Thursday, May 23, 2024 By: Kyle Niblett

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the election of University of Florida Department of Landscape Architecture Chair Jules Bruck as one of 40 ASLA Fellows in 2024. ASLA Fellows are recognized for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large. Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and is based on works, leadership/management, knowledge and service.

Landscape architecture makes the world a better place, and ASLA Fellows represent the most accomplished and admired leaders in the entire field, said ASLA President SuLin Kotowicz, FASLA. The professionals recognized in this years class of ASLA Fellows have made consistent and exceptional contributions to resilience and sustainability, stronger and more beautiful communities, and human health, safety, and welfare. Congratulations to the 2024 class of ASLA Fellows!

Naming a new class of distinguished ASLA fellows is a reminder of how much landscape architects do to make our communities more connected, more enjoyable, and more resilient, said ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. We extend our warmest thanks to the new class of ASLA Fellows for their exemplary work and accomplishments.

A distinguished landscape architect, educator, and leader, Bruck has had a long career initiating and guiding the development of innovative programs, enhancing the professions recognition globally through her influential leadership. Her research, focused on multidisciplinary, innovative approaches to addressing climate impacts in vulnerable communities, has secured millions of dollars for coastal community research and improvements. During her 16 years at the University of Delaware, her accomplishments were many. There she initiated the establishment of their first fully accredited landscape architecture program, where she served as founding director. She cofounded the innovative and nationally acclaimed interdisciplinary Coastal Resilience Design Studio to address the needs of vulnerable communities in Delaware, garnering national and local awards from ASLA, APA, and the Coastal Estuarine Research Federation and assisted in securing over ten million dollars in local community improvements.

Bruck spearheaded the Living Lab multidisciplinary research program to aid underserved Delaware communities in planning, implementing, and evaluating active transportation projects. In 2014, she cofounded the ASLA Education and Practice Professional Practice Network to serve the needs of academics engaged in professional practice. Jules also leads research projects funded by the US Department of Defense and Army Corps of Engineers Engineering with Nature Program. Now leading the landscape architecture program at UF, she continues to make her mark with her personal leadership style, administrative ability, and commitment to community engagement as she plans for expanded programs and new future directions.

ASLA Fellows will be elevated during a special investiture ceremony at the 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture, which will be held in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6-9, 2024. Fellow biographies are available here: https://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=65494.

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About ASLA and the ASLA Fund

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is the professional association for landscape architects in the United States, representing more than 15,000 members. ASLA Mission: Empowering our members to design a sustainable and equitable world through landscape architecture. ASLA Fund Mission: Investing in global, social, and environmental change through the art and science of landscape architecture.

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While Long Island may be known as a laid-back retreat from the city, the area takes its design seriously. The Long Island interior designers, architects, and landscape specialists in the AD PRO Directory showcase serious range, taking on the many styles that grace the region, from Shingle-style cottages in Montauk to modern beachfront mansions in the Hamptons. Whether youre looking to increase your curb appeal with a new landscape, refresh the interiors of your summer beach retreat, or do a soup-to-nuts historic renovation, these AD-approved Long Islandbased talents can bring your vision to life.

A beachside home in Coronado, California, puts a chic spin on indoor-outdoor living, with a well-appointed sitting room that opens up to a sculpture-filled terrace.

In the business of interiors for more than 30 years, bicoastal designer Jeffrey Alan Marks shows no signs of slowing down. Over the course of his career, Marks has created sumptuous living spaces around the world and even made his mark on television as a star of Million-Dollar Decorators. Combining East Coast sophistication with West Coast casual-coolness, his interiors are easygoing and elevatedcharacteristics that helped propel him into successful product licensing deals with Kravet, the Rug Company, and other industry giants. Rizzoli published his book The Meaning of Home in 2013, and the designer plans to release a second volume next spring.

To craft a sophisticated yet warm double-height great room in a 20,000-square-foot home on the Gold Coast of Long Island, Beth Donner Design incorporated a luxurious mix of materials, including stone, burled walnut with metallic insets, crystal, and plush fabrics. The soaring bookcase, sumptuous drapes, and custom art help set the stage.

Hospitality is a key theme in Beth Donner Designs projects, whether theyre private residences, corporate offices, or boutique hotels. Donner and her team craft welcoming, timeless spaces that blend classic elements with glamorous touches. Black-and-white details, large-scale lighting, and luxe materials combine to create striking rooms. The firm carefully coordinates each project using its extensive expertise in construction and relationships with contractors and tradespeople. Beth Donner Design works with clients across the country, with a particular focus on the New York area, including Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Fire Island. The firms latest project, the Seven Beach Lane hotel in Westhampton Beach, is opening early this summer.

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Landscape architect Lynn Kinnear, founder of Kinnear Landscape Architects who collaborated on projects including the Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School, has died aged 64.

Described by Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore as "one of the outstanding landscape architects of her generation", Kinnear passed away earlier this month after a battle with cancer.

Born in Edinburgh in 1960, Kinnear studied at Heriot-Watt University before going on to work at architecture studios including SOM and Gillespies andestablishing her own studio in 1991.

She was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, but continued to run her practice until 2023.

In a thirty-year career, Kinnear designed numerous playgrounds including Drapers Fields and Normand Park as well as parks, public squares and playspaces for schools including Chobham Academy in Newham and Daubeney School in Hackney.

She collaborated with leading architecture studios on high-profile projects including Caruso St John at the Walsall Art Gallery, RSHP at Mossbourne Academy and AHMM at Burntwood School.

Burntwood School received the Stirling Prize in 2015 one of many awards won by Kinnear, who also received the Landscape Institute President's Award for her Brentford High Street project and the Landscape Institute Award for Walthamstow Wetlands.

Reflecting on her work at Burntwood School, AHMM co-founder Paul Monaghan told Dezeen that the landscape design was "a key part of the project's success".

"She quickly developed our idea of a school where the outdoor spaces were seen as teaching rooms and her concepts included a sculpture court, a village green and a contemplation garden, which all offered special places for the girls at the school," he said.

"She was very collaborative, but also stuck to her ideas, which were always strong."

"Our final project with her was at Tower Hamlets Town Hall now housed at the old Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel," Monaghan added. "It was only finished last year but it provides a new front door to the borough."

"Lynn was unable to deliver this on site but her strong design remains a shining example of someone who kept things simple but bold and made it look easy."

Along with her work through her studio Kinnear Landscape Architects, she also commissioned the Blue House in London by architecture studio FAT, where her then partner Sean Griffiths was co-founder.

The project is one of FAT's most significant works and remained Kinnear's home until she died.

"Lynn was an amazing person who touched many lives and places in all of her capacities as a mother, a friend and a brilliant landscape architect one of the most important of her generation," said Griffiths.

"She leaves behind a tremendous legacy of wonderful places including natural environments, school playgrounds, parks, public squares and streets that will be enjoyed by generations to come."

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A landscape architect has poured cold water on the process to identify 78% of the West Coast as "Outstanding Natural Landscapes" in its proposed "one" district plan.

Landscape architect Hadley Mills said designating so much land as "outstanding" would just add unnecessary costs and compliance to landowners.

Mills was one of two landscape architects to critique the methodology of designating Outstanding Natural Landscapes (ONLs) during the The Te Tai o Poutini Plan hearing in Westport yesterday.

Local authorities have been required to identify these outstanding areas for over a decade.

Under the proposed combined District Plan for the West Coast, 54 Outstanding Natural Landscapes areas encompass 78% of the region.

Mills, a former West Coast Regional Council planning manager, said this would add another layer of compliance, including consent applications, adding costly landscape assessments for landowners.

Mills called for the Outstanding Natural Landscapes chapter to be scrapped, noting many people had not realised the implications for their land.

The Te Tai o Poutini Plan could utilise the existing Conservation Act to govern Outstanding Natural Landscapes given most of the West Coast areas were within DOC estate where activity is permitted, he said.

Mills said the Te Tai o Poutini Plan Outstanding Natural Landscapes seemed to be derived from maps containing "inaccurate and unchecked" assessments of vegetation "and not rechecked by a human".

"This is totally unacceptable for such an important planning document which has real impact on people's lives, and will apply to 78% of the West Coast."

A map detailing the 54 Outstanding Natural Landscapes designated in the West Coast's proposed 'one' district plan. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)

Mills said classification amounted to two thirds of the 2.3 million ha of the region.

"Approximately 1.8m ha of that is being proposed to be classified as Outstanding Natural Landscapes. That is 78% of our entire region approximately 7% of New Zealand's land area," he said.

He also referred to the 2022 NZ Institute of Landscape Architects guidelines on "outstanding" landscapes, which said it was "a matter of reasoned judgement".

"Outstanding" should be done in the West Coast context, not on a national or international basis as appeared to have been done, Mills said.

Most West Coast residents could see DOC land from their homes, but that did not mean those areas were "outstanding" in the local context, he said.

The Te Tai o Poutini Plan hearing panel challenged Mills about the relatively low submissions on the topic.

Mills replied that the more heated Significant Natural Areas debate had overshadowed the topic despite it having similar implications for private land.

Landscape expert James Bentley, representing Manawa Energy, said they supported a review already of the plan's Outstanding Natural Landscape section but it did not go far enough.

"A fundamental starting point for any regional landscape assessment is to acknowledge all landscapes, not just those that are 'outstanding'," Bentley said.

"It is only after acknowledging all landscapes, through a landscape characterisation, that assessment on the 'special' or 'outstanding' landscapes can be determined."

Farmland at Turiwhate in the Taramakau River valley caught within an Outstanding Natural Landscape designation in the draft Te Tai o Poutini Plan. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)

Bentley said he believed the Te Tai o Poutini Plan work was at a "high level", without being ground checked.

This resulted in mapping errors and "broad sweeping descriptions", some being "almost generic", he said.

Bentley said it was important Manawa's hydro schemes within an Outstanding Natural Landscape were recognised "as modifications" within the Te Tai o Poutini Plan to inform future planning decisions.

"Very little, if any, modifications are described within the [ONL] schedules which from a policy perspective creates a distorted assumption that Outstanding Natural Landscapes are pristine," he said.

Questioned by commissioner Sharon McGarry, Bentley said adjustment in the Outstanding Natural Landscapes schedule and the boundaries needed "a pragmatic approach".

That included first understanding all the features in a landscape including its human footprint, and the underlying cultural values which should then be detailed in a schedule.

"It's all context dependent. That's why those two process, where the [boundary] line is and what is in the schedule needs to go in tandem".

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Landscape Architect Sara Zewde Reimagines the Land at Dia Beacon, New York

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Dia Art Foundation announced a major landscape project to reimagine the land at Dia Beacon, New York. Commissioned landscape architect Sara Zewde of Studio Zewde aims to go beyond the simple arrangement of attractive plants and integrate ideas of ecology, culture, and people into the design. Taking over the museums 32-acre campus, the project will create an expanded outdoor park, free to access for visitors and locals alike, complete with native meadows, sculptural landforms, and winding pathways. The project, which has been recently extended to also include the museums eight back acres, is expected to open to the public in 2025.

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Located on the 32-acre former industrial site of the Nabisco box printing factory in the Hudson Valley, the Dia Beacon Museum houses Dia Art Foundations collection of works by conceptual, minimalist, and land artists. The experience of the museum is thus linked to the landscaping surrounding it. Studio Zewdes approach responds to the locations particular conditions and history, as well as to Dias collection of Land art. In addition to extensive research, the studio also discussed with Indigenous organizations around Beacon and with artist Robert Irwin, who designed the original landscape framing the museum entrance.

The design introduces winding pathways that connect the sculptural hills with the meadowland, recreating the patterns of water moving through the floodplain. It also creates references to the Indigenous river crossing and movements through the land, while also allowing the public to experience the landscape.

The design also takes into consideration the changing weather patterns and strives to create resilience against rising waters. The presence of water on site is thus choreographed through landforms and the extensive meadowland, in addition to underground storage, all designed to manage the range of water levels. More than 90 native meadow species are introduced, along with nearly 400 new trees and shrubs to support the water management. A small lawn area is also integrated to offer event-organizing possibilities for the institutions outdoor public programming.

The landscape project is designed by Studio Zewde, in conjunction with Sherwood Design Engineers, LWLA (Larry Weaner Landscape Associates), and Pine & Swallow Environmental.

Historys impressions on the land that now hosts Dia Beacon inspire our design for the landscape. Our work together with Dia Art Foundation has been a process of listening, seeing, and amplifying the patterns of movement, water, material, and culture across the site over time. The designs landforms, the meadows, and the embrace of water in the landscape are a means of managing the 21st-century challenge of rising water but are also a means of remembering. We are honored to be working with Dia on this project of opening up eight acres of land to public access. - Sara Zewde, Studio Zewdes founding principal.

New York-based landscape and urban design firm Studio Zewde was founded by Sara Zewde in 2018. The firms work gained recognition for its integration of cultural native approaches and careful site interpretation. In 2021, the Black-women-owned film joined a multidisciplinary team to design the redevelopment of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 By: Kyle Niblett

More than 100 people passionate about the University of Florida Department of Landscape Architecture descended upon the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning this past Wednesday evening for an extravagant gala celebrating the 90th anniversary of the department. The event was sponsored by CHW Professional Consultants, an NV5 company.

The 90th Anniversary GaLA was the perfect occasion to unite students, faculty, alumni, and friends in celebration of our accomplishments, said Dr. Jules Bruck, the director of the UF School of Landscape Architecture and Planning and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture. Tonight offered a valuable opportunity to reflect on our achievements while also igniting enthusiasm for the future of the department and its programs.

Serving as a poignant reminder of the extensive network of support from the departments alumni base and industry friends, the event kicked off with DCP Dean Chimay Anumba welcoming everyone and thanking sponsor CHW, followed by Dr. Bruck previewing the plans for the next 90 years.

It was very unique to have different generations of alumni in attendance in support of the department, said UF LA student Jourdan Friedlander. It was truly a privilege to be part of this event and see how connected the Gator LA family is.

Following Brucks speech, LA masters student Michael Valenti highlighted UFs student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, reflecting on what it meant to be a student in the department and how important the alumni network was.

The 90th Anniversary GaLA was a fantastic opportunity to connect with alumni, faculty, and fellow students in a relaxed atmosphere, free from the pressures of career networking, Valenti said a day after the event. It was a chance to celebrate the rich history of landscape architecture at UF and to look forward to its promising future.

Once Valenti wrapped up his speech, 1996 UF LA graduate and EDSA Chief Executive Officer and Principal Scott LaMont gave a toast to the audience and then a catered meal from Sonnys was served.

Preceding the GaLA was an open house sponsored by Ervin Lovett Miller, an architecture, landscape architecture, and planning firm located in Jacksonville, Florida. For two hours, Lamont, other members of the UF LA Alumni and Professional Advisory Council and outside industry leaders had the chance to visit with current students and critique their work. For some students, it was the chance of a lifetime.

Having industry professionals in the studio was beneficial for both parties, said UF LA student Lily Crawford, who spent her time mostly with CHW Vice President Laurie Hall and CMA Senior Landscape Architect Tanya McCormick. I think that they enjoyed getting to come in and see what we were working on and relive their memories in the studio, while also helping and encouraging us in our projects.

The 90th anniversary celebration began earlier in the day with Kona Gray serving as the keynote speaker for the annual Edward D. Stone, Jr. Lecture.

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SCAPE is a landscape architecture and urban design practice based in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco. We design and advocate for the ecologically restorative and socially engaged landscapes, urban environments, and natural infrastructure of the future. We do this through diverse forms of designbuilt landscapes, planning, visioning, and researchwith the ultimate goal of connecting people to their environments.

Our staff of over 90 individuals includes landscape architects, urban planners, architects, ecological designers, horticulturists, and community engagement professionalsand a deep bench of technical expertise related to construction, regulation, and agency review. We work across disciplines, collaborating with architects, developers, engineers, foundations, agencies, institutions, and grassroots environmental justice and community groups on projects of all scales.

We plan, design, and build parks, waterfronts, and plazas; master plans and urban frameworks; educational and medical campuses; cultural landscapes; greenways and multimodal trails; streetscapes; on-structure and interior landscapes; wayfinding and interpretative signage; and more. We also communicate the transformative potential of landscapes through publications, exhibitions, research, thought leadership, and other initiatives. With a focus on excellence in construction and long-term performance, we translate complex visions into beautiful, legible, and accessible landscapes.

SCAPEs work and leadership has been honored with the highest awards in the design fieldincluding dozens of national and chapter ASLA, APA, AIA, and other professional awards; a 2019 National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; and a National Planning Achievement Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2017, Founding Principal Kate Orff became the first landscape architect to receive the prestigious Genius Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In 2019, she was elevated to the ASLA Council of Fellows.

The firms collaborative leadership team includes Kate Orff, FASLA, RLA, Founding Principal and Partner; Gena Wirth, RLA, Design Principal and Partner; Alexis C. Landes, Managing Principal and Partner; John Donnelly, RLA, Technical Principal and Partner; and Pippa Brashear, RLA, Resilience Principal and Partner.

SCAPE was founded in New York in 2007.

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Often seen as the overlooked, unsung heroes of the design world in past decades, the role of landscape design in shaping our cities whether by revitalizing neglected areas; creating healthier places to live; or adapting for climate resiliency is rapidly expanding in the present day. As the AEC industry reckons with its role in addressing the current climate crisis, landscape architects have never been more vital to the discipline. Cities are on the forefront, facing the complex challenges of the twenty-first century head-on. In response, landscape architecture firms are growing their practices, bringing on engineers and urban planners to collaborate on larger scale, interdisciplinary plans that often bring urban planning, intelligent systems, ecology and sustainability together under one umbrella.

In recognition of this vital discipline, Architizers A+Awards the worlds largest awards program for architects and products includes categories dedicated to the innovative works of landscape architecture firms, including Public Parks & Green Spaces, Urban and Masterplan and the coveted Plus award for Architecture +Landscape. New this year, were celebrating forward-looking designs by introducing the Unbuilt Landscape category, which encompasses unrealized plans for the future.

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Beijing, China | Founded 2004

Zhu Yufan YC Atelier is a decorated Beijing-based design firm with nearly 3 decades experience under their beds. The vast range of their expertise in landscape planning and design is reflexted in the diversity of their project, which range considerably. Their choice of name is telling: YC references the Chinese idiom yiyuzhongdi, which means hit the key-point in one word.

Emphasizing an approach centered on one sharp design move, they explore the design essence of balancing the site and its demands under the unique perspective of history and culture. In turn, this results in a considerable diversity and openness in the design details via interpreting, rewriting and representing the historical and cultural factors of the site from the ancient to the present, from the east to the west.

Miami, Florida | Founded 1977

Miami-based ArquitectonicaGEO has been redefining landscape architecture for nearly two decades. Our approach is clear. though they take international commissions, their innovative and bold design solutions are particular welcome in on their home turf; their approach is one that creates landscapes adaptive to climate change, sea level rise and restores biodiversity. At the same time, theirs is a humanistic practice that mixes resiliency with human-centered design to produce a level of awareness in communities.

Bangkok, Thailand | Founded 2007

Led by Pok Kobkongsanti, this Bangkok-based studio believes that the design process is as important as the design it produces, so they rely on close relationships with clients. The result exceeds the expectations, pushing boundaries in the practice of landscaping. At Ribbon Dance Park, for example, pushed beyond typical categorizations that result from pigeon hole thinking and moves beyond simply satisfying the clients expectations to introducing green space to be enjoyed by the public. TROP has been working on various projects throughout Asia since 2007, bringing the landscape back into the urban environment.

New York, New York | Founded 1999

Though you may know the firms name from from high-profile projects in New York such as the High Line, Domino Park and the Cornell Tech Campus in Roosevelt Island, this tri-city-based practice also has offices in San Francisco and Philadelphia, and has completed game-changing urban parks around the globe. From large urban districts and complex post-industrial sites, to smaller, detailed-oriented design projects, their oeuvre is united by a deep, underlying commitment to the design of a vibrant and dynamic public realm that integrates ecology, program and people.

Seattle, Washington | Founded 1988

This Taiwan-based landscape engineering consultancy has been providing environmental architectural planning and design work all over the world for 20 years. Since their establishment, they have completed hundreds of projects across the United States and Taiwan, with clients spanning from central and local governments to schools and research groups to private construction and development companies. With a strong focus on engineering, their detailed design work is buttressed by their expertise in development plans, environmental assessments, feasibility studies, engineering drawings and budgets, manufacturing supervision and engineering management. While that all may sound technical, they produce design-centric results see for yourself in their lauded HEITO 1909 park, above!

Phoenix, Arizona | Founded 2009

Founded in 2009 by landscape architects Allison Colwell and Michele Shelor, the Pheonix-based firm has dedicated their practice to creating meaningful, vibrant environments that deeply reference the cultural and ecological requisites of each site. From academic plazas, civic complexes and parks to intimate domestic sanctuaries, the breadth of the firms portfolio is matched by the depth of their engagement and attention to detail in each work. From this approach, designing landscapes also involves building relationships not only with clients, but between humans and the natural world. In addition to an overarching concern with sustainability, the firm strives to weave community-building threads into each design.

Boston, Massachusetts | Founded 1994

For twenty years, Boston-based studio has focused on human-centred design aimed at building better, more inclusive cities and improving civic health. Their expertise in restorative landscapes, backed by research into human cognition and green storm water technologies, allows them to face some of societys most pressing environmental and health-related issues head on. From waterfronts and workplaces to public gardens and healthcare centers, this evidence-based design approach has wide reach.

Bangkok, Thailand | Founded 2003

Based in Bangkok, this Thai landscape architecture design firm is squarely focused on creating unique urban environments. The goal is not architecture for architectures sake, however, but to produce singular spaces that improve citizens quality of life enhancing the green ecosystem. These aims are backed by a duo-specialty in both landscaping and urban development, backed by a team of landscape architects and young designers with progressive visions for alternative urban future centred on placemaking and value landscapes.

Rotterdam, Netherlands | Founded 2014

Founded in 2014, Felixx specializes in designing and engineering landscapes that maximize environmental impact. Their locally-embedded design solutions are aimed at addressing urgent global challenges. Taking on projects within a broad international scope, their clients include governments, NGOs and private developers, and their output varies from spatial research, landscape transformation strategies and developing masterplans, to public space and product design. Across the spectrum, their solutions seek to diversity environmental landscapes by transforming them from mono-functional places into complex hybrids that integrate vital systems with scenic experiences.

Oakland, California | Founded in 2012

Founded by friends, this Oakland-based landscape architecture and urban design practice is known for producing collaborative, innovative and interdisciplinary designs across a range of project types and scapes. Many of their projects unfold through years of working with clients, building relationships through successive projects. In so doing, they promote a long-term approach to design work and urban thinking; one that uses landscape to create a healthier world where people are more equitably connected to nature and to each other.

Judging for the 11th A+Awards is now underway! While awaiting the Winners, prepare for the upcoming Architizer Vision Awards, honoring the best architectural photography, film, visualizations, drawings, models and the talented creators behind them.Learn more and register >

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Okej Studio founders Emmie and Mitchell Brower also dont see curvy shapes going anywhere anytime soon. We can see a variety of interior design styles experimenting a little and becoming more eclectic, Emmie says. One might see more minimalist interiors embrace complex shapes and really add those standout pieces that you normally wouldnt find in those environments. Well see a lot more classic and simple design that has been enhanced through interesting patterns and textures.

From the point of view of Bougie Woogies Jazmin and Matias, wiggly and squiggly shapes are expanding into two new directionsthe central piece, which is an accent that calms down the wiggle frenzy to clean the visual information and brings balance without losing the fun, and the passage from 2D squiggle to 3D swirl. The couple cites Vivid Wu and Aden Wangs home as a prime example of a space where the balance between classic minimalism and retro-style wiggly shapes and colors make the space feel modern with a touch of nostalgia. (They also point to the Home Union and Pieces collaboration as a reference.) On a similar note, the architectural designer Lula Galeano also thinks that spiral patterns will be huge in 2022. Perhaps its a sign that we are on our way toward the upward spiral?

Jeanette Reza is a hopeless romantic at heart so when she was conceptualizing the shape of her Jiu Jie cushions back in 2018, she wanted them not only to provide squishy comfort, but also to be viewed as objects of desire. The Mexican designer sees her knotty creations as a labyrinth that takes us into this alternative universe where all our fantasies and desires become true. Cushions molded like this serve as transitional pieces that make you feel connected to something on a deeper emotional level.

Now that everything is happening within one space, Jeanette also thinks that modular multiuse products will be an even bigger design trend because more people want things that you can play with that have multifunctionality. She says, It has to be something a little more special that has a story and meaning behind it, not just a decoration purpose.

Wiggle Room's signature coffee table with a purple Sophie Lou Jacobsen pitcher full of flowers.

Jenny Kaplan, cofounder of Pieces, has been gravitating toward new shapes that have never been shown before. As a brand that looks to push the boundaries of modernizing our designs with innovative forms, Pieces is constantly thinking about what areas have yet to be explored within the design landscape. I am feeling lots of print and organic silhouettes for 2022, Jenny says. We are currently working on a new collection based on the study of patterns from the 20th century with a focus on the 80s and 90s.

Gustaf Westman is interested in what the wiggle will evolve into. Lately, the designer has noticed a shift in color palettes from pastels to deeper hues so he expects to see a new wave of color combinations in the mix. I think we are going to see an increased mix in materials, colors, and shapes, he says. I think that the wiggly and bulky styles will be seen a lot in raw materials like wood and metal The shapes [might] come after harder materials and straight lines.

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