About the Atelier
Aquietpractice,shapedbytwentysevenyearsoflistening.
Patrick Naïm founded the studio in 1998 with a single idea: that great interiors are not decorated. They are composed.
Our Story · 01
From a single Parisian apartment to residences across three continents.
What began as a small commission in the Marais has become an atelier delivering interior architecture for private clients from Dubai to Geneva. We remain deliberately small, a studio of hand selected designers, draftsmen and project directors working on a limited number of projects at any one time.
Our work is quiet by conviction. We believe that luxury is not a language of excess but of consequence: the exact fall of a shadow across a plaster wall, the weight of a walnut door in the hand, the way a room greets you at eight in the morning.
01 · Vision
To design interiors that outlast trend, spaces that feel true today and will still feel true in thirty years.
02 · Mission
To shape environments where our clients live better lives, calmer mornings, warmer evenings, rooms that hold them.
Core Values · 03
Five commitments that shape every project we accept.
Rigour
Every drawing detailed. Every material specified. Nothing left to site.
Restraint
The discipline to remove until only what matters remains.
Warmth
Minimalism without cold, texture and light instead of clutter.
Craft
Working only with makers who share our standard.
Longevity
Choosing what will still be beautiful in decades, not seasons.
Discretion
Our clients' privacy is treated as its own material.
Interior Design Philosophy · 04
We design the way one writes a long letter, slowly, and with care.
Our practice is grounded in the belief that a home is the most intimate object a person owns. It should be composed with the same seriousness one would bring to a piece of music or a book.
A Timeline · 05
Twenty-seven years of practice, told in six chapters.
1998
Studio founded in Paris
First commission, a family apartment in the Marais.
2004
Expansion to the Riviera
A series of villa projects along the Côte d'Azur.
2011
Dubai atelier opens
Establishing a permanent studio in Jumeirah.
2016
First hospitality commission
A boutique hotel in the Alps.
2020
Materials library founded
In house archive of over 800 curated materials.
2025
New atelier on Al Wasl
A design showroom open by appointment.
The People · 06
A small studio, by design.
Patrick Naïm
Founder · Principal Designer
Léa Hadid
Design Director
Marco Ferretti
Head of Project Delivery