So many of our collections and projects begin with a narrative, an atmosphere we want to create, an imagined place we then make real, and we wanted the home of Studio HÁM to be no different. It’s always about escapism, building a world you can step inside and lose yourself in for a while. And what better place to do that than a proper general store, with wooden floors and beautiful cabinetry, the kind that once sold a little of everything, with all its small pleasures.
Inside, runs of cabinetry, a bell on the counter, somewhere to handle the goods, see how things are made, and hear the ideas behind them. A place where our furniture, lighting, art and accessories sit alongside antiques and one-off finds, each with a story of its own. In time, a corner for people to come together, the way the old stores always kept one, and Old Boy, our coffee truck, parked up by the door.
Our General Store opens properly at our Oxfordshire home in the summer 2027, a place of its own, separate from the design studio, after we first brought it to life at Focus/26 at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.
