About this episode

Patrick Williams discusses his book 'The House Rules' and the creative process behind his interior design practice Berdoulat.

Patrick Williams, alongside his wife Neri, founded the interior design practice Berdoulat. In this conversation we explore his first book: The House Rules. It is part memoir, part point of view, part a plea for the house to rule. It is something to treasure as an object and as a window into Patrick’s mind. In this episode, we are fortunate enough to be sitting right at the heart of Patrick and Neri’s home in Bath where their shop and workspace are also to be found. I think that it is a safe assumption that anyone who makes, creates, designs is a keen observer. They are porous to the world around them. They notice. They absorb. A gift and a ritual all entwined. It is our good luck in this episode to closely observe one such observer. And whilst I am sure that Patrick observes cutlery and spectacles, cloud formations and apples, it is the observation of buildings that pre-occupies him. The work of Berdoulat is about homes, houses, spaces and places and some really rather wonderful furniture too. They excavate stories, eschew excess and breathe life into buildings. Quietly and with thoughtful intention. In this conversation, we will explore where the idea to write the book came…

People in this episode

Guest: Patrick Williams

Topics covered

• interior design
• memoir
• creative process
• architecture
• storytelling

Keywords

• interior design
• memoir
• Berdoulat
• The House Rules
• architecture
• creative process
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Berdoulat

Books & works: The House Rules

Places: Bath

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