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Christian Bense is a London-based interior design studio that creates elegant, layered, timeless spaces which inherently balance strong aesthetics with practical living. The homes they design are well-rounded and full of depth. Christian spent the early years of his career in South Africa working on a broad range of high-end residential and boutique commercial projects. He relocated to London in 2015 and formed his studio 5 years later. Being named as a “rising star” his studio has grown from strength to strength, with projects ranging from large country houses to Shoreditch warehouse conversions to mention but a few.

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