Studio Prelude is a collaborative practice working at the intersection of scenography, art and design. We create temporary and permanent environments and installations in public spaces.

The studio is a truly multidisciplinary network of collaborators. We use creative processes of scenography in each project, which we combine with design thinking and our skills in the built environment.

Viewing our living environment as a series of continuously changing experiences, the studio places a particular emphasis on duration, the narrative emedded within each project, and its contemporary relevance. Our work strives to erase the line between story and telling, form and function.

Experimental at heart, we value variety in context, narrative, and scale. We have worked across a range of media and spaces, and realised projects that last under one hour as well as an environment for a one thousand year cycle.

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Ingrid Hu | co-founder
Ingrid is a scenographer and multidisciplinary designer. She received her MA in Scenography from Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London in 2002[...], and joined the award-winning Heatherwick Studio for 7 years, where she worked with clients such as the British Council, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the V&A Museum. She was one of the three core members responsible for the UK Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo, for which she received a D&AD award in Spatial Design.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ingrid lived in Hong Kong and Canada before moving to London. She is a member of the Society of British Theatre Designers and an associate lecturer at UAL Central St Martins.

Giles Bruce | co-founder
Giles set up A-ZERO Architects in 2010 to pursue his passion of architecture and environment. Initially educated in Ireland, he was awarded a scholarship to study Sustainable Environmental Design at the Architectural Association in London[...], from which he graduated with distinction in 2007. He has been a chartered architect since 2005 and was lead environmental designer for O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sterling Prize shortlisted Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, LSE London. Giles tutors and lectures at Architectural Association and the University of Nottingham, and is a frequent speaker at universities around the country.