ODE TradeFor interior designers & architects
A trade programme for studios that want the art to be as considered as the rest of the project. We search, select and explain a few works per space — you present them under your own name, and earn on every work you specify.
The last line on the spec
Art is decided last, in a hurry, on taste. Then the client asks “do you have something else?” and you start again. ODE Trade makes the art as specifiable as the rest of your palette.
The usual question
Which artwork do you like?
Our question
What should this space do for the people in it — and which work does that?
Lobby — boutique hotel
Still Water, No. 4
Oil on linen · 90 × 120 cm
Low visual noise; it settles the room
Late Field
Giclée on cotton rag, framed · 70 × 90 cm
Warmth in the palette
Second Light
Mixed media on paper · 50 × 65 cm
Depth for a second look
What you receive
Not a catalogue to scroll through, but a short, reasoned selection you can put straight into a client presentation.
The ODE method
01 The brief
“The lobby should feel calm, warm and quietly memorable. Not too much. Not too cold.”Your words. Your project.
02 The criterion
We turn that into what the art has to do:
Somewhere in the world, the right work already exists
We stopped at three
04 The choice
Not “something nice.” Something that belongs
Low visual noise — it settles the room instead of competing with it
Warmth in the palette — it works with your materials, not against them
Depth that rewards a second look — memorable without demanding attention
Three reasons you can put on a spec sheet.
How ODE Trade works
One point of contact. The client relationship stays yours throughout.
Step 1
Free. Tell us about your studio and we set up your trade terms.
Step 2
Words, plans, renders, a mood — whatever you have. We turn it into a criterion.
Step 3
Three to five works per space, with reasons, images, prices and lead times.
Step 4
We handle production, framing and delivery — acquired, or In Residence.
Two ways for your client to say yes
Acquire
For projects with an art budget. Framed, delivered and ready to hang.
10%of every work you specify — never out of the artist’s share
See the termsIn Residence
Curated works for a monthly fee. When a work sells, it is renewed; once a year, the wall is refreshed.
10%of your client’s fees in the first year
How In Residence worksWhere every euro goes
On In Residence, the same principle applies: you receive 10% of your client’s fees in the first year.
Terms
A trade account costs nothing. A selection is real work — so it is paid, and credited back the moment your client proceeds.
Trade account
Freeno obligations
Trade prices, the 10% on every work, and access to the full collection for your moodboards.
Trade SelectionPer space
€295per space
Credited in full when your client proceeds. You may bill it on as part of your design fee.
Founding studios
3 / 3 places open
For three studios only: your first Trade Selection is free — in exchange for photos of the finished space and an honest testimonial. Founding terms stay yours for as long as you work with us.
Apply as a founding studioGood to know
On every work your client acquires through your trade account, 10% of the retail price is yours. Show it as a discount to your client, or invoice it as your fee — you decide per project. It never comes out of the artist’s share.
€295 per space. It is credited in full against the works when your client proceeds, and you are free to bill it on as part of your design fee.
Yes. Selection sheets can be white-label: your studio name, no ODE branding. The client relationship stays yours — we only speak to your client when you ask us to.
Propose In Residence: curated works for a monthly fee, renewed when a work sells and refreshed once a year. You receive 10% of your client’s fees in the first year.
Yes. High-resolution images are included for presentations, moodboards and renders. For anything published, we ask you to credit the artist.
A Trade Selection is delivered within 10 working days. Production lead times are listed per work on the sheet. Working to a handover date? Put it in your request.
ODE Trade
Free to open. Tell us about your studio — and your project, if you have one. We reply personally with your trade terms and, where it helps, a time to talk it through.
Working with a client who wants the walls finished without buying? In Residence is part of ODE Trade.
