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“Here in The Pearl, I can see a little bit o

Venice, Spain and many more. Look at

the design, it’s there in every one’s lie

and in every ace o lie,” said Thomas

Pheasant, obviously impressed by what he has seen. “As

long as you do not lose your identity,” he added; “it is

great to use it with other art orms.”

Pheasant was equally impressed with Doha’s Museum

o Islamic Art. “It is antastic,” he mused. “The past, the

present and the uture o interior designing in modern and

technological cities like Doha, is going global. History,here, is very ancient. It is a new developed city. What is

ascinating is that the art in the city is international in a

way.”

Pheasant, who has done the interior designing or the

house o the UAE Ambassador in Washington D.C. made

it clear that the Middle East is a special place or him. He

urther said that it was also important that the cultures o

the Middle East continue to be expressed, merged and

connected with young designers, reerring to a group o

students he had met at Virginia Commonwealth University

in Qatar.

Reecting on the philosophy behind his designs and

on his hall o ame status as a designer, he said that his

love or design started rom his early childhood. “My taste

or classic design started at the age o nine when a third

grade trip to the National Gallery in Washington raised

interest in classic design and let me with an impression t

was to stay with me till today.”

Pheasant, who was brought up in beautiul and museu

rich Washington D.C., recalls the beautiul dome, the dar

marble columns and the art orm he had seen on that trip

the National Gallery. “I was so impressed with all that I’v

seen that I wished I had lived right there,” he said.

Pheasant is known today or his work that mixes the cla

along with the contemporary. “Although my style and my

roots are in classical architecture, I think I am also a mod

thinker and I like to give people an emotional sense that

they can eel when they walk into my space,” he said. “I

simplicity in my work and oer a serene interior.”  

Renowned interior designer 

and architect, Thomas

Pheasant recently opened

his gallery collection at

“Living In” at The Pearl. Winner of prestigious

international awards,

Pheasant has carved

a niche for himself in

 furniture design and interior 

decoration. During his

maiden visit to Qatar, isola

caught up with him for an

exclusive interview wherehe opened up his mind

 to share some of his long

kept secrets.

Renowned Designer 

“Serenity followsmy work”

Text: Loucia Yousef Isaac

Photography: Vicken Seropian

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the “Living In” showroom at The Pearl’sPorto Arabia district.

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Pheasant is currently designing his own house w

he says, is a showpiece o his own evolution as a

designer. “Designing my own house reects a one

package coordination deal whereby the interiors

reect the exterior. This is the right justice or the pand or my liestyle.”

Pheasant credits his success at what he does an

international identity he was able to create to the

horizons and open mindedness he acquired throu

close contacts and collaborations he was able to h

with his clients. “Collaboration can create wonde

concludes.

What about the inuence o music on his work ?

love music,” he said. “But when I was a child, the

no music and the silence enguled my work and to

serenity still ollows my designs.” 

“More than the

comfort, it is the

form that excites

me. Though many

my furniture piecesmay look simple,

they are in reality

 very complicated to

make.”

A living testimony to Pheasant’s unique designs are

evident in the stylish collections o urniture designs

gracing the “Living In” interiors showroom at The Pearl.

“Each piece o urniture I make is a piece o art and a

peace o mind,” he proclaims.

He goes on to describe the process he goes through

as he creates every piece o his designer urniture. “The

process o designing and creating my urniture starts

with moulding and caressing the wood to take its white

leather skin in complete harmony and space,” he said.

“More than the comort, it is the orm that excites me.

Though many o my urniture pieces may look simple,

they are in reality very complicated to make.”

He reers to his designs and urniture as an extension

to his clients’ amily belongings, heritage and

essentials. Then, showing a keen sense o attachmentto his creations, he adds, “It is hard to walk away

rom something that you have created. I put so much

in everything that I make. I sit with a piece o paper

and do the drawings and the entire plan or our or fve

prototypes beore I go into the real one. I work on the

interior with the client, and it is a very complicated mix

o personal relationships and it takes a long time.”

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