Celebrating 27 years of designEstablished 1999 · Design Studio, Rugby
HomeDream collaborations

A personal collection by Lisa Melvin, Founder

Dream collaborations.

The designers and makers I’ve long admired, and the projects I would love to bring to life with them.

Some ideas stay with you for years, waiting for the right home and the right person. From sculptural pool slides to the small rituals of a private spa, these are the collaborations I hope a future client might help make happen.

Discover Splinterworks: a sculptural Vertex pool slide beside an outdoor pool
Vertex pool slide · Image: Splinterworks.

No. 01 · Art, water & a sense of play

The slide I’m
still dreaming of.

From discovering the suspended carbon-fibre bath in 2013 to imagining a bedroom-to-pool slide for a client. Meet Splinterworks, the first in our Dream Collaborations series.

Read the Splinterworks story →
Lisa with her mother and the designers of Front at AXOR WaterDream
A connection with AXOR · From Lisa’s archive.

No. 02 · AXOR & the wellbeing conversation

Water, and the
rituals around it.

Thoughtful water treatment, warm face towels, a miniature cooling drawer and drinking water within the bedroom suite. Ideas for a more personal kind of everyday spa.

Explore the wellbeing ideas →
White roses in a Bisazza glass mosaic
An existing Bisazza mosaic · Image: Bisazza.

No. 03 · Bisazza & a personal composition

Pattern, colour
and a softer light.

A signature mosaic with Bisazza is another long-held ambition. Alongside it, a separate fascination with backlit onyx and the atmosphere a gentle glow can create.

Read the material story →

Materials already shaping our projects

From an idea
to a home.

Ca’ Pietra is already part of our sourcing story, including a herringbone brick floor for Grayson Cottage. Explore large format surfaces and the specialist tiles that make a home personal.

Discover Ca’ Pietra & Grayson Cottage →

Begin with a possibility

What have you
always imagined?

An indoor pool, a personal spa ritual, a surface that changes how a room feels. Tell us the idea you keep coming back to, and let’s see where it could lead.

A dream for the future

A hotel spa.
A shared vision.

A visit to Cottonmill at Sopwell House left Lisa full of admiration for Sparcstudio’s work. A hotel spa collaboration is an ambition she would love to explore, bringing together years of curiosity about materials, atmosphere and wellbeing.

The experiences behind the ambition →
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