NICKOLAS GURTLER EDITORIAL
Nickolas Gurtler is an interior designer and the principal of Nickolas Gurtler Office. Nominated for Designer of the Year in the IDEA Awards in 2025, his work has been featured in leading local and international publications including Vogue Living, Belle, House & Garden, The Local Project, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Est living, Design Anthology and Beta-Plus to name a few.
Alongside his work at Nickolas Gurtler Office, Nickolas brings over a decade of experience in shaping highly considered interiors and the imagery that surrounds them. This parallel practice extends that perspective into editorial styling and image direction, informed by years of involvement in photoshoots, visual framing and the presentation of architecture for portfolio and publication.
Working fluently across both space and image, Nickolas brings a deeply discerning eye to the frame — sensitive to proportion, atmosphere, depth and visual rhythm. In close creative alignment with the photographer, these measured refinements shape the mood, rhythm and emotional register of the shoot as a whole. Small interventions — repositioning an object, editing back a surface, refining the balance of a composition, or adding a final element to strengthen the frame — are treated as consequential, shaping imagery that is exacting, atmospheric and respectful of the architecture it represents.
"A SPACE MAY ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED — IT HAS TO COUNT. "
Each project calls for a different level of involvement. Some require a lighter editorial layer — the considered addition of objects, florals and detail to complete the frame — while others call for a more comprehensive approach, furnishing a space from the ground up. In every case, the work is shaped by the needs of the project itself and by what will read most powerfully on camera.
At the core of the practice is a discerning and minimalist approach to image-making — one that privileges balance, atmosphere and architectural integrity over excess. The role is not to overtake the architecture, but to harmonise with it, shaping imagery that feels composed, elevated and exact.