NM DESIGN STUDIO

Where brand, space, and experience align.

WHO WE ARE

A founder-led interior and branding studio designing commercial spaces that don’t just look exceptional, they perform. We work with hospitality, property and lifestyle brands who understand that experience is everything. Through strategy-led branding, interiors and cohesive digital presence, we create environments that attract the right audience, elevate perception and build long-term value.

We are a boutique studio based in Edinburgh, bringing brand identity, interiors and digital design together under one roof - because fragmented design creates fragmented experiences.
Every project begins with strategy. We uncover what makes your brand distinctive, how your space should feel, and how it needs to function commercially. From there, we design with intention - aligning visual identity, materials, layout and customer journey into one seamless narrative.
Unlike larger agencies, every project is led directly by Nicola, founder and creative director. That means clarity, accountability and a deeply collaborative process from first concept to final detail.
Whether launching a boutique hospitality venue, repositioning a heritage property, or shaping a new commercial development, we design spaces that strengthen brand presence and leave a lasting impression - from first encounter to final touchpoint.

OUR LATEST WORK

Northwood House 1880

Modern reception area with beige couch, dark curtains, wall art, and a woman in athletic wear walking past a desk with an iMac

Stretch Bar

A group of five people in a meeting around a wooden table, working on documents, laptops, and smartphones, in a bright room with curtains and a plant.

MOTA Spaces

Studio Heim

An elegant spacious members lounge with a high, vaulted ceiling featuring skylights. The room has modern lighting fixtures, a large painting on the wall, and a mix of contemporary and mid-century furniture including chairs, sofas, and bookshelves.

The Auction Rooms

Anderson Wade Design

Origin Homes

Interior of a restaurant with hanging pendant lights, tables with chairs, and large windows letting in natural light.

Cuan Seafood Fine Dining

Kingsford Group

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COMING SOON

THE BRAND RESIDENCY

Your customers experience your brand as one story. So why are you building it in pieces?

Most businesses invest in branding, interiors, and digital separately.
The result? Beautiful… but disconnected.

The Brand Residency is a 6–12 week immersive partnership where we step inside your business (physically or virtually), audit every touchpoint, and realign brand, space, and digital so your business feels cohesive, confident, and unmistakably yours.

When everything speaks the same language, your brand stops feeling like a collection of assets - and starts feeling like a world.

Launching Autumn 2026. Limited spaces.

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OUR FOCUS AREAS

Interiors

Branding

Web Design

Strategy

JOURNAL

Design reflections, studio news, and more.

LATEST NEWS

Northwood House 1880: An Integrated Brand Experience

Northwood House 1880 marks the completion of a fully integrated project by NM Design Studio. With the branding, interiors and website now handed over, the project brings brand, space and digital experience into alignment ahead of launch.

Featured in Project Scotland

NM Design Studio’s work on The Auction Rooms is featured in Project Scotland, exploring the transformation of a historic building into a contemporary workspace where brand, story and functionality align.

Finalists at the Scottish Design Awards 2025

NM Design Studio is a finalist in the Commercial / Office / Hotel Building Project category at the Scottish Design Awards 2025 for The Auction Rooms, recognising the project’s integrated approach to branding, interior design and workplace experience.

Stretch Bar: Designing Spaces for the New Wellness Movement

Stretch Bar is a recovery-focused wellness studio designed by NM Design Studio, responding to a growing demand for calm, credible and experience-led environments within the evolving wellness industry.

A boardroom with a dark table and beige chairs, blue walls, a built-in wooden cabinet with books and decor, a large abstract painting on the wall, and a ceiling with ornate crown molding.

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Most brands focus on what they look like.
 But the best brands? They focus on how everything feels together.

Here are 5 ways disconnection shows up - and how to start noticing it.

(save this post if you’re planning a rebrand soon)

#brandexp

Before → After ✨

@stretchbarsportsmassage captures what NM Design Studio has always believed, that branding shouldn’t stop at the visuals.

From the branding to the materials to the movement of light, every detail here was designed to exp

Want to know the secret to creating a space people feel and not just see?

It starts way before paint colours and Pinterest boards.

When @stretchbarsportsmassage came to us, they didn’t just want a beautiful space. They wanted an experience, o

We’re thrilled to share that @auctionroomsedinburgh has been nominated for the 2025 Scottish Design Awards in the Commercial / Office / Hotel Building project category!

It’s an absolute privilege to see our work recognised alongside such

As founders, operators, and creatives, we’re often so close to our own businesses that we stop seeing them the way our audience does.

But here’s a challenge for today:

👉🏼Take 2 minutes to step into your customer’s shoes.

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