Jo Hamilton (interior designer)

Jo Hamilton (born in Eton, Berkshire) is a leading British interior designer[1][2] and artist, known for her expertise in colour.[3] She is the founder and creative director of Jo Hamilton Interiors,[4] taking on residential and commercial work in the UK and abroad. Hamilton is also a newspaper columnist[5] and runs interior design courses at her London offices, in Belsize Park.

Jo Hamilton
Born
Eton, Berkshire

Hamilton is a show ambassador and key speaker for House,[6][7] in Dublin's RDS, and the Index Exhibition,[8] in Dubai's World Trade Centre. She was also the long-term resident interior designer at Grand Designs Live[9] in both London and Birmingham[10] as well as a key speaker and one of three "show ambassadors" along with Kevin McCloud and Charlie Luxton, and formerly George Clarke (architect).[11]

Further keynote public speaking appointments have included London's Decorex,[12] the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), in New York,[13][14] and the International Property Awards,[15] for which she is a judge.[16] Hamilton also became a What House? Awards judge in 2016,[17][18] with What House? editorial director Rupert Bates stating: “We are delighted to have Jo on board. She is hugely talented and regarded and joins an outstanding panel of judges.”[19] She is a judge also for the Index Architecture and Design Awards.[20]

Hamilton has appeared on Sky Living series Who'd Be a Billionaire?,[21][22][23][24][25] BBC's What To Do With The House (When The Kids Leave) and ITV's 60-Minute Makeover, among others.[26][27]

Hamilton regularly features in interviews about interior design trends and issues by media outlets that have included The Independent,[28] the Daily Telegraph,[29][30] The Times,[31] Irish Independent,[32] Metro,[33] BBC,[34] International Property & Travel,[35] Rightmove,[36] and UAE fashion magazine Elite Monde,[37][38] among others.

Hamilton has worked on interior design-related PR activities with a number of respected companies, including Virgin Money UK[39][40] and First Time Buyer Online.[41] In 2014, she was commissioned by homewares chain HomeSense to open a series of new stores across England,[42] including Cheltenham,[43] Solihull[44][45] and Salisbury.[46] Hamilton has also been a brand ambassador for Bosch Power Tools[47][48][49] - also known as Robert Bosch GmbH - and Dulux.[50][51][52]

Grand Designs Live show ambassadors Jo Hamilton and George Clarke compete in a 'cook-off'

From a young age Hamilton believed she would become an artist,[53] with her "first love" being fashion design.[54] She became an interior designer in 1995 with a brief professional background in graphic design before she had three children.

Her father, Brian Clarke, writes a monthly column for The Times, on fly-fishing and the environment.[55]

See also

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