The Studio has a reputation for designing innovative and commercially relevant work. We are at ease with the idea of designing products that have application in the real world; if a design doesn’t sell, then perhaps it is not such a great design.
The Studio’s guiding proposition centres on the creation of character through simplicity. This considered approach to design often belies the extent of the intensive analysis and the complex engineering needed to make it succeed. The Studio is known for its rigorous pursuit of solutions that have both a functional integrity and an enduring aesthetic in the belief that it is all too easy to shock, but much more difficult to please.
‘’Ours is not an obsession with form as an end in itself, but with the emotion it incites. Our work is rooted in the conviction that furniture has the ability to influence how people behave, perform, and interact, but most important, how they feel.’’
Mark Gabbertas was born in Yorkshire in 1962 and came to the world of furniture design in a circuitous way having started his working life in advertising before changing career path to train as a cabinet maker. Apprenticed to Codrington Furniture and then with Stemmer and Sharp in the acclaimed Oblique Workshops in Hackney, it was Hackney he chose to found his own design/making studio in 1994. In 2001, he established the Gabbertas Studio in West London to focus on furniture design, before moving the main studio to the Oxfordshire countryside in 2016.
Selected Awards
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Best of NeoCon Gold 2023
Tibo / Allermuir
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Design Guild Mark 2023
Plum / Allermuir
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Design Guild Mark 2023
Metis / Traba
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Design Guild Mark 2022
Saranac / Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2021
Maya / Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2019
Oran / Allemuir
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ICFA Design Excellence Award 2018
Deco Bird Feeder / Gloster
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Mixology 2018. Furniture Product of the Year
Oran / Allermuir
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Design Guild Mark 2017
Serac for Oasiq
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Design Guild Mark 2016
Nuno for Allermuir
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Design Guild Mark 2016
William for Gloster
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Good Design Awards 2015
CoCo for Oasis
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Design Guild Mark 2013
Mir for Chorus
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Design Guild Mark 2013
Diabolo for Chorus
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Design Guild Mark 2012
Nomad for Gloster
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Interior Innovation Award 2012
Nomad for Gloster
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Balthazar Award 2011
Deer For Mirada
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Design Preis Deutschland 2011
Axis for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2011
Haven for Allermuir
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Good Design Award 2010
Cloud for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2010
Markant for Mirada
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Red Dot Product Design 2010
Axis for Gloster
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ICGFA Design Excellence Award 2009
Axis for Gloster
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Hospitality Design Best of Boutique Award 2009
Axis for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2008
Tom, Dick & Harry for Boss
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Hospitality Design Bob Award 2007
Eclipse for Gloster
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International Design Yearbook 2001
F90
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'SIT' DBC 'Atelier'
Best Restaurant Interior
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Design Guild Mark 2023
Omada / Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2023
Jump / Traba
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Design Guild Mark 2022
Sepal / Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2021
Deco Screens / Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2019
William Lounge / Gloster
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Red Dot Product Design 2018
William for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2018
Mozaik for Allermuir
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Best of Neocon 2017 Silver
Mozaik for Allermuir
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ASFD Pinnacle Awards 2016
William for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2015
CoCo for Oasis
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Design Guild Mark 2014
Sandur for Oasiq
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Design Guild Mark 2013
MirA for Chorus
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Design Guild Mark 2013
Metro for Lyndon
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Mix Interiors
Designer of the Year Award 2012
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Red Dot Product Design 2012
Haven for Allermuir
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Design Preis Deutschland 2012
Cloud for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2011
Cloud dining for Gloster
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Best of Neocon Silver 2011
Ebb for Leland
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IIDA Design Award 2011
Bloc for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2010
Axis for Gloster
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Design Guild Mark 2010
Cloud for Gloster
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Balthazar Award 2009
Markant for Mirada
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Hospitality Design Best of Boutique Award 2009
Axis for Gloster
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On Office Design Prima Award 2008
Ebb + Flo for Nomique
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FX Awards 2007
Eclipse for Gloster
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International Design Yearbook 2007
Crosstile for glass
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FX Awards 2000
Tubby for Allermuir
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Selected Press
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Marlowes
March 2024
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Design Guild Mark
November 2020
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Design Guild Mark
July 2020
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AD Russia
April 2019
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OnOffice
March 2019
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Mix Interiors
February 2019
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Architects Choice
September 2017
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The World of Interiors
August 2017
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Furniture News
January 2017
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Hospitality Interiors
December 2016
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House and Garden
August 2016
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Wallpaper
May 2016
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Hole & Corner
September 2015
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Azure
September 2015
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Mix Interiors Online
June 2015
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Rocco Magazine
June 2015
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Art & Decoration
May 2015
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Cote Sud
April 2015
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Hospitality Interiors
April 2015
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Decoration International
April 2015
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Metro
February 2015
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GQ British
January 2015
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Interior Design Yearbook 2015
January 2015
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On Office
November 2014
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Home and Gardens
August 2014
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Interior Design Today
April 2014
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Mix Interiors
November 2012
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Design Guild Mark
October 2020
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Design Guild Mark
February 2020
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Design Milk
February 2019
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Onoffice
October 2017
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Outdoor
April 2017
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OnOffice
January 2017
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FX Magazine
November 2016
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Mix Interiors
June 2016
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Azure
January 2016
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Elle Decor
September 2015
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Cabinet Maker
August 2015
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Grand Designs
June 2015
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Sunday Times Home
May 2015
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Wallpaper
May 2015
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Ideat
April 2015
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Exterieurs Design
April 2015
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Art of Design
April 2015
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House and Garden
February 2015
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Activity Piscine - Product mention “CoCo”
January 2015
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INEX Magazine
November 2014
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On Office
November 2015
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Metro
May 2014
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Design Milk
November 2012
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Hospitality Interiors
November 2012
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Hospitality Interiors
June 2012
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Blueprint Magazine
January 2011