Naomi Scott-Dunne is an interior designer and creative director with a unique background. Naomi previously worked at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, followed by 17 years' working around the world for the United Nations, working on elections, protocol and political affairs. Helping people in conflict and post-conflict zones, ensuring that people had access to basic needs such as food and water. Being actively engaged in promoting human welfare and social reforms, promoting gender equality and having respect for diversity. She assisted in relieving people's suffering, and empowered those less fortunate to maintain their human dignity.
Retraining at London's KLC School of Design, in the Chelsea Design Centre, as an Interior Designer was certainly a challenge whilst living in both East and then West Africa, all of the travelling back and forth between war zones and health emergency regions and one of the design capitals of the world, London, paid off when she graduated in Spring 2016. Now Naomi creates environments where people feel comfortable in, and have the confidence to be themselves in.
Interior design is not just about investing in items because of their beauty or because they are on-trend, it is about taking ownership of one's own personality and having the confidence to reflect that in their home. Restoring the balance where many may be afraid to explore, creating an experience, fulfilling people's desires and reflecting these throughout her designs is Naomi's philosophy towards design. Through the use of concepts and conceptual design, Naomi offers a bespoke service to her clients, reiterating the importance of the journey each of us are on. Naomi is accredited with the American Society of Interior Designs (ASID) as an Allied Member.
Design writing, specializing in colour psychology and all other elements of colour and use of colour is a specialty of Naomi's, she is also very active in predicting colour trends and is part of MC&Co's trend analysis team. Naomi is also a co-host of The Interior Lover's Podcast, which she does with Sam Griggs, a well-known UK Stylist and Interior Designer.
Naomi is married with three beautiful bilingual children and lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.