Monday by Design

Notes from the studio on design, sustainability and the experience of place.

Sustainable Interiors · 6 min read

The quiet case for timber, stone and time.

Why the most sustainable material is often the one already in the room — and how restraint became our most powerful design tool.

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Experience Architecture · 5 min read

Designing the threshold: how arrivals shape everything after.

The first six metres of a space decide how the next six hours feel. A field note on entries, light and pause.

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Workplace Design · 8 min read

The office is not a building. It is a behaviour.

When workplaces stop chasing trends and start designing for how people actually think, meet and recover.

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African Design · 7 min read

On craft, climate and continuity.

A new vocabulary for African interiors — drawn from place, weather and the hands that made the chair you are sitting on.

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Hospitality · 5 min read

The guest journey begins long before the lobby.

Designing for memory: the small, deliberate moments that turn a stay into a story.

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Community · 4 min read

Rooms that gather: the Female Founders Circle.

What we learned designing a space whose only brief was: hold people well.

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