I’ve developed a unique perspective through experimentation, conversation, and passion projects, which are reflected in this section. It provides a glimpse into my creative journey and its continuous evolution.
Shaping Strategy with Design: Are We Still Siloed?
When designers are less informed they tend to be less experimental and repeat a formula that works well: a solution that will satisfy clients, but isn’t groundbreaking. Isn’t our job to constantly push the frontier of creativity? To deliver solutions that challenge norms and make a real impact?…
Step Into the Real-Life Lumon Industries, the Breakout Star of ‘Severance’
Bell Works, the setting of the hit serial for Apple TV+, is now a tourist attraction, drawing fans to the architectural wonder…
Beyond the 'Female Founder' Label: Is it time to retire gendered job titles?
As women continue to shape the creative industry on their own terms, many are questioning whether the term 'female founder' still serves a purpose. So, we spoke to creative women to understand how they feel about the label in 2025 …
The Best Ideas At N.Y.C.’s Design Month Are Garbage
“The trend isn’t just being instigated by companies and designers,” Salvage Lab founder Charlotte Sunnen says. “It has become very clear that there is a strong desire coming from customers to change their habits and to consume in a different way. People have become far more aware and interested in knowing where their products come from and where they will go next…
A Swiss-based design duo optimizes a classic material for modern production
ÉCAL design graduates Aurélie Mathieu and Charlotte Sunnen, a duo known as Grande, share an aim to remove traditional constraints typically associated with rigid materials by developing projects that demonstrate the opportunities possible in the oldest of resources: stone…
Grande Edition, Furniture Designers
The gorgeous, angular furniture designs of Grande Edition pull off a neat trick — looking sleek and light while having the weight and permanence associated with natural stone. To achieve this, Charlotte Sunnen and Aurélie Mathieu, the duo behind Grande, work with a French marble carver using a method in which smaller strips of marble are sandwiched together…
6×6 Grande Mobilier
Furniture in natural stone has had a long tradition in the history of design. In this field, the designer collective Grande is opening up new paths. Its collection of furniture and objects in stone originated in the desire to make a meaningful use of the left-over materials to be found in natural stone works…