Jo Calver

Jo Calver is the Founder and Creative Director of Isla James Interiors and Isla James Lighting, where light is considered as fundamental to a space as its architecture, materials and form. Since founding Isla James Interiors in 2015, Jo has developed a distinctive approach that brings interior architecture, interior design and architectural lighting together from the earliest stages of a project. Rather than treating lighting as a final layer, she considers light part of the material palette itself, something that shapes our perception of architecture, colour and texture, reveals artwork and detail, directs the eye and ultimately determines how a space feels. Her work spans high-end residential and hospitality projects across the UK and abroad, including The Gate Hotel in London and The Store in Oxford, combining creative design thinking with a detailed understanding of architectural lighting, colour temperature, control, specification and the interaction between light and materials. A