t took me a long time to realize the impact physical movement could have on my creative work.

“Wait… what?” I can already hear you asking, “Didn’t you start out as an interior designer? How does physical movement fit into design?”

Well, let me tell you!

After my first year as an architecture student, I found myself scrolling through Craigslist (does anyone still use Craigslist for job searches anymore?) looking for summer internships. It came down to two options: interning at a Manhattan hospitality architecture firm or a textile designer’s studio in Brooklyn. As a student of architecture, I felt an unspoken pressure to choose the architecture firm—after all, that’s what you’re “supposed” to do, right? So, I took the position, spending the summer immersed in vinyl baseboards and designing floor plank layouts for hotel ballrooms.