I was born and raised in Switzerland and received my formal design education at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In 2004, I founded my own practice and spent the following decade working exclusively in New York City—immersed in its speed, its rigor, and its devotion to the new and the fashionable.

In 2013, I moved upstate and settled into a rural landscape. That shift—both geographic and inward—slowly altered the way I perceived. I began to pay closer attention to my natural surroundings: the architecture of a butterfly’s wings, the patterns of a snake’s skin, the shimmering color scheme of a hummingbird, and the daily, epic theater of the sky. In awe and reverence, I came to understand that Mother Nature offers a very different kind of design education.

Distance from the city softened my relationship to time, and with it, my approach to design began to change. I found myself turning away from machine-made, contemporary objects and increasingly drawn to furnishings that had lived and had tales to tell: vintage pieces, antiques, and objects shaped by the slower pace of hands and imbued with the care of their makers.

As my sources changed, so did my understanding. I discovered a more holistic way of working—one that no longer stopped at walls, but included thresholds, views, and the subtle dialogue between inner and outer worlds. Design became less about control, novelty, and speed, and more about listening, attunement, and becoming.

In this process, I began to reexamine what beauty truly means. I came to understand that beauty is not merely something pleasing to the eye, but something that can steady, nurture, and restore. An inspired space can act as a quiet portal—supporting reflection, belonging, and a sense of being held.

My work now grows from this place: where craft, age, imperfection, and intention meet. I create abodes that honor both inward life and shared living, stillness and laughter—shaped by a sense of the eternal rather than by trend, and guided by the belief that our surroundings can gently participate in our healing.