Maddux & Jo leGleud.

Creative Confessions: Five minutes with Freya Simms

CEO of LAPADA, Freya Simms, talks art fairs and antiques, the artwork she'll never tire of looking at, and travelling back in time.

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Country and Townhouse: 50 Finest Designers

We are honoured to have been included in Country and Townhouse's 50 Finest Designers for 2023/24, amongst many other talented designers.

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Living Etc Style Awards: Best Finishing Touch

We are extremely proud to announce that we have won the Living Etc Style Award for 'Best Finishing Touch', for 'Gloriette' - our inaugural passementerie collection for Samuel & Sons.

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The 3am Room: The Makers

The 3am Room, or Courtyard Room, was carefully stitched, needle-felted, painted and beaded in-situ by a team of talented textile artists and makers, both experts and students. Read on to find out more about this process.

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The 3am Room: The Artists

A central part of the Maddux Creative x Fromental 3am Room (Courtyard Room) for WOW!House 2023 is the Cabinet of Curiosities, designed to encourage visitors to marvel at the wondrous and the extraordinary. Find out more about the pieces chosen for the display and their creators.

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The 3am Room: The Products

The Maddux Creative x Fromental 3am Room (Courtyard Room) features a carefully curated selection of items from a range of trusted suppliers and friends. Keep reading to find out more about why we chose these pieces.

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WOW!House 2023: Maddux Creative and Fromental in conversation with Fabrice Bana

On the 8th of June, Maddux Creative together with Fromental launched their 3am Room (Courtyard Room) for WOW!House 2023 with an evening event, where they gave a talk with leading designer Fabrice Bana on the contents, creation and capacity of the room. Watch the full interview here.

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The 3am Room: Maddux Creative x Fromental at WOW!House 2023

At this year's WOW!House 2023 at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, Maddux Creative and wallcovering atelier Fromental came together to create the ultimate space to encourage connection, conversation and contemplation. The collaboration resulted in an inspiring, luxurious and meticulously hand-crafted space.

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Creative Confessions: Five minutes with Patrick O'Donnell

For the next instalment in our series, Farrow and Ball's Colour Consultant and brand ambassador Patrick O'Donnell chats to us about how his varied career led him to colour, the best of British design and why he's excited about the design industry right now.

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Creative Confessions: Five minutes with Jo leGleud and Marisa Gutmacher

Maddux Creative co-founder Jo leGleud and Vice President of Design for Samuel & Sons, Marisa Gutmacher, discuss their new passementerie collection, 'Gloriette'.

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Five minutes with Simon Stewart

At Collect Art Fair 2023 at Somerset House in London, our co-founders Jo and Scott chatted collectibles, creativity and colour with musician-turned-gallerist Simon Stewart, founder of Fitzrovia’s Charles Burnand Gallery. Simon sat down with us to return the favour, discussing the highlights of his career to date, social media’s impact on the industry and some of his favourite pieces.

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In Conversation with... Maddux Creative X Charles Burnand Gallery

On Friday 3rd of March at Collect Art Fair at Somerset House, our co-founders Jo and Scott deep-dived into all things design, creativity and colour, with Charles Burnand Gallery founder Simon Stewart.

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Interior Design of the Year

We are thrilled to be awarded, both House & Gardens and Homes & Gardens Interior Designer of the Year 2022. Our thanks go out to the editorial teams who have supported and shared our vision to date.

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We Are 10

Step inside the world of Maddux Creative and find out more about their distinctive and considered interiors and what inspires them.

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The Perfect Imperfect Interior

Similarly to French icons like Brigit Bardot, whose effortless style is enviably described as ‘done-undone,’ the interiors conjured by Maddux Creative are ‘perfectly imperfect.’ After all, the trick to great style and design are one and the same — be well conceived while appearing effortless.

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10 Years of Maddux Creative

How does one summarise ten years of partnership and creativity? Well, we’re still trying to figure that out. But the best place to start any story is at the beginning.

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What does craft mean to me?

The dialogue about what is craft, what is art and what is design, resurfaces every few years.

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