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Montaigne Design
Founded Hong Kong, 2011.
Shanghai · Dubai · Singapore.
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Interior design services in Dubai, the UAE and the GCC

Seventeen disciplines, held in-house. From full interior design and turnkey fit-out to bespoke joinery, lighting, landscape, and wellness suites — calibrated to the GCC market and the studio's twenty-five years of practice.

01 · Hospitality
Hospitality Interiors
Hotels, resorts, lobbies, F&B, spa.
20+ years and 45+ delivered hospitality projects. We hold the brand book without illustrating it, and we leave room for the operator's service to breathe.
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02 · Residential · Hospitality · Commercial
Design-Led Fit-Out
Design, joinery, FF&E, on-site delivery.
Turnkey delivery for clients who want a single point of accountability. We hold the budget, the programme, and the quality from concept to handover.
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03 · All sectors
Turnkey Interior Design
One studio, one contract, from drawing to handover.
Single-contract turnkey interior design — design, joinery, fit-out, FF&E procurement, project management, handover, twelve-month aftercare.
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04 · Residential
Luxury Residential
Villas, mansions, penthouses, apartments.
Private homes designed around how the household actually lives — meals, rest, work, gathering — rather than around presentation. Includes majlis design and family-private quarters with cultural fluency.
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05 · Residential
Villa Renovation
From bare-shell handover to twelve-month aftercare.
Full villa renovation in Dubai — including Emaar NOC, DM permit, structural changes, joinery, finishes, smart home, landscape. One studio, one contract.
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06 · Residential
Apartment Renovation
Considered renovation of penthouses, lofts and luxury apartments.
Penthouse and apartment renovation in Dubai — Downtown, DIFC, Marina, JBR. Tight footprints, careful joinery, considered light.
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07 · Commercial
Commercial & Workplace
Offices, family offices, retail flagships, galleries.
Workplaces that read as residential rather than corporate, retail that frames the merchandise rather than the brand, galleries that get out of the way of the work.
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08 · Hospitality
Restaurant Fit-Out
Concept to operating restaurant — the F&B work of the studio.
F&B interior design and fit-out for Dubai restaurateurs and hospitality operators. Concept, operations brief, design, build, opening.
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09 · Residential · Cultural
Majlis Design
Majlis interiors that hold the brief beneath the brief.
Modern, traditional and contemporary majlis design — including women's and men's circulation, qibla orientation, Ramadan and Eid rhythms.
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10 · Residential
Kitchen Design
Stand-alone or embedded in a full residence.
Bespoke kitchen design from AED 200,000 to AED 700,000+. We work as a stand-alone commission or as part of a full home. Complete pantry-to-show-kitchen suites available.
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11 · Residential
Bathroom & Hammam
Stone, fittings, lighting, function.
Stand-alone bathroom commissions, hammam design, spa-grade en-suites. Stone, fittings, drainage and ventilation considered together rather than after the fact.
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12 · All sectors
Bespoke Joinery & Millwork
In-house workshop. Veneer, lacquer, marquetry, metal inlay.
Our 10+ person workshop produces wardrobes, kitchens, vanities, and signature one-off pieces specified by our designers. CNC, veneering, lacquer, marquetry and metal inlay capabilities.
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13 · Residential
Smart Home & Home Automation
Integrated, invisible, reliable.
Home automation, AV, lighting control, climate, shading, security — designed into the architecture, hidden in the joinery, and serviceable for the long term.
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14 · All sectors
Lighting Design
Architectural and decorative, in-house.
Lighting is designed alongside the room, not specified at the end. Layered light supports the day rather than dramatising it.
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15 · Residential · Hospitality
Landscape & Exterior
Pools, gardens, courtyards, terraces.
In-house landscape capability. Climate-appropriate planting, pool and water features, materials specified to age in the regional sun.
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16 · Residential · Hospitality
Wellness Spaces
Spa, gym, cinema, cigar lounge, wine cellar.
Private wellness suites, home cinemas, gymnasiums, sauna and steam, cold plunge, cigar lounges and wine cellars — designed to feel residential, not commercial.
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17 · All sectors
Interior Design
Concept through completion.
Full design service from initial brief through schematic, design development, tender packages, and on-site supervision. Our drawings are built to be built from.
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