Our Story

Our journey started in 1979 with Joy and Dieter Constantin producing window displays for Harrods and Liberty, almost 40 years later Prop Studios has grown to an internationally established retail design agency.

Nina Constantin grew up in our workshop and earned her pocket money helping out on projects for Louboutin and YSL. Nina took the reins from her parents 11 years ago and launched our sister division FormRoom to answer the evolving needs of the industry. Nina has since successfully and rapidly developed both divisions, with an expanding portfolio of influential work.

Our MD, Lisa Ronan, runs a collaborative and engaged company culture – where creativity and development is at the forefront of every project. Our diverse team comes with a wealth of experience from a variety of sectors and backgrounds. From retail, to food and drink, to agency and client side, we have the insight, experience and expertise to truly understand your brand and customer.

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1979 1979 Prop Studios established
by Joy & Dieter Constantin

1986 Prop Expands Move to a large studio where their daughter, Nina Constantin, works on school and university holidays, mucking in on manufacture, design and client work.

2002 Manufacturing moves to current Ditchling Workshop

2006 Nina Constantin takes over Her ﬁrst project on taking over the company was Harrods Christmas Windows. These scheme wins an award for Best Windows at the VM & Display Awards.

2008 Nina launches formroom In response to the many interiors and furniture projects coming to Prop Studios. FormRoom runs alongside Prop Studios, delivering award-winning pop ups, interiors, furniture and lighting

2009 FormRoom exhibits at 100% Design to huge success.

2010 Launch of Bono's Red Campaign.
Nike Town London Nina designs and installs the Bono's Red Campaign at Nike Town London. The launch wins Best In-Store Branding.

2011 Studio 1 Architect Collaborations Nina meets her now husband, Daniel Rowland who runs Studio 1 Architect, which we collaborate with on projects.

2011 Partner with Anya Hindmarch Deliver the award-winning pop up in Selfridges.

2012 Wacky Races Selfridges Create the award-winning Wacky Races scheme for Selfridges

2013 Continue to work with
Ted Baker internationally

2013 London studio Open our London Design Studio to work alongside our Ditchling Workshop

2014 Make my Magnum Pop-up Create the ﬁrst Make My Magnum pop-up in Selfridges, also completing a window take-over

2015 Hyundai department store Design award-winning installations for Hyundai Department Store in South Korea

2016 Missguided Store Launch Collaborate with Missguided in their inﬂuential ﬁrst bricks-and-mortar store

2017 Mon Purse at Selfridges Designed & manufacture luxurious window display for Mon Purse at Selfridges

2017 Winners: Visual Merchandising & Display Awards

Meet the team

Nina Constantin Company Owner/Director

Lisa Ronan Managing Director

David Roberts Brand Director

Jess Gillespie Head of Projects

Adam Blennerhassett Project Manager

Salma Abubakar Project Manager

Emily Foenander Project Manager

Courtnee Archer Office & Accounts Manager

Emily Ditton Senior Designer

Katrina Spiewak Designer

Tala Ali Designer

Kelly Tucker Production Manager

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