Creative Mind: Bryan O’Sullivan
The visionary designer behind some of the world's most beautiful hospitality spaces will next unveil creative interiors at Miami's Shore Club and the Frick Collection in New York
What do a 100-year-old Paris home by a famed architect, a glamorous resort hugging the cliffs of Monte Carlo, and an intimate bar inside one of London’s most celebrated hotels have in common? All have been transformed by Irish designer Bryan O’Sullivan and his ten-year-old studio.
Creatively melding elegant elements of classic design with playful modernist touches, O’Sullivan crafts artfully composed spaces that mix sculptural lighting and bespoke furnishings, a number of which debuted last summer as part of his namesake furniture collection, now on view at his new London gallery. “We want to be very conscious of not repeating ourselves,” says O’Sullivan, who will debut a refreshed interior for the Shore Club in Miami and the Frick Collection’s new restaurant in the coming year as well as his first monograph in April, with Rizzoli.
Early inspiration: O’Sullivan found his calling as a teen watching an architect and designer transform his parents’ bar in Kenmare, Ireland. Working in the studios of David Collins, Luis Laplace, and fellow Creative Mind Martin Brudnizki cemented his passion. “What interested me was creating environments,” he says. “I wouldn’t be happy with just handing over a white box. I liked the idea of bringing it all the way from start to finish.”
A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2024 Spring Issue under the headline “Creative Minds.” Subscribe to the magazine.