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Interior design in Dubai — concept through completion
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.
This is one of twelve services held in-house by Montaigne Design. We do not subcontract the parts of the room that matter most — drawings are produced by our designers, joinery by our workshop, lighting by our team, and procurement is held by us. The contractor builds. We design and supervise.
Engagements typically begin with a private conversation in Dubai or Shanghai. Our minimum project fee is AED 400,000, and we respond within one business day.
65
Projects Delivered
25
Cities
2011
Established
12-Mo
Aftercare
Concept through completion.
Montaigne Design
What This Includes
Four pillars of the engagement
Schematic Design
Plan, materiality, light. Resolved on paper before resolved on site.
Design Development
Joinery, FF&E, finishes specified to a level that lets the contractor build without guessing.
Tender & Procurement
Tender package issued. We hold the supplier list.
On-Site Supervision
Weekly site presence through completion. The principal designer stays involved.
The process
How we work
01
Listening
A first meeting, in person where possible. We listen for what the client says and what the household actually needs. No drawings, no proposal — just attention.
02
Site & Brief
We visit the site. We measure, we read the building, we check authority approvals, structural constraints, MEP, wet-area and approvals risk. The written brief comes out of this.
03
Concept
A direction proposed in materials, light, and reference imagery — not in renders. The concept is signed off before drawings begin.
04
Schematic & Design Development
Drawings developed in dialogue with the client. Sample boards, joinery prototypes, lighting mock-ups. The room is resolved on paper before it is resolved on site.
05
Tender & Procurement
Tender package issued. Procurement begins for long-lead stone, joinery, lighting and FF&E. We hold the supplier list.
06
On-Site Delivery
Weekly site presence. Joinery installed, finishes applied, snags caught early. The principal designer stays involved through completion.
07
Handover & Aftercare
A complete handover folder — care manual, supplier contacts, warranty documents. Aftercare visits at +3 months and +12 months. The relationship continues past the project.
Selected Work
Recent Residential projects
Interior Design across Dubai's communities
Common questions
Frequently asked
What does interior design in Dubai cost?
Our minimum project fee is AED 400,000. Fees vary by scope, area, and finish tier. We provide a detailed fee proposal after the initial conversation and site visit.
How long does an interior design project take?
A typical residential project runs twelve to eighteen months from concept to handover. Hospitality projects can run longer depending on the operator's programme.
Do you offer design-only or design-and-build?
Both. We offer full interior design as a stand-alone service, and turnkey design-and-build where we hold the budget, the programme, and the quality through to handover.
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From the studio
Begin a Project
Every project begins with a private conversation in Dubai or Shanghai.