. PROUD TO BE MALAYSIAN .

Was watching a show on BBC lifestyle and was really shock to know there is a malaysia born designer who is actually famous in London. This is actually my 1st time hearing his name.

Designer profile: Hassan Abdullah

Hassan Abdullah has not look back since he ditched a potential career in law and studied interior design instead. His talent for finding eclectic antiques and his taste for the unusual and exotic soon found him in hot demand as an interior designer.

His co-owners in Les Trois Garcons, Annex 3 and Loungelover are French former-chef, Michel Lasserre and Swedish former-maitre d', Stefan Karlson. They met through their love of antiques and were soon outraging the staid stallholders of Camden Market with their savvy and their easy way of networking with clients such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Donna Karan.

Then, in 1996, the three friends bought a three-story, former pub on the Corner of Club Row, mainly as a design project for them to get their teeth into, with Hassan at the helm filling the rooms with stunning antiques - and the floodgates were open.

The first restaurant - Les Trois Garcons - opened in late 2000, with Loungelover following in 2003 and Annex 3 in 2005. Since then, Hassan has taken on a variety of clients - recently he was responsible for designing the Evisu concession at Selfridges and is due to work on one of Philippe Starck's French homes as well as fulfilling a commission for Liberty.



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