About marx & co

We are a multi-disciplinary studio specialising in elevated interior design and lifestyle creative. 

Fuelled by a love of creativity and an appreciation for elevated living, Marx & Co is a destination for design thinking and innovative ideation. 

Founded by Lou Marx, Marx and Co has an interconnected and multi-disciplinary skill set which spans across the physical and non-physical environments. 

Lou started her career in broadcast radio and quickly gained experience in a plethora of creative industries including advertising, journalism which included radio, magazine, TV and online, creative writing, marketing, branding and design. In 2019, just a few months after Lou’s first child, daughter Bodhi was born, she left her position as head of brand and marketing for a well known personal brand to pursue her own dreams of opening up a creative agency. The agency focused on building businesses from the brand up with creative brand strategy, design and content creation services.

After a successful few years in business Lou made the decision to close down the company, and take her creative skills offline and into the world of physicality and materiality by studying interior design. 

A passion for property and realising its full potential fuelled this endeavour, however what Lou realised throughout the education process was that so many of the design principals she was learning about, were completely relevant to all the other work she’d done prior. 

No matter the project, it all came down to one thing - creativity. 

Creativity is the  backbone of any idea. It carries the vision and turns ideas into reality.

If you have a process for creativity, then you can create almost anything. 

With this application and the cumulation of years of multi-faceted experience, Marx & Co is able to support business owners and home owners from any and all touch points. 

We approach life through an elevated lens with the understanding that function, when met with style, can create something truly extraordinary for those who can perceive it.

We believe, when done right, this leads to higher levels of connection, better experiences and increased wellbeing… 


connection, experience, wellbeing

This is really what it all boils down to for us. At the core, our creations and collaborations aim to enhance human experience, connection and wellbeing through the power of great design and creativity. 

You can read more about our values on this below. 

With gratitude, we thank you for being here and part of the journey. 

Marx & Co

our principals

  • The energy between souls that gives life meaning. This is connection to family, friends, community people and place, which fosters a deep sense of belonging.

    • Understanding the core values that link people together

    • Understanding the keyways in which an individual feels connected to themselves, others and their environment

    • Gathering, talking points, traditions and enhanced ways of being together and being present 

    • Community and or customer analysis to ensure the needs of people are being met

    • Understanding who a person is (or people are in relation to a shared environment) and how they live their life - these are the key personality aspects, habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economics, priorities, who they spend their time with, connection to community and different stages of life - all of which constitute a mode of co-living, working or existing together 

    • The important stories, memories and lives lived that connects people together 

  • The richness of life physically explored through sensory participation. It is enjoyment, self-expression and a sense of aliveness. It’s art, beauty, creativity and total immersion into the presence of all that surrounds us.

    It’s living and feeling the world. It’s the creation of reality in a way that makes total sense, fosters deep joy, contentment, total involvement and envelopment. This could look like: 

    • Spatial design strategy – how space is organised to enrich the lives of those experiencing them

    • Usability / functionality 

    • Impact, personality and magic – the aspects that are uniquely you and different to anyone else 

    • The story and expression of a space, place product or person told and felt 

    • The 6 senses - See, touch, hear, smell, taste, feel

    • Consciousness and psychology 

    • Moments of meaning and attention 

    • Flow state [the space of deep enjoyment, creativity and total involvement with life – Csikszentmihalyi]

  • Total health and vitality. Self, people, the planet. When we feel our best, we are our best. 

    • Fostering strong energetic systems enhanced by surroundings 

    • A focus on sustainability, environmental awareness and respect for circular design & economy 

    • Mental, emotional and physical wellbeing  

    • Longevity as a theme for the existence of  life on earth, and earth itself. 

    • Designing and creating around routines, rituals and practices that enhance human health

    • Enriched wellness through nature 

    • Materials that are good for us

    • Mitigation of toxicity - physical and emotional

    • Respect for individuality

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”

— Albert Einstein

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