Who is in Interior Design Masters season 6?

Ayisha

Age: 33

Location: Brighton

Occupation: Interior Design Student and model

Style: Fresh romantic

A fresh interiors graduate, Ayisha is just starting out as a professional designer. But she has been a model from the age of three years old. The designer has walked catwalks all over the world from London to Milan and New York City.

She has set her heart on having her own design studio working on commercial spaces for clients in the UK and internationally. At home she lives in Brighton with her husband and her two children.

Bradley

Age: 25

Location: Liverpool

Occupation: Social media executive

Style: Colourful playful

At 25 years old, Bradley is the youngest taking part in Interior Design Masters this year. Still living at home with his parents, the social media executive uses their home as an interior design canvas. He has redecorated a bedroom for Mother’s Day and completed a freshly painted mural on the living room wall, often sharing his designs on social media.

Bradley has also helped out on projects for his friends. The designer has set his hopes on launching his own design studio.

Briony

Age: 36

Location: Surrey

Occupation: Homewears retailer

Style: Earthy organic

Briony already has an interiors and lifestyle brand with her partner, who she met at the Brit School, and they opened a few shops. She is in charge of the creative elements of the business including visual merchandising.

The lifestyle guru has fallen in love with the idea of becoming an interior designer after her friend suggested she redecorate her bedroom. The dream would complement her life perfectly as she wants to be at home more with her two young sons and the business with her partner has moved online.

Craig

Age: 58

Occupation: Giftware designer

Style: Retro vintage

Craig first started his career as a chef in London but now he wants to serve up interior designs. His career took a turn into the creative industry when he went to art college where he studied Fine Art and went onto become a freelance display prop maker for high end department stores.

Now he owns his own kitsch homewares shop in Clapham, plus he works as the head designer for a gift and homewares importer.

Craig has a great sense of fun. On New Year’s Eve he throws a fabulous Cabaret inspired party and transforms into his drag queen alter ego Coco Canal.

Emma

Age: 53

Location: North Wales

Occupation: Art and textiles teacher

Design style: Bougie Boho

Emma was born with limb difference but growing up her dad taught her to believe that she could achieve anything she wanted.

After studying textiles at university, the mum-of-three went onto become an arts and textiles teacher. Making the most of her skills, Emma has transformed the school staff room and designed her own home as well as those of her closest friends.

Ese

Age: 27

Location: Glasgow

Occupation: Development manager at a sexual health charity

Style: Nature and organic inspired

Ese works in strategy and promotion for a sexual health charity in Glasgow after completing a masters in Public Health.

Thanks to UK design shows, the contestant has rediscovered his passion of interior design and was inspired to apply.

Ese has always had a love of fashion design and ran a clothing business on the side when he lived in Nigeria, where he was born. Moving to the UK, he was able to follow his design dreams as he has a Diploma in Interior Design and has enrolled at university to study for an Interior Design degree.

Holly

Age: 26

Location: Salford

Occupation: Fabric designer

Style: 70s beach house

Holly is a small business owner with an eye for sixties and seventies interior designs.

She drives a 1969 Sprite Alpine C caravan which she has named Flea after the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist. The surfer has designed the interior of her caravan and now she’s in the process of completely renovating her home.

In the future, Holly would love to design caravans and take her fabric designs to the next level as a career.

John

Age: 46

Location: Stockport

Occupation: DT Teacher

Style: Graphic bohemian

John retrained as a Design & Technology teacher when he started a family with his wife in Stockport. His DIY skills and interior passion came in handy when renovating their Victorian doer upper. Of course, his DIY skills will make him a formidable contestant on the BBC show.

The teacher is on Interior Design Masters to follow his dreams of becoming a professional interior designer. His love of design goes back to his childhood when he would watch Changing Rooms with his mum and then help her redecorate their house.

Rita

Age: 42

Location: Lancaster

Occupation: Visual merchandising consultant

Design style: Rustic textural

On the side of her job as a artist and illustrator, Rita runs female empowerment art workshops and advises women on their wardrobe.

She spent her childhood moving between Iraq, Cyprus and Lebanon before finally coming to the UK in 2006, where she lives on a farm outside Lancaster.

The countryside is something that can always be found in Rita’s designs. Already she has redesigned several rooms in a Lake District B&B and transformed a house into a pub. The designer can often be found in her local antique shop looking for her next treasure.

Victoria

Age: 31

Location: Glasgow

Occupation: Project director

Style: Contemporary luxe

Victoria may be a farmer’s daughter but she has a love of living in the city in Glasgow. Growing up she worked on a dairy farm with animals, tractors and spending her summer milking cows. Her love of interiors was ignited by her mum who redesigned their family farmhouse.

She has become affectionately known as the arty farty one in the family and has competed nationally in Young Farmers handicraft competitions.