In Conversation with Anna-Carin: The Music Behind Great Design

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with designer Anna-Carin about using music as a tool in the client briefing process for interior design.

A lot of interiors look “right” and still feel wrong. We’re chasing something harder to name: the feeling of a home that actually belongs to you. That’s why we loved this chat with designer Anna-Carin, who has built a client briefing process around an unexpected tool: music. We talk through her signature question: if your project had a theme song, what would it be? From there, she layers in a project name and three feeling words to create a brief that’s clear, emotional, and genuinely person...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bree Banfield, Lauren Li

Guest: Anna-Carin

Topics covered

• interior design
• music in design
• client briefing process
• emotional design
• theme song

Keywords

• interior design
• music
• client briefing
• theme song
• emotional connection

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