Design inspiration often begins with mood boards and aesthetic references.
While these tools are useful, they can sometimes distance a project from its context. A design that looks beautiful on paper may feel disconnected from the location where it exists.
Designing from place means beginning with geography, culture and environment.
Artists play an important role in translating these influences visually. Through portraiture, materials, symbolism and storytelling, they can express the identity of a region in ways that architecture and furniture alone cannot.
Spaces designed from place carry a sense of belonging.
They feel anchored rather than styled.
♡ Sketchy Brett