Aiveen’s art

Carol O’Callaghan meets Cork-born, Aiveen Daly whose furniture and interior design is in international demand.

TIMES change and we have no choice but to change with them. It’s especially true for a boutique design business for which recession has happily meant acquiring a new client base with commissions in Brazil, Russia and the Middle East.

When I first visited Cork-born upholsterer Aiveen Daly at her London atelier six years ago, business was growing steadily around her collection of immaculately hand-upholstered chairs for clients in Ireland and the UK.