Adele Bates wants to do everything

Starting her own business in 2012, Adele Bates has established her practice relatively quickly. Refusing to be pigeonholed to any particular aesthetic, she shows a consistency of materiality evident in her projects – from the plush layers of Stokes Street to the stark stone expanses of Q le Baker. “How the light makes you feel in a space is a key touch point. I like the fact that we create a sensitive design that is timeless in nature