As a child, Marga Comas wanted to be an artist, and from a very young age she knew that her vocation was interior design. Today she is one of the most celebrated interior designers, and runs her own company, Marga Comas Interior Design.

What is the first step when you take on an interior design project?

The first meeting I have with the clients is very important - the feeling they transmit to me, which helps me understand exactly what it is they are looking for. At first, rather than imagining a style, you need to know what kind of life they lead, what tastes they have, what they do when they get home in the evening... Every individual is completely different, and my goal is to create that bespoke world for them, to get it right and enable them to live contentedly within it.

And after that, what work method do you follow?

If it’s a new build, I like to work with the architect right from the outset. The architect presents their initial idea, I study it and give them my ideas, then they give me theirs, until we reach a point where we concur. I love that, because from the very beginning I know what the spaces in the house, and the décor and furniture are going to be like. And when it’s a renovation project, the process is similar, but the spaces are already laid out for us.

In your opinion, what are the most important elements in interior design?

More than the distribution or the materials, for me the lighting is fundamental, because it is what really creates the space. If you have a space  that isn’t very attractive, or one that is empty, but you light it properly, you can turn it into a tremendously welcoming place. And sound, too, is exceptionally important for me – there shouldn’t be an echo, for example. Those things that modern architecture doesn’t pay as much attention to, but which I feel are essential.

And what is your favourite style?

I like many styles, but not all of them. What I find the most stimulating is to go into a manor house and give it a complete makeover. Or an even greater challenge – I would love it if someone commissioned me to make a house look as though it were 100 years old, on a plot of land; a house that would look like a Mallorcan possessió once it was finished. In any case, I do like modern architecture too, the combination of concrete and wood.

Do you always try to make your projects here, on Mallorca, coherent with the essence of the island?

Yes, and I have discussions with the developer and the client regarding this. Personally, I would prefer Mallorca not to be so modern, architecturally speaking – I would like us to be a little truer to our roots, and the materials that have always been used here.