Kate Spade NY

Coco has been working as an external Creative Consultant for Kate Spade NY. Working from London, she collaborates with the New York team to create and develop mood boards, identifying macro trend directions and colour palettes for home accessories, home textiles, tabletop, lighting and gifting collections. She also periodically contributes to cultural design research projects for the fashion categories.

Christy

Coco has worked as an external design consultant for Christy, a heritage British premium bath and bedding brand. Her projects involved identifying the brand’s customer groups, exploring product to expand their customer base, determining an appropriate aesthetic direction, and developing strategies to grow the business creatively with the textiles offer. This was achieved while enhancing the brand’s new direction and staying true to its heritage and core qualities.

MADE.com

Coco creatively led the Homeware Design team at MADE.com During these years she oversaw product design across home textiles, home accessories and strategic 'core-product' initiatives, including the development of business-wide colour palettes. She provided creative direction, managed a diverse team of in-house designers and freelance product designers, and creatively collaborated with high-profile external partners. She played a key role in overseeing all nonfurniture product with impactful strategic work to elevate the home accessories categories and to develop lasting core lines.

M&S Home

For five years, Coco led the creative direction for home accessories at M&S Home. In addition to managing in-house designers and external freelancers, she developed designs and design concepts for key pieces such as mirrors, vases and home fragrances, while also crafting seasonal colour palettes and mood boards for new collections. Coco’s ability to shape a product’s story extended to broader product categories, ensuring that every item, both individually and as part of a range, conveyed a cohesive and compelling narrative. Her creative footprint endures as many existing M&S home accessories core products were developed during Coco’s tenure.

Habitat

Coco had a decade-long top-selling collection in Habitat called ‘Concetta’. After graduating from the RCA, Coco was hired as an external collaborator, where she designed a collection of patterned dinnerware and home textiles for the iconic design retailer Habitat. The ‘Concetta’ range was hugely popular and continued to be manufactured and sold internationally for almost a decade. Her designs were also featured in Habitat's advertising campaign.