Hotel Sensuelle Studio
Design and Material Development Intern
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ABOUT HOTEL SENSUELLE STUDIO
Hotel Sensuelle Studio (HSS) is a London-based creative practice working across image-making, spatial environments, and material-led storytelling.
We build worlds through sets, garments, and objects, where each element is developed with intention, from surface to structure, extending into moving image and art direction across digital and physical touchpoints.
Our work explores the tension between the physical and the imagined, constructing images that feel both familiar and unreal.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We're looking for someone with a strong sensitivity to materials and a curiosity for how things are made, constructed, and translated into visual outcomes.
This role sits closely within design development and material exploration, contributing to a number of ongoing studio projects.
You'll be involved in the early stages of making: testing ideas, developing prototypes, fabricating objects and helping shape how concepts evolve into physical and visual forms. We're looking for someone who enjoys working with their hands just as much as developing ideas.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
MATERIAL & DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
- Supporting the development of sets, objects, props, and material studies
- Experimenting with textiles, colour, finishes, and mixed materials
- Assisting with sampling and prototyping across studio and client projects
- Contributing to garment development, including pattern cutting, construction, and surface detailing where relevant
- Exploring how materials translate into spatial, physical, and visual experiences
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FABRICATION & MAKING
- Supporting the fabrication of installations, props, and set elements
- Assisting with painting, finishing, construction, and assembly
- Working across soft and hard materials depending on project requirements
- Helping prototype new ideas through hands-on experimentation
RESEARCH & EXPLORATION
- Sourcing materials and production techniques
- Building reference libraries and material research
- Participating in ongoing studio conversations around form, texture, colour, and narrative
STUDIO & PRODUCTION SUPPORT
- Assisting with photoshoot and set preparation
- Supporting installation and build days
- Helping organise tools, materials, and workshop spaces
WHO THIS IS FOR
- Students, recent graduates, or emerging creatives studying Fashion, Textiles, Product Design, Interior Architecture, Spatial Design, Costume, or related disciplines
- Strong sensitivity to materials, texture, colour, and composition
- Comfortable making, testing, and prototyping ideas
- Experience with sewing, pattern cutting, fabrication, model making, or similar practical skills is highly valued
- Curious, resourceful, and excited by multidisciplinary creative practice
- Comfortable working independently while contributing to a collaborative studio environment
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WHAT YOU'LL GAIN
- Direct involvement in live studio projects from concept through to execution
- Hands-on experience with fabrication, prototyping, and material development
- Insight into how narrative-driven work is developed physically and visually
- Experience working across image-making, spatial design, and creative production
- A close working relationship within a small, idea-led creative studio
DETAILS
- Based in West London
- Flexible internship (3–5 days per week depending on availability)
- Open to students, placement-year applicants, recent graduates, and emerging creatives
- To apply, please email us at hello@hotelsensuelle.com with your CV, portfolio (PDF or website), and a short introduction telling us why you'd like to join Hotel Sensuelle Studio.
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