David Collins (interior designer)

David Collins
Born	March 1, 1955 Dublin, Ireland
Died	July 17, 2013 London, England
Cause of death	melanoma
Education	Bolton Street School of Architecture
Occupation	Interior designer

David Collins (1955–2013) was an Irish architect who specialised in designing the interiors of bars and restaurants in London.

David Collins was born in Dublin, Ireland on March 1, 1955. He studied architecture at the Bolton Street School of Architecture in Dublin.

He established the David Collins Studio, an interior design firm based in London, in 1985. One of his first interior designs was chef Pierre Koffmann's La Tante Claire in Chelsea. He then designed chef Marco Pierre White's Harvey's in 1988. Later, he designed The Gilbert Scott, chef Marcus Wareing's restaurant at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. Another Wareing restaurant that he designed was the Blue Bar in Belgravia. He went on to design The Wolseley, the Delaunay Hotel, J Sheekey, Brasserie Zédel, Colbert, Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, and Nobu Berkeley St. He also designed retail interiors for Jimmy Choo, Alexander McQueen and Harrods.

Additionally, he designed The Charles, an apartment building on the Upper East Side in New York City. He was a close friend of Madonna: he designed her London and New York apartments and she used a poem that he wrote as the basis of her 1998 song "Drowned World/Substitute for Love", for which he received a co-writing credit.

Collins died in London on July 17, 2013 from melanoma only three weeks after being diagnosed.

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