Maike Design creates spaces that delight and provide a lasting sense of place. Our designs celebrate the nuances of daily rituals and find the subtle beauty in engaging with functional requirements.
Maike Design is a Melbourne based Interior Design practice founded by Mairead Murphy. We specialise in carefully crafted spaces for living and working across Melbourne, throughout country Victoria and interstate.
We understand that everyone’s lives are unique – so our designs reflect that.
In each project we recognise that our client's individual requirements and aspirations are key to creating highly personal and inspiring spaces. We thrive on providing a creative, thoughtful response to each project context and each client’s needs across all aspects of every project.
Our practice values good design, quality construction, craftsmanship, bespoke detailing and honest materiality.
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Meet Mairead...
Mairead is the founder of Maike Design, an interior design practice that specialises in carefully crafted spaces for living and working. With a particular interest in designing homes for all life stages – from young families through to Ageing in Place, Mairead brings functional understanding, compassion and design expertise to all her projects.
Mairead is passionate about the positive contribution of intentional design in day-to-day life and believes that delight in design comes from small, considered moments that make every day special. This belief is at the core of the practice where Mairead hopes to continue to share her experience and love of good design.
Prior to starting Maike Design, Mairead worked for a number of leading Melbourne Architectural and Design practices on a wide range of project types and sizes from large scale urban design and institutional projects to boutique retail and residential design commissions. She has also been involved in design education, mentoring students at RMIT and tutoring design and design history at Monash University.