Born in Germany and raised in Australia, Benedikt Josef studied architecture in Melbourne and Berlin before moving to New York. He began his career with McBride Charles Ryan in Melbourne before joining WorkAC in New York and later serving as Design Director for Daun Curry — moving fluidly between architecture, interior design, and different modes of practice.

In establishing his own interior design studio in New York, Benedikt pursued a more distinct and singular vision — one defined by clarity, discipline, and the dialogue between structure and emotion. His work is guided by the belief that space should not impose but unfold; that meaning takes precedence over style or trend.

Specializing in private residential projects, his studio creates environments shaped by proportion, material precision, and a quiet sense of balance. Each commission begins with a search for what is essential — where light, stillness, and texture shape experience rather than ornament it. His interiors are composed and deliberate, yet carry an undercurrent of tension, revealing how order can hold emotion, and simplicity can contain depth.

Benedikt’s approach is rooted in rationalism yet guided by the senses. He sees architecture and interior design not as separate disciplines, but as parallel languages that articulate how we inhabit space. This duality underpins his process: measured but instinctive, rigorous yet deeply personal.

For Benedikt, design is an ongoing conversation between restraint and expression — between the impulse to define and an embrace of ambiguity. Favoring simplicity over spectacle, his spaces resist categorization, existing instead in a state of quiet intensity that invites contemplation and intimacy.