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<\/p>\nWhen visitors enter R\u00f3is\u00edn Lafferty\u2019s Dublin gallery on Fitzwilliam Square, the award-winning interior designer wants them to feel \u201ccalm and enchanted\u201d. Stepping inside the gallery and showroom on the wettest, darkest January day, the impact is instant. The chaos and messiness of traffic-jammed, rain-soaked streets immediately dissolves in the awe-inspiring entrance hall. I feel a little like Dorothy landing in Oz; sepia-toned streets have been replaced by dramatic and colourful contrasts. <\/p>\n
Occupying the ground floor and first floor of a Georgian-square building \u2014 the headquarters of her eponymous design practice, R\u00f3is\u00edn Lafferty Studio \u2014 the gallery captures the defining immersive and sensory nature of her private residential projects. <\/p>\n
Taking inspiration from traditional Paris fashion ateliers, Lafferty has created a space that blends the comfort of home with the functionality of an atelier and the sophistication of a gallery. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved that vision of old fashion ateliers,\u201d Lafferty explains. \u201cFor me there was something really wonderful about the likes of Balenciaga and Chanel. They had a house that epitomised who they were, with layers and levels and everyone who worked for the house present. But it\u2019s also where they hosted their shows, where their clients came for fittings. It was an encapsulation of who they were, of the brand itself.\u201d <\/p>\n
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The gallery takes inspiration from traditional Paris fashion ateliers<\/p>\n
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The gallery is also a physical embodiment of the 39-year-old\u2019s design philosophy. One of the most influential design voices in Ireland today, Lafferty has built a reputation over the past 15 years for creating exceptional spaces across luxury residential and hospitality projects in which materials, proportion and practicality are balanced with intention, integrity and imagination. <\/p>\n
\u2022 R\u00f3is\u00edn Lafferty: \u2018I never thought I\u2019d live outside of Dublin, now I might never go back\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Lafferty explains that her practice has always been about \u201cmore than just creating beautiful-looking interiors. It\u2019s about evoking a feeling, an encompassing atmosphere that is more than the sum of its parts.\u201d The gallery embraces this MO with gusto but it also keenly demonstrates the level of detail, execution and finish that Lafferty\u2019s practice has become renowned for.<\/p>\n Lafferty\u2019s office<\/p>\n BARBARA CORSICO<\/p>\n Open less than a year, the gallery involved a substantial investment in time and money \u2014 \u201cthere\u2019s no magic money buffer,\u201d she says \u2014 but it\u2019s been a dream of the designer\u2019s for a decade and her drive, determination and hard work appear to be paying off. The R\u00f3is\u00edn Lafferty Gallery recently won best commercial and cultural project at the Cr\u00e9ateurs Design Awards 2026 in Paris, an international design and architecture competition.<\/p>\n \u201cWe won the award for one of our residential projects a couple of years ago,\u201d Lafferty says, \u201cbut it\u2019s a very different feeling when you win for something that\u2019s entirely yours versus a client project \u2014 it\u2019s a case of putting your whole heart there on the table. Plus we were up against Studiopepe, a Milanese interior architecture practice that I have always put on a pedestal. They\u2019re the best of the best. The fact that we won was quite emotional and really special.\u201d<\/p>\n Also serving as a showroom for Lafferty\u2019s own furniture and lighting collections, called Sphere and Moonface respectively, the gallery gave its owner the nudge she needed to fulfil this long-held ambition. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to design my own collections for a long time but of course you never put yourself first when you have paying clients and pressures. It\u2019s been too easy to let time pass without progressing these ideas into physical forms.\u201d <\/p>\n The meeting room<\/p>\n BARBARA CORSICO<\/p>\n The Sphere collection was conceptualised eight years ago. \u201cAs was Moonface, so a big part of this project was to give these pieces a home,\u201d she says. Directly in front of me sits Lafferty\u2019s bespoke Sphere dining table, crafted from Tuscan Acquasanta marble. Its tones and textures have a sensuality that plays out quietly but confidently against its softly sculptural form. Like the gallery itself, it has scale, elegance and warmth. <\/p>\n \u2022 Interior designer Roisin Lafferty shares her boldest design yet<\/a><\/p>\n The Goatstown native had initially considered showcasing only her own pieces. \u201cBut that\u2019s not how we create interiors,\u201d she says. \u201cIt became clear as the process of establishing the gallery evolved that the space should be a curation of people we admire and love.\u201d This includes vintage treasures by Jorge Zalszupin, furniture and lighting by Bryan O\u2019Sullivan, Tom Faulkner and Edwyn James, as well as art by Jan Cools, Molly Judd and Dani\u00eblle Siobh\u00e1n. <\/p>\n Her Acquasanta marble sphere dining table, in the back gallery<\/p>\n BARBARA CORSICO<\/p>\n Lafferty is fully embracing her new role as a gallerist. \u201cI\u2019m wearing two hats now: I\u2019m the designer, but I\u2019m a gallerist too and it\u2019s my job to promote the artists here and that\u2019s something I find really exciting.\u201d <\/p>\n Like a lot of creatives, Lafferty considers herself a storyteller at heart. As we sit down on mohair velvet Camaleonda modular sofas, the gallery tells a story of comfort as much as craft, curation and creativity.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re always telling different stories and that\u2019s what draws people to us. Clients want a narrative,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd they want something that is just for them. Certain people have wonderful businesses with quite a distinct style, which they bring to each job. And a lot of people want that stamp. But I think each project is its own story and that means I can execute many different looks. It also means we\u2019re always creatively stimulated. And the more we feel that as a team, the better our output.\u201d <\/p>\n Velvet curtains in Dedar fabric<\/p>\n BARBARA CORSICO<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/\/60c13cfb-e782-4fbf-902f-737db0685972.jpg\")
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