Beautifully designed objects fulfill our desire for art and poetry.

The real challenge is trying to filter the clients' needs, wants, and fantasies through your professional sensibility. At Repertoire, we jokingly call it "channeling."

Expand your vision. Often we have blinders on. We're concerned with just getting uptown or downtown. If I expand my vision by even 10 degrees, I notice new details, new color harmonies.

Design isn't going to solve social problems, but it should be informed and influenced by them. Designers can effect a lot of change by producing things that are elegant, beautiful, and efficient, whether they're interiors or buildings or products.