Geonet · Design partners
Founded by Sir Terence Conran in 1989, Conran and Partners brings more than three decades of international architecture and interior design experience to ELLE Resort & Beach Club Bali. Appointed as interior designer for the resort, the studio will shape its guest rooms, suites and shared spaces, bringing ELLE's French design identity into a contemporary Balinese setting.
ELLE Resort & Beach Club, one-bedroom loft. Artist impression.
01 · The practice
Founded by Sir Terence Conran in 1989, Conran and Partners has built an international reputation across architecture and interior design from its studios in London and Hong Kong. Its work is grounded in a principle that has defined the practice from the beginning: good design should improve the quality of people's lives.
Its portfolio moves across hotels, resorts, restaurants, residences, workplaces and retail. Architecture and interiors sit within the same practice, allowing its teams to think beyond individual rooms and shape the complete experience, from spatial planning and circulation to furniture, materials and the smallest details.
There is no fixed Conran look. Each project responds to its location, its purpose and the people who will use it. The result is design that feels contemporary and distinctive without losing its connection to place.
Sir Terence Conran changed the way design entered everyday life, and the practice he founded continues to place people at the centre of the design process. In hospitality, that thinking reaches every part of the guest journey, from arrival and movement through a property to the way a room feels, functions and is remembered.
Today, the practice is chaired by Sebastian Conran, who continues that focus by encouraging the partners to challenge assumptions and keep the end user central to the design process.
Sir Terence Conran, and the German Gymnasium in King's Cross: a Grade II listed building the practice converted into a restaurant.
02 · The design
Conran and Partners' concept brings together three distinct influences: ELLE's French design heritage, Bali's natural character and the expectations of a contemporary beachfront resort. The aim is not to reproduce Paris in Bali, but to create an interior language that belongs to both the brand and the destination.
ELLE has shaped fashion, interiors and lifestyle for more than 80 years. For the brand's first beach resort, Conran and Partners' role is to translate that editorial identity into a physical guest experience across the resort interiors.
The concept brings together ELLE's French art de vivre with Bali's natural textures, craft traditions and relaxed material palette, creating a clear dialogue between the brand and the destination.
Climate-responsive design forms part of the concept from the start. In Seminyak, that means considering shade, airflow, humidity, salt air and material durability as part of the interior specification.
The design approach incorporates local materials, artisanal craftsmanship and a close relationship with the landscape. Conran and Partners has previous hospitality experience in Indonesia through Park Hyatt Jakarta.
The interiors are intended to feel calm yet expressive, elegant yet welcoming, reflecting the contrast between relaxed resort living and the social character of Seminyak.
Conran and Partners' interior work develops alongside Inspiral Architects' architecture so the spaces, materials and guest experience can be considered as one coherent resort environment.
03 · How they work
Conran and Partners begins with research into the site, local context, cultural influences and intended guest. From there, the team develops a design narrative that guides spatial planning, materials, lighting, furniture and detailing through to delivery.
Guest rooms and suites, where comfort, function and material quality are experienced at close range throughout the day.
Corridors, lift lobbies and thresholds, designed as part of the guest journey rather than treated only as circulation.
Arrival areas, restaurants, bars and shared spaces, where the resort's identity becomes most visible and social.
The stage most practices skip. Before anything is drawn, Conran research the site, the local area and the competition, and settle who the guest actually is. On a Seminyak resort that means understanding a beach that already has an opinion about itself.
Conran and Partners groups its work across five markets: live, stay, eat and drink, work and shop. A resort brings several of these together in one destination, from accommodation and dining to wellness, retail and shared spaces. That cross-sector experience helps the studio design different functions under one coherent identity.
The practice's credentials reference research and experience across material efficiency, modular construction, cross-laminated timber, recycled materials and recognised building frameworks. No sustainability rating or target is currently claimed for ELLE Resort on this page. Within the team, Nick Edler is a certified Passivhaus Designer and Hillia Lee is a BEAM Professional and registered architect in Hong Kong.
04 · People
ELLE Resort is led by Tina Norden, Partner and Principal at Conran and Partners. She has spent nearly three decades with the practice, helped establish its presence in Asia and led major hospitality projects including Park Hyatt Jakarta and Park Hyatt Changsha. The latter was named Project of the Year for Hotel Interiors at the 2025 MIX Interiors Awards.
Interior designer and architect with a focus on hospitality. She joined Conran and Partners in 1997 and the board in 2016, leads design teams across both studios and played a key role in establishing the practice's Asia team. Her projects include Park Hyatt Jakarta and Park Hyatt Changsha.
Architect and designer who joined the practice in 1997 and the board in 2008. His work includes adaptive reuse and projects influenced by his experience in Japan.
Interior designer with more than 20 years of industry experience. He joined the practice in 2006 and the board in 2016, with a focus on lifestyle, communal and public spaces across multiple project types.
Leads the practice's operations and finances, including client appointments, contractual matters and risk management.
Designer and Chair of the practice. He is a founding trustee of the Design Museum and Chair of The Conran Foundation.
Works across both studios with 15 years of industry experience. His portfolio includes high-end hospitality, new-build and refurbishment projects for hotel groups and independent operators.
Works across hospitality, residential, workplace and exhibition design in the UK and internationally, with a focus on how spatial design shapes experience.
Architect who joined the practice in 1998 and became Associate Director in 2023. His work ranges from masterplanning to listed-building refurbishment.
Conran and Partners' organisation chart accounts for 62 people across its London and Hong Kong studios, spanning design, architecture, operations and specialist support.
Total based on the organisation chart in the Conran and Partners company profile, page 4. External visualisation, BIM consultancy and legal advisers listed as “if required” are excluded.
05 · Recognition
From Interior Design Practice of the Year to Project of the Year for Hotel Interiors, Conran and Partners has built a strong record of industry recognition. Its recent awards span hospitality, retail, residential and workplace design, with particular relevance to ELLE Resort through the award-winning Asian hotel work led by Tina Norden.
A studio-wide honour recognising Conran and Partners across its London and Hong Kong teams.
Park Hyatt Changsha took the hotel interiors title, adding major industry recognition to a hospitality project led by Tina Norden, the design lead for ELLE Resort.
KEF Music Gallery London won the Retail category, extending the practice's recent award record beyond hospitality into branded lifestyle environments.
The Maple received a Platinum Honourable Mention for co-living and Dock Shed received Silver for co-working, reinforcing the breadth of the studio's recognised work.
A track record across leading international design awards
06 · Selected work
Across Asia, Europe, Africa and New Zealand, Conran and Partners has worked on hotels, resorts, residences, restaurants and lifestyle spaces for international operators and developers. The projects below show the breadth of experience the studio brings to a destination as layered as ELLE Resort.
Their Indonesian hotel, and the closest thing in this set to the ELLE brief. Drawn from the natural beauty and traditional craft of Indonesia combined with contemporary Jakarta, for the most luxurious of Hyatt's brands.
A five-star hotel built into the podium and top floors of a repurposed office tower. Guests arrive through a fourth-floor podium courtyard designed as a threshold. Project of the Year for hotel interiors at the 2025 MIX Awards.
On the Wynyard Quarter waterfront, overlooking Lighter Basin and Waitematā Harbour. Industrial edge set against natural materials and Māori craft.
A calm oasis inside the city, on the Godrej campus, uniting the Godrej and Tata legacies. Rooms look over the region's largest mangrove forest or over the infinity pool and sculpture garden. Operated by Taj Hotels.
A luxury residential resort at the crossroads of Europe and Africa, and the nearest parallel to ELLE in their portfolio. Planned as an integrated coastline destination, Conran and Partners was commissioned across masterplanning, concept architecture and interior design.
The expansion of a Japanese retreat, phase three. Timber and Japanese concrete chosen so the materials mellow rather than date, in a building meant to sit inside its landscape rather than on it.
Villas in a natural forest, each in its own courtyard, each opening to light or view while staying private from its neighbours. Access tracks routed to leave the woodland undisturbed and to make the arrival worth something.
A private residence within Hysan's Villa Lucca at Plover Cove Reservoir, where European design elements are set into strong architecture and a landscape that does most of the talking.
A resort refurbishment on the Turkish coast. Contemporary rooms intended to read as Turkey now rather than as Turkey remembered.
Clubhouses for a private development, exclusive but built for families, with views over the Bosphorus and the Belgrade forest driving the palette.
A restaurant reimagined as an enfilade of rooms, contrasting palettes carrying a guest from casual to intimate without a door between them.
A Fitzrovia showroom designed to shift between café, retail and event use, with acoustically focused listening and music spaces.
07 · Their clients
Conran and Partners' published client portfolio includes some of the most established names in international hospitality and property, from Park Hyatt, Four Seasons and Mandarin Oriental to Rosewood, The Peninsula Hotels, IHG and Swire Properties.
Hotel operators · 12
Developers and landlords · 17
08 · For investors
The appointment brings established international design experience to one of the most visible parts of the guest experience: the resort interiors. Conran and Partners adds a recognised hospitality portfolio, senior design leadership in Asia and a delivery process that continues beyond concept design through to handover.
Conran and Partners announced its involvement in February 2026. Geonet also announced the appointment, and Lagardère named the practice in its May 2026 project announcement.
Conran and Partners is responsible for the resort interiors. The ELLE Beach Club and its suites are assigned to Tristan du Plessis Studio under a separate design scope.
Park Hyatt Jakarta is part of the practice's completed portfolio, giving the team direct experience interpreting Indonesian materials, craft and culture within an international luxury hotel environment.
Tina Norden leads ELLE Resort after leading Park Hyatt Jakarta and Park Hyatt Changsha, which was named Project of the Year for Hotel Interiors at the 2025 MIX Interiors Awards.
The practice's published process includes design realisation, covering construction monitoring, site inspections and styling review through to handover.
A resort combines accommodation, dining, wellness, retail and shared spaces. Conran and Partners works across these sectors and brings architecture and interior design expertise together within the same practice.
09 · Questions
Conran and Partners is an architecture and interior design practice with studios in London and Hong Kong. Founded by Sir Terence Conran in 1989, the practice works across hospitality, residential, workplace, retail, and food and beverage, with a client portfolio that includes major international hotel operators and developers.
Conran and Partners is the interior designer for the resort. Lagardère, which owns the ELLE brand, confirmed the project split in its announcement: Conran and Partners for the resort interiors, and Tristan du Plessis Studio for the ELLE Beach Club and its suites.
Not on this project. Inspiral Architects is the architect for ELLE Resort & Beach Club. Conran and Partners is responsible for the resort interior design. The practice does provide architecture and interior design together on other projects, including Park Hyatt Changsha.
Tina Norden, Partner and Principal, is the named design lead for ELLE Resort. She joined the practice in 1997, became a board member in 2016, helped build its team in Asia, and has led hospitality projects including Park Hyatt Jakarta and Park Hyatt Changsha.
Yes. Park Hyatt Jakarta for MNC Land is a completed project in the practice's portfolio. Conran and Partners describes its design as drawing from the natural beauty and traditional craft of Indonesia while reflecting contemporary Jakarta.
Conran and Partners describes the concept as an interplay between Parisian chic and Balinese softness, combining ELLE's French art de vivre with natural textures, local craft traditions and climate-responsive design. The intended character is calm yet expressive, elegant and welcoming.
No. The appointment is confirmed and the design concept has been published, but the resort interiors remain at concept stage. All ELLE Resort renders on this page are artist impressions, and the finished spaces will differ.
Selected recent recognitions shown on this page include Interior Design Practice of the Year at the 2023 FX Awards, Project of the Year for Hotel Interiors at the 2025 MIX Awards for Park Hyatt Changsha, the Retail category at the 2025 FX Awards for KEF Music Gallery London, and Frame Awards recognition in 2026.
