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ANNA.CARIN

Location
Sydney, Australia
Discipline
Interior Design & Styling

About

ANNA.CARIN is a Sydney-based high-end residential interior design studio led by Anna-Carin McNamara, Swedish-born and RCA London trained. From the first conversation to the last detail, the work is guided by a clear design philosophy, the five elements of design: Relationships, Resonance, Rhythm, Rituals and Rites.

The process is as considered as the philosophy. ANNA.CARIN’s signature method, three words and a song, draws out the emotional identity of a home before design begins. From there, space, material, light and detail are resolved through deep listening: to the people, the space, and what the materials already know.

The result is always different. No signature look. Each home personal, specific and its own.

phone

0413 029 980

address

403/19A Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, NSW 2011

A note from est

Growing up on a small farm in the south of Sweden left a mark for Anna-Carin that has never quite faded. Now Sydney-based, her interiors carry the same Scandinavian sensibility—simplicity, functionality, and a natural palette that could only have come from Swedish springs and autumn light.

Accreditation & Awards

Australian Interior Design Awards | Residential Design – Shortlist | The Atrium
2026
Belle Fanuli Interior | Best Residential Kitchen – Finalists | The Blue Zone
2025
BLT Built Design Award | Interior Design, Apartment – Winner | Blue Zone
2025
INDE.Awards | Interior Space – Shortlist | Seven Days
2025
Australian Interior Design Awards | Residential Design – Shortlist | Seven Days & Blue Zone
2025
"See wide, work close, take the long view."

—Anna-Carin McNamara

PROJECTS BY ANNA.CARIN

The Faces Shaping Australian Interior Design