Liam Mooney
Product Design in Cape Town

Liam Mooney is a furniture designer based in Cape Town South Africa.

Liam Mooney launched his eponymous studio in 2006 on the core belief that both product and interior design should be focussed on the real human needs of comfort, beauty and delight. A kind of design that grows and evolves with you and does not need to be changed every couple of years. An intelligent design that reflects who you are and not the trends of the day. And lastly, design that is well made, by artisans who love their crafts and have perfected them over many years. Today the studio comprises of interior designers, a product designer and an architectural technologist, who together with a strong administrative base are charged with not only perfectly designing but also seamlessly implementing all aspects of the creative endeavours of the studio. Between design magazines, Pinterest and countless lifestyle blogs we’re being told on a regular basis what good interior design is, what’s acceptable and what should be avoided. These kinds of platforms are really just designed to sell magazines, the products they’re advertising and they hold no real bearing in the real world. Interior design is not about the perfect composition or use of colour. Interior design, is using space, furniture and art to design a feeling. Have you ever walked into a room and that room has made you feel differently? Well that’s what interior design is and let me tell you, there are as many ways to interior design correctly as there are feelings in the world. We should be allowed to experiment like children when creating our homes, with arrangements, products and art that evoke the kind of feeling in ourselves that we want to achieve. I’ve always said, nothing has the mood altering quality quite like space does. The first step in achieving this, is tuning in to how we’d like to feel and from there make design choices that support that. If this kind of emotional probing is difficult for you, then this is where a good interior designer will be able to guide you. If they’re any good they’ll be able to tap into your particular energy and help translate that into a beautiful room. If it turns out to be purple damask on a lime green Barcelona chair behind a leopard print wall then so be it! The end result was exactly that, a great use of space both functionally and visually, complimented by out of the box thinking. One of my favourites is Liam Mooney, an impressive young design talent from Cape Town. He is a natural, has a thorough understanding of his subject and makes it his business to understand his client's needs. We knew he had to be the one to redesign our beloved La Mouette.