Design Studios

Every design studio reaches a point where capacity, complexity, or geography demands an extra layer of expertise.
That’s where HELM steps in.

We integrate seamlessly as your behind-the-scenes partner - managing procurement, supply chain logistics, and commercial processes so your team can focus on design. Whether you’re expanding into new sectors like yachting or aviation, scaling your studio, or simply need senior support on delivery, we provide the framework and fluency to help you deliver at the highest level. We don’t replace your team. We strengthen it.

We strengthen your vision with structure and expertise

For Design Studios
and Independent Designers.

  • Every studio reaches a moment where workload, geography, or project scale demands more. We integrate seamlessly as your behind-the-scenes partner, strengthening delivery without disrupting your creative process or the client experience.

  • Yachts, aviation, and ultra-complex residences require a different level of expertise. We bring the technical understanding, documentation discipline, and specialist sector knowledge that allow your team to design boldly and deliver with confidence.

  • We ensure specifications are understood, materials are procured correctly, and timelines are meticulously managed. Your design intent remains intact from concept to installation, no matter the complexity of the project.

  • We bring organisation, documentation, and disciplined reporting to every project stage. This helps your team stay focused, reduces back-and-forth, and keeps all stakeholders aligned and informed.

  • We help you demonstrate value by ensuring budgets, suppliers, and logistics run smoothly. The result is a client journey that feels effortless - and a project delivered at the highest standard.

Capabilities

Procurement & Supply Chain Integration

Seamless coordination that strengthens your internal team without altering your creative process.

Sector-Specific Technical Fluency

Expertise in the requirements of yachts, aviation, and complex architectural projects.

Specification Protection & Material Accuracy

Ensuring approved designs, samples, and substitutions stay aligned with your intent.

Documentation, Reporting & Workflow Structure

Clear communication, disciplined reporting, and a framework that supports timely decision-making.

Cross-Studio Coordination & Stakeholder Alignment

Managing communication across shipyards, contractors, suppliers, and client teams.

Confidential, Behind-the-Scenes Senior Support

Supplementing your team with discreet expertise when capacity, geography, or complexity demands more.

Case Studies

  • 84m Superyacht - Confidential

    UK Yacht Design Studio

  • New York Apartment

    UK Interior Design Studio

  • Private Aircraft - Confidential

    UK Multi-Disciplinary Design Studio

 FAQs

  • We work behind the scenes as an extension of your studio, strengthening delivery without interfering with your creative process. Our role is flexible and discreet, tailored to your workflow, capacity, and project requirements.

  • Yes. These sectors require specialist documentation, technical fluency, and procurement expertise. We provide the knowledge, structure, and sector insight that enable your team to deliver confidently in new or highly complex environments.

  • Only when agreed. Our role is to enhance your client experience by providing clarity, reporting, and a disciplined process - always keeping your studio front and centre while strengthening your delivery.

  • Absolutely. HELM works globally, drawing on an international network of suppliers, ateliers, and specialist partners. We are fluent in cross-border logistics and time-zone coordination, ensuring every project benefits from the same clarity, communication, and quality.

  • We take responsibility for the entire operational side of delivery.
    That means working directly with building concierges, general contractors, shipyards, completion centers, interior specialists, freight handlers, and customs providers. We organise access routes, protect the space, manage deliveries, contract compliance and oversee installation so everything arrives safely and on schedule.

    This coordination removes friction for the client and the design team, ensuring the final stages of the project unfold with ease and professionalism.