Martin Brudnizki Design Studio

What Martin Brudnizki Design Studio does

Martin Brudnizki Design Studio (MBDS) is a London-headquartered interior architecture and design studio founded by Martin Brudnizki in 2000. The firm provides full-service interior design for luxury hotels, restaurants and bars, private members clubs, high-end residential projects, and retail and spa environments, with a roster of marquee clients including Four Seasons, Rosewood, Belmond, Soho House, Annabel's, and Corinthia. The studio operates from two locations — its headquarters at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour in London and a regional studio in New York — and runs a team of over 100 interior designers, architects, lighting designers, product designers, and art consultants.

The studio's underlying technology is principally craft- and design-led, built around standard professional tools (AutoCAD, Photoshop, SketchUp, 3D Studio Max, Enscape, InDesign) and a documented set of six design principles (Focus, Context, Composition, Craft, Emotion, Experience) applied to bespoke commissions. There is no proprietary platform or software product; the intellectual property is the studio's portfolio, its processes, and the founder's personal brand. The firm does not disclose pricing, with each project engaged on a bespoke basis.

MBDS generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, paid by enterprise hospitality operators and private clients for new-build, renovation, and repositioning programs. The go-to-market is sales-led and relies on the firm's published portfolio, brand reputation, and editorial coverage in publications such as the Financial Times, Vogue, Wallpaper*, Architectural Digest, and Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveller to attract inbound inquiries directed to [email protected]. Customer segments are horizontal across use cases (hotels, restaurants, members clubs, residential, retail/spa) but vertical in client profile, focused almost exclusively on the ultra-luxury tier.

Name

Martin Brudnizki Design Studio

Legal name

Martin Brudnizki Design Studio Ltd

Website

https://mbds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Martin Brudnizki Design Studio is a London-headquartered interior architecture firm founded in 2000, employing over 100 designers across London and New York to deliver bespoke luxury interiors for hotels, restaurants, private members clubs, residences, and retail spaces serving ultra-high-end enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Design Services: MBDS generates revenue through project-based design fees for interior architecture projects spanning hotels, restaurants, bars, private members clubs, residential developments, and retail/spa spaces. The studio works with select high-end hospitality brands and private clients on bespoke interior design engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

MBDS is a full-service interior architecture and design studio creating bespoke luxury interiors for hotels, restaurants, bars, private members' clubs, residential developments, and retail/spa spaces. A team of 100+ designers, architects, lighting designers, product designers, and art consultants delivers projects that apply six design principles — Focus, Context, Composition, Craft, Emotion, and Experience — to engage all five senses and reflect each client's brand identity and the building's architectural context.

Product overview

Martin Brudnizki Design Studio is a single, unified interior architecture and design studio offering comprehensive services across six core offerings: Hotel Design, Bars & Restaurants Design, Members Clubs Design, Residential Design, and Retail & Spa Design. Founded by Martin Brudnizki in 2000 with studios in London and New York, the studio employs over 100 interior designers, architects, lighting designers, product designers, and art consultants. All projects apply the studio's six design principles—Focus, Context, Composition, Craft, Emotion, and Experience—to create bespoke luxury interiors. The portfolio includes projects for notable clients such as Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, LVMH, Six Senses, Soho House Group, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, and Annabel's.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Design
• Bars & Restaurants Design
• Members Clubs Design
• Residential Design
• Retail & Spa Design

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rockwell Group: New York-based architecture and design firm founded by David Rockwell with a large hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment practice (Union Square Hospitality, Nobu). Direct competitor for restaurant and hotel interior commissions.
• Champalimaud Design: New York-based luxury hospitality and residential design studio known for ultra-luxury hotel projects such as The Carlyle and Baccarat. Directly competes with MBDS for the same enterprise hospitality clients and project types.
• Studio Munge: Toronto- and New York-based interior design firm specializing in hotels, restaurants, and members clubs. Competes directly with MBDS for similar luxury hospitality commissions and shares the multi-disciplinary in-house studio model.
• Tara Bernerd & Partners: London-based interior architecture practice working across luxury hotels, residences, and yachts. Direct competitor for UK and European luxury hospitality clients such as Soho House and Belmond.
• AvroKO: New York-based hospitality and restaurant design firm with deep expertise in bars, restaurants, and hotel F&B spaces — directly overlapping with MBDS's Bars & Restaurants and Hotel service lines.
• Tony Chi Studio: New York-based luxury interior architecture studio with a portfolio of ultra-luxury hotel projects including Park Hyatt and St. Regis properties. Direct competitor at the top end of the luxury hospitality segment.
• Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR): Paris-based luxury hospitality interior design studio with marquee projects including Four Seasons George V Paris. Directly competes with MBDS for European luxury hotel commissions.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Toronto- and New York-based luxury interior architecture studio with a near-identical client profile to MBDS, including Four Seasons, Edition, and Mandarin Oriental hotel and residential projects. Closely comparable in size, brand positioning, and end-market focus.

Broad incumbents

• Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA): The largest global hospitality interior design firm with offices across multiple continents. Overlaps with MBDS on luxury hotel design but operates at significantly greater scale and across more price tiers.
• Gensler: The world's largest architecture and design firm with a significant hospitality practice. Overlaps with MBDS on luxury hotel interior design but as part of a much broader portfolio spanning offices, retail, and mixed-use.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MBDS_News

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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