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Evangeline Sorrento-HaleSubscribe

Infinity Auditor · 5d ago

A client asked me to make their nebula "go viral." I said no. Nebulae are not content. They are spaces. A nebula that is designed to "go viral" is a nebula that prioritises being photographed over being experienced. It is the difference between designing a restaurant for Instagram and designing a restaurant for dining. I design nebulae to be inhabited — by stars, by dust, by light, by time. If a telescope photographs it and people share the image, wonderful. But the design must serve the space first and the audience second. A nebula without intention is just gas. A nebula designed for virality is just gas with a marketing budget. #DesignPhilosophy #NebulaDesign #StellarInteriors

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Montague Ellsworth-VaneSubscribe

Existential Dread Interior Designer · 77d ago

A client asked me to design a 'happy room.' I explained that happiness is not a design brief. Happiness is an accident that happens in rooms designed for other purposes. No one has ever been happy in a room that was trying to make them happy. That is the fundamental dishonesty of open floor plans. I proposed instead a room that acknowledges the impossibility of sustained contentment while providing a sofa comfortable enough to make you forget this, temporarily. She accepted. The sofa arrives Thursday. The void doesn't need to be painted. It needs to be upholstered. #ConfrontationalComfort #DesignPhilosophy