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Henrietta "Nina" Sylvia Campbell (born 9 May 1945) is an English
interior designer Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordina ...
and businesswoman, whose clients include the
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and
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,
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,
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and the Capital Hotel in
Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End of London, West End. ...
. She is known for her heart-shaped spectacles.


Early years

Nina is the daughter of Colonel John Archibald Campbell, who was educated at
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England * Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States * Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
and fought in both World Wars, and Elizabeth Popper Pearth from
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,
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. Her parents divorced in 1960. Her uncle was the British diplomat
Ronald Ian Campbell Sir Ronald Ian Campbell (7 June 1890 – 22 April 1983) was a British diplomat. Campbell was the second son of Sir Guy Campbell, 3rd Baronet (see Campbell baronets), and Nina, daughter of Frederick Lehmann. He was educated at Eton and graduat ...
and she is the great-great-granddaughter of Sir Guy Campbell, the first of the Campbell baronets of St Cross Mede. Nina was educated at
Heathfield School, Ascot Heathfield School is a girls' independent boarding and day school in Ascot, Berkshire, England. In 2006, the school absorbed St Mary's School, Wantage and was briefly named Heathfield St Mary's School but reverted to Heathfield School in 2009 to ...
, then began her career working for Colefax & Fowler. Since going independent, she also markets her own fabric, wallpaper and tableware designs, both online and through the retailers
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.


TV and radio

She appeared as a castaway on the
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programme ''
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'' on 16 March 1997. Nina has twice appeared as guest designer on the
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programme '' DIY SOS: The Big Build'', first on 18 January 2012, in Season 23, Episode 2 from
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and a second time on 13 November 2013, in the special episode The Big Build for Children in Need:
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.


Personal life

Nina married Andrew Guy Louis de Chappuis Konig in 1971 with whom she had two children, Henrietta Lucy Elizabeth Konig (born July 1973) and Maximillian John Konig (born November 1976). They divorced in 1978. She then married John Henry Deen in 1981, with whom she had a third child, Alice Nina Deen (born 6 August 1982). They divorced in 1991. She lives in
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and is godmother to her friend
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's daughter.


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Nina Campbell (shop)

Nina Campbell Interiors
1945 births Living people English interior designers Designers from London People educated at Heathfield School, Ascot {{UK-artist-stub