FAQ

CO-CREATIVE REGENERATIVE DESIGN STUDIO

What’s Co-Creative mean?

At it’s best, design is an inclusive and collaborative process. My goal is to co-create your project with you, and all other contributors, at every stage. I believe that we are stronger, and good ideas get better when we collaborate. This means hearing from project collaborators and stakeholders and incorporating their insights into all phases of the traditional design process. In co-creative design we discover your project path together and make decisions for the highest and best good for your project within the real world constraints of time, energy, budget and sustainability.

What services are offered?

The following list of services can be engaged a la carte as needed or in full for comprehensive collaboration from beginning to end.

Owners Representation-

Project oversight and advocacy insuring that your vision is executed to the agreed project standards

Creative Direction-

Development and articulation of your vision and the path to realization

Space Planning-

Nuts and bolts exploration of how the space supports your vision

Interior Design-

The look and feel of your vision (themes & colors)

Finish, Furniture & Equipment (FFE) Specification-

Procurement schedules describing the products and finishes needed to achieve your vision

FFE Purchase and Installation Oversight-

procurement, production & installation of scheduled FFE

Furniture & Product Design-

Bespoke designs to compliment your vision

What is Regenerative Design?

Regenerative Designs create products, systems and environments that sustain themselves and improve conditions for the larger whole over time. It’s all about working with nature to be better earthlings. In practice this means incorporating some key points into the co-creative design process:

Holistic thinking:

Regenerative design recognizes that everything is interconnected. This means considering the social, economic, and environmental aspects and impacts of a project and asking, “What is the highest and best good?”

Circular processes:

In traditional systems, waste is usually seen as a problem to be disposed of. In regenerative design, waste is seen as a valuable resource that can be used to create new products. This begins with an assessment of what can be reused or recycled prior to sourcing new products and emphasizes products that are locally produced and/ or use circular production when sourcing new.

Biodiversity:

More diverse ecosystems are more resilient to change and better able to support life. Regenerative design promotes biodiversity and considers the impact of projects on the natural environment and seeks to support and restore local ecosystems.

Net-positive impact:

Perhaps the most ambitious aspect of regenerative design, net positive impact goes beyond sustainability - which seeks to minimize harm - to actually improving the environment. For example, a regenerative building might not only produce as much energy as it consumes (net-zero) but actually produce more energy than it consumes (net-positive), feeding excess energy back into the grid.