Notes on fragrance, form and atmosphere.
Observations from the house on scent, material and the spaces we shape. Written slowly, and added to as the collection develops.
THE ART OF ATMOSPHERE
How a room is remembered.
Light, texture and scent work together long before anyone notices them. These notes look at how fragrance joins the other details of an interior to shape what a space feels like, and why it stays with us.
MATERIAL MATTERS
Glass, ceramic, wood and stone.
Every material has its own weight, temperature and way of meeting the light. A closer look at how materials are chosen, and what they bring to a room once they are in it.
SPACES, IN PRACTICE
Hospitality, residential, commercial.
Thoughts on how scent can be placed in an entrance, a guest room or a showroom, and what changes when it is considered from the start rather than added at the end.
BEHIND DEANS.
References and influences.
Architecture, craft and the quiet details that inform the house: the ideas behind the work, shared as they take shape.
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