Join Ashley Hicks and Martina Mondadori for a lively discussion exploring the impact and enduring relevance of legacy in design, moderated by Stacey Bewkes of Quintessence.
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Ashley Hicks was born in 1963 and trained at the Architectural Association in London. He worked briefly for his father, interior designer David Hicks, before starting his own design practice.
In 1997 Ashley Hicks designed his first furniture collection, named Jantar Mantar, starting with his interpretation of an ancient Greek Klismos chair. In 2002 he published Design Alchemy, a review of interiors and products designed by him and his first wife, Allegra.
Ashley wrote a personal memoir of his father, David Hicks: Designer, in 2002, with a foreword by Tom Ford. Starting in 2003, he created the David Hicks by Ashley Hicks collections of fabrics, carpet, and wallpaper. In 2009 he published David Hicks: A Life of Design, and in 2018 David Hicks Scrapbooks. In 2023 he published David Hicks in color with Cabana Magazine. In 2018, Buckingham Palace: the Interiors with photographs and text by Ashley was published by Rizzoli, as was his review of his own work, Rooms with a History: Interiors and their Inspirations, 2019. He also photographed the historic interiors of Knole for a 2021 book on that great house.
Ashley has designed architecture and interiors in the UK, Europe, and the United States, mixing private residential projects with larger-scale commercial work. He has his own line of fabric, Ashley Hicks Textures, as well as carpets with Alternative Flooring.
In 2012 Ashley Hicks started to make furniture and decorative objects with his own hands, carving and gilding furniture, making mirror frames in painted resin, and creating Totem sculptures in resin, clay, and gilt bronze. All of these are available from R and Company, New York.
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Martina Mondadori is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cabana Magazine, the biannual interiors and decorative arts publication, creative director of the brand’s homewares line, Casa Cabana, and the author of four books: Renzo Mongiardino: A Painterly Vision; Cabana Anthology; Casa Cabana and YSL Lexicon.
Representing the fourth generation of the Mondadori publishing family, Martina worked in publishing and luxury branding before launching Cabana in 2014. A keen collector and globetrotter, she spent much of her childhood travelling Europe and the Middle East, exploring antiques fairs and flea markets with her father, Leonardo Mondadori. This sparked her love of travel and respect for true artistry and craftsmanship, all of which underpin Cabana and Casa Cabana.
Martina’s homes have been featured in international design publications including Architectural Digest, Vogue and the Financial Times, while Casa Cabana has appeared on 1stdibs, Matches Fashion and as the first Home Trunkshow on Moda Operandi.
Italian-born, Martina lives between London and Milan - where Cabana is based - with her three children.