GEORGIA COLLETT AT HOME
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Designer Georgia Collett’s apartment in the iconic Alexandra Road estate is a confidently eclectic space Wo r d s E M I L I O P I M E N T E L - R E I Photography SARAH HOGAN
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esigner Georgia Collett was born and educated in London, studying fashion at Central Saint Martins and gaining a Masters in textile design at the Royal College of Art. For a number of years Georgia worked as a print designer for fashion companies including Orla Kiely and Alexander McQueen. In 2013 Georgia joined interior design practice Collett-Zarzycki where she has worked on luxury residential projects from London to Switzerland. Recently Christopher Farr launched a collection of her rug designs in collaboration with Collett-Zarzycki. The now iconic Alexandra Road estate in north-west London, fondly referred to as Rowley Way on account of its address, is a crescent-shaped structure
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of unpainted reinforced concrete. Designed in 1968 by local council architect Neave Brown, it’s the sort of visionary complex complete with school and urban parkland that is now being rediscovered by design-savvy city dwellers. Georgia Collett’s duplex, perched on the top floor, affords contrasting urban views across surrounding Camden, with railway tracks to the north and facing St John’s Wood to the south, the lights from Lord’s cricket ground and leafy Regent’s Park in the distance. At first glance, this upside-down council estate flat (the bedrooms are on the lower floor and the living room on the upper floor) is an unexpected choice of home for Georgia, a youthful creative force at her father’s renowned interior design practice Collett-Zarzycki, who is used to applying her talents to conjuring luxurious interiors.‘I never thought I would find myself living in a mid-century design icon having only
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