Design for interiors
Coralie sources and commissions bespoke decorative pieces, statement upholstery, furnishings and window treatments with experienced makers, restorers and craftspeople. Advising on colour and pattern, Coralie has collaborated on residential and commercial interiors across the UK and internationally.
“A huge bouquet to Coralie, who helped me realize a sentimental reupholstery project that involved a hard-to-come-by fabric and transatlantic shipment. She couldn't have been more patient, thorough, professional or amiable. Very grateful for her expertise as well as Percy Bass's commitment to beauty, quality and personal touch. Many thanks from San Francisco! ”
LD Smartt, residential interiors client 2025
Award-winning campaigns
Coralie designs creative marketing collateral across the arts, cultural heritage and third sector, art directing targeted campaigns that successfully motivate and move people. As an award-winning art director Coralie has helped clients to adapt through times of rapid change to strengthen brands and their impact. Agencies include WWAV Rapp Collins, accounts that Coralie worked for independently include Royal Opera House, Natural History Museum, British Lung Foundation, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, Terrence Higgins Trust and VSO.
Background
Beginning her career in retail design, Coralie went on to shape corporate identities for global brands, art directed award-winning campaigns for the arts and third sector, and has a diverse portfolio of print and digital marketing collateral for both established and emerging organisations.
After graduating in Graphic Design from De Montfort University, Coralie worked within leading design studios and direct marketing agencies in London, set up an in-house graphics studio for a hospitality company and now works as an independent creative.
Coralie’s portfolio includes extensive print and digital (advertising, direct mail, posters, leaflets, flyers, brochures, annual reports, stationery, packaging and merchandise) and a wide range of technology skills. In addition, her remote-working, freelance and in-house roles have contributed to excellent project management and scheduling. Coralie is a member of the Museums Association.
Coralie has worked as a design consultant at two long established interior specialists in London, Percy Bass (est circa 1905) since 2017 and with E & A Wates (est 1900) from 2013 to 2021.
“Thank you for all your hard work in the showroom, the work on the website, social media, all your design work and creative input is greatly appreciated.”
Interior specialist, furniture retailer and furniture restoration workshop E & A Wates
Blazing a trail
Coralie contributed to the original corporate identity for Network SouthEast by developing station signage guidelines for over 900 stations, creating livery designs for rolling stock, designing a site-specific information point London Waterloo Station beneath the world-famous four-sided clock and designing ‘Blue Blaze’ the moquette used to upholster over 6,000 carriage seats.
‘Blue Blaze’ moquette designed by Coralie Walker as part of the new corporate identity implementation, following the decision to rebrand the London & South East commuter railway. The corporate identity included transforming London Waterloo Station as the flagship terminus to launch the new Network SouthEast name.
Services
• Art direction
• Conceptual thinking
• Graphic design
• Visuals, schemes and moodboards
• Type layout and typography
• Artwork (pagination, print and cross-media)
• Reportage photography
• Photo editing and retouching
• Print handling
• Sourcing and specification
• Website design (Squarepace, Wordpress, html and code editing)
• Content design and website editing
• Cross-media marketing
• Logo design and brand development
• Print handling, packaging and point-of-sale
• Photoshop and image retouching.
Decorative design consultancy
• Guiding on colour and pattern for interior decoration
• Sourcing fabrics, furniture and interior accessories to decorate homes
• Designing bespoke pieces and personalised products
• Working with specialist furniture craftspeople to restore, revive and reupholster
• Visualising
“The need arose to separate personal work (photographic artworks) from my client-based collections digitisation. Showcasing this material in an easy-to -navigate way has allowed many more people interested in the art of nostalgia to commission their own digital collage.”
Photo Merchant, photomerchant.art
Coralie is an independent creative who fosters enduring partnerships with regular clients across various design disciplines. Get in touch.