Ten Years as a Designer
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Ten Years as a Designer

It always feels astonishing. This thing I imagined up appears before me, slowly and then all at once. It’s a type of magic that never loses its power over me, an antidote to any cynicism that may have crept in during the process.

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Neocon 2021: Trend Spotting
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Neocon 2021: Trend Spotting

I spent several days last October at Neocon in Chicago. While I walked around, I was really keeping an eye out for connections between the showrooms. I’m not a trend-chaser, but I think it’s so interesting to see the way trends develop and get incorporated into the wider design lexicon.

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Not a Decorator!
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Not a Decorator!

There are a handful of careers that everyone thinks they get because they saw it on tv. It’s probably most commonly the long-running tv dramas, but in my case it’s home renovation shows and the meteoric rise of home decor and residential design Instagram accounts.

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