Congratulations to OW Joshua Hale (2012) who has been named in House & Garden’s annual list of 25 Rising Stars which includes furniture designers, garden designers, floral and more. Much like the Top 100 Interior Designers and Architects and the Top 50 Garden Designers – two lists with whom this one rubs shoulders – the Rising Stars list celebrates exceptional talent. These are the names of people who are making waves in the design industry whether working in new and exciting ways or by perfecting the existing ones.

Joshua comments, “My time at Wells not only gave me the educational framework to learn about a creative world, it gave me the confidence to strive and apply my life to it. Matthew Owens taught me a perfect combination of teamwork, discipline and listening as a Chorister, which was followed by an exemplary art department who pushed me even further towards being who I am today. I think about and actively use so many of these lessons every day in my work.”