We’re choosing to embrace AI for the useful tool it is and have been producing conceptual inspiration images using AI with project specific, customized prompts that guide the design . The result is a tailored reference image to be used for further discussion and design development.
Read MoreNeuroscience tells us that as we do not use part of our brain synapses, certain areas atrophy. Our brains do the work themselves via a process called synapse pruning.
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 MoreIntangible, fluid, still under the sun, torrential at times, water is the make of our minds, the power that drives our spirit. When we feel something, it often comes in fluid form, liquifying thoughts along the way, building up waves of emotion, pushing forward into each crevice of the mind.
Read MoreThe one question that we all ask – mostly of ourselves. Having it easy seems to always be of the past or some distant future. A distant future where we assume that after we perform many tribes and tribulations and do them properly, things will eventually pay off, and the easy time will come.
Read MoreThe latest issue of the Land of Dochia Magazine is out now! Check out our featured article on mental health, behind-the-scenes Design, and more!
Read MoreDesign is about the process of marking up, redoing, and marking up again! 📐✏️ We explore different scenarios through the process of renderings, drawings, sketches and material sampling. Through the review process we embrace the iterative nature of creation and develop new ideas and resolve design dilemmas.
Read MoreThe kitchen is where guests and hosts alike meet up for meal preparations and possibly eating - if the weather outside keeps you indoors. The kitchen is designed for easy prep and conversation.
The dining table is placed instead of the typical island, making it a much better work spot, should you choose to sit down when peeling the potatoes.
Read MoreThe amount of books that promote the value of lists is unsurmountable, and they still pile up one writer after another, telling you how to take the time to put it down and then follow through. What time? You say. I barely have time to shower, when can I make a list and then also get the things on it done? There is never time; that’s the problem.
Read MoreWhen is it the best time to take a look at your life and make it better? NOW! One of the key factors is art, and that is the subject of this July's Culture piece. Neuroaesthetics is the fancy name for the scientific field that proved what we long suspected: that beauty and its artful representations are good for our souls.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce the unveiling of our latest hospitality design project - Lighthouse 45, a newly renovated restaurant nestled in the heart of Muskoka! Immerse yourself in the captivating ambiance and exceptional dining experience. From the comfortable yet elegant furniture and the rich, warm finishes to the locally inspired menu, every detail has been crafted to elevate the guest experience.
Read MoreEthereal, I lift from the ground up, my parts loosening up, floating away, like off a spaceship out in the universe, as I spread myself thin in the air of my home. I land on familiar surfaces that hold me gently. My fingers on the paint of the walls, my foot slightly touching, my mind, decomposed, recomposed skimmed out thin like jam on hardwood floors, for others to step onto, and as I learn their knowledge, my mind hardens and reshapes itself above, gulping down everything and spitting it out again. Making and remaking myself every day.
Read MoreBefore modernity, Interiors were part of enhanced living. Humanity’s way to connecting with the universe. It was believed that symbols, amulets, and even colours brought into the home, influence our wellbeing. With modern life, we lost that to Form&Function as we’ve prioritized this duality ever since. Going against it is now unquestionable. It is so ingrained in how we understand the built environment that the sheer proposition that Form&Function is not everything in design is blasphemy.
Read MoreA smile in the corner of a mouth, the breath of wind whisperer of secretes from lands afar, the orchid of one's childhood, the golden proportions of an Italian villa perched among tall poplars on soft abundant hills, the sound of resonating music in a sun-filled Sunday afternoon alleyway with it's many open windows and scents of dinners and your new shoes on the pavement as you pass fast, toward your own home, your expectation, excitement, hunger for another day, a new day, filled with all the beauties in the world.
Read MoreBaroque choral music developed in the 17th century during the Baroque Era, specifically between 1600 to 1750. In the church of St. Mark in Venice, Giovanni Gabrielli created polychoral music of multiple choirs with various voices and instruments.
Read More“Organic. natural. beautiful. ivy is a point tower rising in downtown toronto’s garden district. from the living green wall in the lobby to the frosted leaf patterns on the building’s exterior, everything about ivy makes you exhale and relax.” Urban Toronto
Read MoreWith the spring finally here, it is time to let ourselves be engulfed by its mesmerizing power. For anyone with a cottage in the countryside or a friend that has such privilege, summer comes with a bundle of expectations on the subject.
Read MoreSecond year in a row, wow, what an honour! – to be listed in the top interior designers to look out for in 2023. Thank you for the trust and looking forward to the challenge!
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.
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