About Modernground
Modernground advises on the layout and content of private and public spaces to make them more conducive to a sense of wellbeing and human connection. Founder Rachael Barraclough specialises in reworking slightly dull or tired-looking rooms to create elegant, timeless and original interiors, using a clever mix of objects of the past and objects from the present, resulting a space which feels lived-in, welcoming and beautiful.
Rachael also hosts extraordinary soirées both in her own home, and for her clients, creating joyful and unique atmospheres in which people themselves come to the fore. These events have a unique ability to bring friends and strangers together in the moment, sharing in the musical, artistic, and culinary delights around them.
About Rachael Barraclough
Rachael Barraclough has spent twenty years curating contemporary design exhibitions and advising clients on building collections of C20th and contemporary furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles, woodwork and metalwork. For five of those years she curated the annual Sotheby’s Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition and showed many well known names such as Ron Arad, Hiroshi Suzuki, Mattias Bengtsson and Herzog and Demeuron. For another five years, Barraclough set up the design programme at the well known London art gallery, Haunch of Venison, showcasing work by designers such as Barber Osgerby and Stuart Haygarth. For many years she has advised the star of British design, Thomas Heatherwick, selling his limited edition furniture to museums and collectors from around the world. Barraclough has built up an extensive network of hugely talented makers and designers with whom she works to commission bespoke furniture, lighting, textiles and other decorative art pieces.
“We live in a time of such luxury that many of our personal spaces now feel too perfect, possibly sterile. My goal is to stop the hotelification of our homes and to give them back their sense of intimacy, patina and beauty. Equally to make offices and reception rooms elegant and inviting to give visitors a more individual and memorable experience. The secret ingredient is adding the odd piece which has a flash of daring and quality. I love mixing a valuable Franco Albini table with a set of Jasper Morrison chairs with an old, inexpensive vase sitting on it.”
Recent developments are Modernground’s new craft workshops aimed for groups of 20-30 people to learn new craft skills, create authentic connections and an increased sense of well being. Please go to workshops section for more information.