Inside design: Genevieve Gorder
Bright impact
“Inspiration is everywhere. It can be in a song or in my bowl of soup,” says Genevieve. But to really fuel her creative tank, she travels – extensively. “If you stay in one place, that’s all you can create from. You have to fill your head with other lands – smell, taste and see them first-hand.”
Learn to balance
“Design is about balancing opposites. Black needs white; curves need lines; masculine needs feminine. Layer them until they feel right.”
Travelling inspiration
What’s inspiring her now? “I go where the cockroaches have just left. That’s the design circuit. The artists go before anything pretty happens. So Detroit’s been really hot. And Mexico City,” she says. But she also has her favourite spots: Scandinavia and northern Africa. “I love that pairing.” (Which is obvious in her Moroccan-inspired bathroom shown left)
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