London born designer Christopher Lees has schooled at Central St Martin and Kingston University studying architecture interior design and production design for film and tv. Christopher works in various fields of design from luxury residential, retail, hotels and restaurants across the globe from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.

Clients include Reiss, Zimmerman, The Ghost Group, The Inception Group, Story & Co, Hippo Inns, The Gondola Group, BufaBerlin, Daio's Cove Luxury Villas and hotel group, and recently completed on the reinvention of Margate's Dreamland as creative director.

INSPIRATION

Christopher’s love for the 1940’s American mid century’s furniture and materials such as the American walnut, has influenced the Caodgan collection in style and finish. Christopher is inspired by the Mid-Century Modern(MCM) period, the design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1945 to 1975.

In particular designers and architects such as Vladimir Kagan, Joaquim Tenreiro and George Nelson have been a major influence on the design, materials and detailing of the Cadogan collection. The names chosen for the pieces are those of the 1940’s & 50’s iconic actresses that evoke timeless glamour and who’s names epitomise style.