Guggenheim Bilbao. Ta Phrom in Cambodia. Yellow Wood in the Hudson Valley. A mash-up of the places that shape me.
Architecture & Design
Design is both a cultural act and an operational strategy.
Design Living is how I practice—an approach shaped by more than two decades working across cultural institutions, organizations, and private life. I design spaces where narrative and function coexist, and where daily experience is treated as something worth shaping with care.
My work spans workplaces, residences, exhibitions, and public-facing environments. These projects sit at the intersection of culture, behavior, and systems. In every context, the core question is the same: who is this for, and how should it evolve over time?
Design Living is not about fixed solutions. It’s about making deliberate choices—about space, materials, and operations—that allow environments to grow, adapt, and remain grounded in the people who use them.
Four Pillars
How I Work
I’m interested in both what’s visible and what’s invisible, and in designing spaces that feel intuitive, generous, and genuinely lived in.
I start by listening—paying attention to how people work, live, and move through space. From there, I use drawings, models, and emerging tools as ways to think, test, and refine ideas, rather than to arrive at answers too quickly.
The goal is not a fixed solution, but a space that feels responsive and grounded. Spaces come alive when they reflect the people they’re for.
Transformation in practice: Freeman’s workplace as cultural hub.