Exploring purposeful interior design, focusing on sustainability, adaptability, and long-term value rather than short-term trends.

This post reflects on an inspiring day at the Inclusive Design Festival 2026, highlighting the importance of lived experience, collaboration and inclusive thinking in shaping places for everyone.

Ruminating on how academic projects, industry engagement, and professional development at university helped build practical skills for real-world interior design practice.

A project-based reflection on translating 2D artworks into immersive 3D interiors, exploring how objects, atmosphere, movement, and spatial perception shape experiential design.

Reflection on the role of guidance and documentation in ensuring interior spaces remain effective, inclusive, and easy to use over time.

A thoughtful exploration of how Christmas decorating can be approached more inclusively for neurodivergent adults, offering practical strategies for creating calm, flexible festive environments in shared and public spaces.

Discussing how form and function can work together to create interiors that are both visually considered and genuinely responsive to user needs.

An examination of how emotion shapes the way spaces are experienced, and why emotionally informed design plays a key role in creating meaningful interiors.

Looking back on the launch of Coventry University Students’ Union’s Sensory Rooms and Lounge, celebrating student-led collaboration, inclusive design, and the power of spaces created with care.

Insights gained from designing for neurodivergent users, highlighting the importance of choice, adaptability, and user-centred decision-making.

Exploring the key elements that make sensory spaces effective in practice, moving beyond aesthetics to consider usability, flexibility, and long-term success.

A reflective overview of the design process behind creating sensory rooms, exploring how research, spatial planning, and material decisions were translated into supportive, real-world environments.