He founded London-based Studio Hopwood in 1993. With years of valuable experience, the British Institute of Interior Design decided to appoint him as Director of Continuing Professional Development and then President. He is a guest tutor at the KLC School of Design and has worked as a trends consultant for Dulux. Daniel regularly gives talks at trade shows such as Decorex and 100% Design and more light hearted versions for public shows such as Grand Designs. He writes about design for magazines and newspapers including the Sunday Times and Evening Standard. A presenter on the series, “Britain’s Best Homes” for Channel 4 and more recently the judge on BBC2’s “The Great Interior Design Challenge” which recently aired its fourth series.