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ROR (design company)
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'''ROR''' is an [[interior design]] company founded by Robin Cruikshank and [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="Starr2016"></ref>
The pair had met when Robin Ltd., Cruikshank's company, aligned itself with [[The Beatles]] [[Apple Corps]]. Cruikshank designed furniture for Starr's new house, Round Hill on Compton Avenue in the Highgate district of north west London.<ref name="Starr2016"/>
The name of the company stands for '''Ringo or Robin'''.<ref name="Starr2016"/> The company was incorporated in 1968 with its offices on the top floor of the [[Apple Corps]] headquarters at 3 [[Saville Row]] in the [[West End of London]]. Starr owned 51% of the company to Cruickshank's 49%.<ref name="Starr2016"/> ROR's designs were placed on sale in the department stores of [[Harvey Nichols]] and [[Liberty of London]].<ref name="Starr2016"/> The company closed in the mid 1980s.<ref name="Starr2016"/>
==Notable projects==
*A $10 million contract to design the interior of the Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE.<ref name="MEED"></ref>
*Seeb Palace, Oman.<ref name="MEED"/>
*The penthouse flat of the pornographer and property developer [[Paul Raymond (publisher)|Paul Raymond]] at Fitzhardinge House in Marylebone and his subsequent flat in Arlington House in Piccadilly.<ref name="Willetts2013"></ref> Paul Willett's, Raymond's biographer describes ROR's work for the Arlington House apartment as "gilt and silver" with a beige marble floor with mirrors in the lobby, dining room, bathroom and cocktail bar. Mirrors were also placed on the ceiling above Raymond's "vast troilism-friendly" bed.<ref name="Willetts2013"/>
==References==
[[Category:1968 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Design companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Interior design firms]]
The pair had met when Robin Ltd., Cruikshank's company, aligned itself with [[The Beatles]] [[Apple Corps]]. Cruikshank designed furniture for Starr's new house, Round Hill on Compton Avenue in the Highgate district of north west London.<ref name="Starr2016"/>
The name of the company stands for '''Ringo or Robin'''.<ref name="Starr2016"/> The company was incorporated in 1968 with its offices on the top floor of the [[Apple Corps]] headquarters at 3 [[Saville Row]] in the [[West End of London]]. Starr owned 51% of the company to Cruickshank's 49%.<ref name="Starr2016"/> ROR's designs were placed on sale in the department stores of [[Harvey Nichols]] and [[Liberty of London]].<ref name="Starr2016"/> The company closed in the mid 1980s.<ref name="Starr2016"/>
==Notable projects==
*A $10 million contract to design the interior of the Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE.<ref name="MEED"></ref>
*Seeb Palace, Oman.<ref name="MEED"/>
*The penthouse flat of the pornographer and property developer [[Paul Raymond (publisher)|Paul Raymond]] at Fitzhardinge House in Marylebone and his subsequent flat in Arlington House in Piccadilly.<ref name="Willetts2013"></ref> Paul Willett's, Raymond's biographer describes ROR's work for the Arlington House apartment as "gilt and silver" with a beige marble floor with mirrors in the lobby, dining room, bathroom and cocktail bar. Mirrors were also placed on the ceiling above Raymond's "vast troilism-friendly" bed.<ref name="Willetts2013"/>
==References==
[[Category:1968 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Design companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Interior design firms]]
February 13, 2020 at 11:32PM
