How Architecture Inspires Design

My passion for design—especially spatial design—was sparked by architecture. There’s something about the way structures shape space, how they manipulate light, and how they create emotion that has always fascinated me.

Traveling has given me a front-row seat to some of the most breathtaking architectural masterpieces. Santiago Calatrava’s redesign of the World Trade Center site in New York, with its almost weightless, skeletal form, was a revelation in movement and elegance. Zaha Hadid’s opera house in Guangzhou, China, felt like a living sculpture—fluid, organic, defying gravity. And then there’s Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, a structure that single-handedly transformed a dull corner of downtown LA into a cultural landmark, proving how architecture can redefine a city’s identity.

Each of these spaces taught me that design isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about experience. The way people move through a space, the emotions it evokes, and the stories it tells. It’s the same philosophy I bring to my own work, whether in branding, visual storytelling, or spatial design. Because at the end of the day, great design—like great architecture—isn’t just seen. It’s felt.