barleyflowerstudio

In the first days of September, just before fashion month began to gather pace, NÆRE opened a wellbeing bar at Condé Nast's London offices. Editorial teams from Vogue, GQ, Tatler, Vanity Fair and Allure drifted in for an ice-cold Nectar 01 and a quiet moment before the season ahead. NÆRE invited Barley to create the floral installation for the occasion, and we were delighted to be part of it. Our installation for NÆRE's wellbeing bar at Condé Nast London. Design Notes Creatively, the aim was...

Some weddings stay with you because the bride knows exactly what she wants — and this one, in the Maxwell Library at Savoy Place, was one of them. The room itself carries a quiet grandeur — floor-to-ceiling windows over the Thames, the character of a space that once housed a library — and it called for a design with the same sense of scale and formality. Bright, warm and endlessly involved in every design decision, she brought a clear vision to the table from our very first conversation, and...

"So what actually is Korean flower style?" It's a question I get asked often — from clients booking their first consultation, from fellow florists curious about the technique, and lately, quite a bit since opening our studio. I've never had a one-line answer for it. The truth is, it isn't a single technique at all. It's a way of looking at a flower — really looking — before you ever pick up a stem. It starts with the flower, not the bouquet Western floristry often begins with volume — how...