Martin Waller

Spear’s Review

The travel-inspired design house Andrew Martin, founded in 1978, has been at the forefront of some of the world’s most ‘kaleidoscopic’ designs.

‘When we visit the ruins of Pompeii, the politics and economics are largely forgotten,’ says Martin Waller, the artistic mind behind the firm. ‘It’s the interiors that excite – delivering the character, ambitions and foibles of the long-lost families that lived there.’ He cites his main inspiration as Stephen Falcke, who ‘revolutionised the way African tribal art and African textiles can be used in contemporary designs’.

Waller also weaves African cultural influences within the projects he creates, often for fellow globetrotters like himself.