Design with conviction. Built with care. We’re an interior architecture studio that handles projects from concept to completion — staying with you every step of the way.
Interior design in Berlin — the way we do it.
We're Axel and Ingo. Over twenty years of interior design in Berlin — based in Charlottenburg, working across the city and beyond.
In that time, we've worked on apartments, offices, showrooms, hospitality spaces and heritage buildings. Different briefs, different scales, different clients. The one constant is how we approach the work: seriously, from the first conversation to the last detail, without handing it off halfway.
Berlin is a particular place to do this work. The buildings are complicated — old fabric, layered histories, floor plans that evolved over decades instead of being designed in one go. We've learned to read that. To understand what a building is already doing before deciding what it needs.
What we deliver is bespoke interior design in Berlin that fits the place, the brief and the people behind it. Not a style we apply across projects. Not a look. A process built on two decades of knowing when to push and when to listen.
BERLINRODEO was founded by Axel — creative director and the design force behind every project. Alongside him, Ingo brings the structural discipline: budgets, construction processes, the kind of rigour that keeps good ideas from falling apart between concept and execution.
But the studio is more than two people. What it actually is, is twenty years of interior design in Berlin — through the city's boom years, its reinventions, its neighbourhoods changing faster than most studios can track.
Berlin demands a certain kind of adaptability. Clients change. Buildings surprise you. The market shifts. What stays constant at BERLINRODEO is the standard: interiors that are thought through, built properly, and still feel right years later.
We don't start with mood boards.
We start by asking what the space is actually for. Not in abstract terms — in real ones. Who's using it at 7am. What it needs to feel like at the end of the day. What the client has tried before and what they know they don't want.
Good interior design in Berlin doesn't happen at the concept stage. It happens in the decisions that follow: when the floor plan doesn't work the way it looked on paper, when the light changes what the material does, when the right call is to slow down rather than push through.
We don't believe in interiors that look impressive in photos and feel empty in person. We design for the room as you live in it. That means proportion over decoration. Material honesty over surface finish. Atmosphere that comes from decisions, not from styling.
A well-designed space doesn't announce itself. It just works — consistently, over time, regardless of whether anyone is looking.
Alte Wollgarnfabrik, Berlin
The Alte Wollgarnfabrik — the Old Wool Yarn Factory — is one of those buildings that does most of the work before you even start.
We walked the space for the first time and stood there a while. The structure was obvious. The light was complicated. The history was present in a way that made any imposed concept feel wrong immediately.
So we didn't impose one. We spent time figuring out what the building was already saying — in the surface, in the proportion, in the relationship between what was original and what had been added over time. From there, every decision followed: what to keep, what to clear, what to bring in as new material that could hold its own against what was already there.
The result is an interior that doesn't fight the building. It belongs to it. Not drama. Not a statement. A room that feels like it was always going to be this way.
There's no hidden process.
You get in touch — by email, by phone, however is easiest. We arrange a meeting, ideally in the space. We spend that first conversation listening more than talking. No pitch, no portfolio presentation unless you want one. Just a conversation about the project, what it needs, and whether we're the right people for it. That meeting costs nothing.
If it makes sense to move forward, we develop a proposal. Spatial layout, material direction, lighting concept, furniture approach. Real decisions, not a mood board. We present it, work through your questions, adjust where it needs adjusting.
From there: coordination, contractor management, site visits, decisions made in real time when the room asks for them. We're not the studio that hands the concept to a project manager and moves on. We stay in the project until it's done.
Timeline is honest and project-specific. A focused single-room commission can move quickly. A full residential renovation takes months. A commercial fit-out depends on the building, the programme, the contractor. We tell you what to expect at the start and we don't move goalposts.
One contact. One process. Start to finish.
Working on a new build in Charlottenburg? See how we approach new apartments in the neighbourhood →Apartments, houses, and private residences. We create homes that reflect the life and identity of the people who inhabit them.
Offices, studios, and commercial spaces designed to enhance performance, culture, and client perception.
The planning that makes a home work. We shape how a space flows and where the light lands — so the architecture serves the people who live in it, long before any finish is chosen.
Light as a design material. We develop lighting concepts that shape atmosphere, guide movement, and highlight architecture.
Every project starts with a conversation, not a presentation. We spend time understanding your brief, your life, and your instincts before we make any decisions.
We develop the concept, define the scope, and map out every decision that needs to be made — materials, layout, lighting, furniture. Nothing left to chance.
We coordinate with contractors, craftspeople, and suppliers. We’re on-site, on-schedule, and on-brief. You don’t manage the process — we do. And we stay until it’s right.
It depends on what the project needs. At minimum: concept development, material and furniture selection, lighting approach, and coordination through delivery. At full scope: spatial planning, structural decisions (with architects where relevant), contractor management, site presence and final installation. We define the scope at the start so there are no surprises later.
Interior architecture deals with structural change: moving walls, changing volumes, altering the fabric of a building. Interior design works within what's there — with material, furniture, light and atmosphere. In practice, most serious projects involve both. We handle the line between them and bring in structural consultants when the work requires it.
Both. Apartments, houses, offices, showrooms, hospitality spaces, retail environments. The approach doesn't change much — understand the brief, respect the building, stay until the room is right.
It means we design for the specific project — not from a library of solutions we've applied elsewhere. The material palette, the furniture, the layout, the lighting concept: all of it comes from the brief and the building. Nothing is carried over from the last project because it looked good there.
Yes. We're based in Charlottenburg and most of our work is in Berlin, but we've worked further afield when the brief is right. Get in touch and we'll be straightforward about whether it makes sense.
Earlier than you think. The decisions that matter most — spatial, structural, relational — happen before material selection, before furniture planning, before any of the visible stuff. The earlier we're involved, the more we can do.