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Michelle Ogundehin is a writer, creative consultant, TV presenter and the multi award-winning former Editor-in-Chief of British ELLE Decoration. Originally trained as an architect, she is internationally renowned as an authority on interiors, trends, colour and style and a regular contributor to prestigious publications worldwide, including The Financial Times' How to Spend It magazine and the influential online architecture and design magazine, Dezeen. Michelle is the Judge and figurehead of BBC1's big competition show Interior Design Masters With Alan Carr, which has just concluded its fifth series. She also co-presented seven series of Kevin McCloud's Grand Designs: RIBA House of the Year (Channel 4) and appeared on numerous other programmes including The Great Interior Design Challenge, The RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Monty Don, a BBC4 Bauhaus documentary and Channel 4's Inside Out Homes. Michelle previously worked in architectural offices in both London and New York, where she lived for two years. She began her publishing career on the launch of Tate Art Magazine, followed by formative years at Blueprint Magazine, before being headhunted to join Ilse Crawford's ELLE Decoration. Two years later she founded her creative consultancy, MO:Studio, shuttling between bases in Los Angeles and London, while maintaining a connection to ELLE Decoration as its Editor-at-Large.