HOT COTTAGE is a design office and creative consultancy led by Ed Davis, working in partnership with Rob Cordiner.
Established in 2025, the studio produces thoughtful, materially aware work across design, publishing, and cultural projects, shaped by research, context, and close collaboration with clients.
A long-standing collaborative practice informs the studio’s work.
APPLIED ART SERVICES is a full-service curatorial agency with a focus on connecting brands with an exclusive network of international designers and artists for collaboration and activation.
CONTACT
General Enquiries
studio@hotcottage.earth
New Business
Olivia Radonich, studio director
olivia@hotcottage.earth
FOLLOW
@hot.cottage
Website Development
svmorgan.com
Cottage Artwork
Stefan Marx
Thoreau's Cottage. Walden Pond. Concord. Massachusetts. 1845-1841 (reconstruction, 20th century) Wood, fieldstone, and earth.
A faithful reconstruction of the cabin where Henry David Thoreau lived in deliberate simplicity from July 1845 to September 1847. Built near the original site, the structure stands as both artefact and idea, a physical echo of Thoreau's experiment in self-reliance, observation, and moral inquiry. Its modest form continues to frame questions of how to live, what to need, and what It means to be alone in nature.