Dochia's recent award-winning project reflects the essence of Selftropy Design – a fusion of neurodesign principles, ensuring a harmonious blend of aesthetics and emotional resonance. 🤝🏠 Stay tuned for updates on the award ceremony and the global impact of Dochia’s neurodesign contributions to interior design! 🌟
Read MorePerhaps, my home, you’ll read me once, the way I read you
Read MoreThe PETER PAN PHENOMENON is living in homes that lack the three basic elements of universal design. According to a Harvard study, 25% of households have someone that lives with some impairment, yet most homes built before the new millennium are for those that will not grow old. Considering that 9 out of 10 of us want to age in place, something here is not quite right.
Read MoreCanadian designers often face the challenges of merging heirlooms and artifacts with a contemporary aesthetic, as many families have a link to one old world or another. This is such a home where the interiors have been shaped at the intersection of a distant past with the contemporary architecture of the present and a new world. The project is the recipient of 2024 The Asia Pacific International Awards.
Read MoreIn 2021, in Canada, high school education levels were at 94%. According to a 2022 article in Globe and Mail, a quarter of Canadians have a college diploma that stems from a two-year programme. On the other hand, education is one of the key factors to longevity and wellbeing because of its unique capacity to boost cognitive acuity and slow down decline. Read in our Winter edition of the Land of Dochia Magazine how this connects to the design of your home and what you can do to stay ahead of the curve.
Read MoreTo our incredible clients, thank you for making the past year truly exceptional for us. Your trust, support, and shared passion for design have allowed us to create remarkable spaces. We worked on a number of projects ranging from furnishing and decor selections to kitchens remodels and architectural plan development.
Read MoreKid yourself not: keeping track of things is really 75% of your time. And if you don't do it right, it can take four times more than what it should. The result? Exhaustion, frustration and likely! Many bad or forgotten decisions.
Read MoreRed! The IT colour of this fall season. Not only for fashion, a pop of red painted walls, in furniture or accessories is an easy way to implement the trend in your home. For twist on the classic feature wall try instead a feature ceiling. Similar to what we’ve done here, opt for tone on tone neutral walls and go bold with the ceiling paint.
Read MoreSite visits are crucial to wrap up the final stages of the design process and the confirm any loose ends lingering at the project close out phase. We focus on elements such as confirming light fixture heights, furniture and decor placement and going through any lunch list items are a few of the tasks we tackle at a site visit.
Read MoreA growing collaboration - Perhaps a malice, perhaps a bliss, who is to say? It might as well be in the middle. Our love-hate relationship with technology. Recently, we started using AI not to generate ideas – of which we have plenty more than any AI – but rather, to express those ideas in a visual form, for clients to understand what we’re suggesting. Custom-designed inspirational images – now that, that is useful!
Read MoreParis week Spring-Summer 2023 saw a bold display of unprecedented variety. From whimsy to grunge to the revival of the classic black minidress, the exploration of individuality and the 'everything goes' has never been more visible.
Read MoreDesign and science are equally important
Reality is systemic, inter-connected, and ever-changing, and it does not take place in a vacuum. Design methods produce solutions that reflect that. They are environment-sensitive, bio-responsive and non- destructive to both the human subject and the environment. Science, in an unnatural way, validates everything through experimental isolation. Equally valuable truths stem from both approaches; science just had the stage for longer.
This elegant, property set in the lush Port Credit neighbourhood is a wonderfully modern, yet warm and inviting family home, filled with light and natural materials.
Ambient lights fully transform this outdoors scene to a moody, alluring entryway. The glass walkway and what lies beneath is even further highlighted by the precisely placed lights.
Read MoreHere is a look at a beautiful project in Leaside that we completed a while back, and it’s now on the market for a new owner! Check out the listings at Sotheby’s!
Read MoreWarm tone woods with natural stones and light colours are reminiscent of a tranquil and luxurious spa. The atmosphere achieved by the selected finishes creates an ideal space for ultimate relaxation.
Read MoreThere is a lot of preparation when it comes to presenting a design concept to a client. Drawings, finishes, and our signature vibe trays are just a few of the many components it takes to pitch a successful design.
Read MoreThis house situated on a stunning property with lush, mature trees and was the perfect spot to give the exiting home a facelift and complete a full fledged reno. An exterior “Architectural lift” can take you from the past to the future. If you have a property with no terrain, embracing the beauty of terraced landscape design is key.
Read MoreMost things in our lives are on the go. Seldom can we see a chapter fully closed and when we do, that probably isn't the most interesting chapter we have anymore. Our attention focuses on the next thing. We all get more excited with projects on the go. They have an enticing potential which the closed ones don’t.
Read MoreFor those of us lucky enough to have a backyard with space for a shed, we’ve compiled our top 3 uses that are a little more out of the box than your typical storage shed. All you need is a 10 x 10 space and there are endless possibilities to enhance your backyard space.
Read MoreGood communication is about clarity of expression. That’s what we were all taught from the early days, and that’s the first mistake. Asserting that the control of communication is in the hands of the sender while ignoring that interpretation at the receiver’s end is as crucial, is the exact recipe for the Tower of Babel. We do not get taught enough how to correctly interpret the information that we receive or negotiate clarity along the way. As a result, we are all convinced we send the information out accurately, and, naturally, it’s everyone else’s fault for not getting it right.
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