The Monastery Team
Anthony Dinesh Michael - Creative Director
Anthony Dinesh Michael, co-founder and Creative Director of The Monastery, is an interior architect and furniture designer. Originally from Malaysia and of Indian origin, he has lived in many parts of the world and has made London his home for over 10 years.
He designs furniture pieces with a holistic focus on balance, simplicity and functionality, superior aesthetic character and continuous contemporary lifespan.
His pieces are contemplative and relaxational, tactile and sensuous to the touch and demonstrate an unpretentious and refined quality, uncomplicated yet aspirational, modern yet enduring.
Kevin Walker - Development Director
Kevin Walker, co-founder and Development Director of The Monastery, is a commercial project and business manager, living in London for over 25 years, and brings a wealth of experience from the financial, educational and charity sectors to his role.
‘Increasingly jaded with the corporate stifling of creativity and business and financial barriers, Anthony and I decided to take back control and start our own business. Partnering Anthony’s extensive creative design skills with my business acumen, the lifestyle concept company AM Editions was formed, originally a fusion of furniture design with interior design.
It became clear that furniture design was the more enticing, visually interesting, and more fitting our aims and ethos. Our focus, and our business, therefore underwent a transformation. Our design aesthetic and journey formed the basis of The Monastery – simple, appealing and contemplative pieces created holistically to bring calm, serenity and comfort to interior lifestyles.’
Kevin Walker, Development Director