biophilic interiors

Five things defining the design moment: July 2025

At the end of each month, Editor-in-Chief Courtney Porter explores five standout things defining the design moment – this month she gets into colorful collectible design aesthetics, why your marketing isn’t working and what to do instead, wellness and resilience design, and the hottest markets for new construction.

CarbonShack embraces Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts movement, delivering nature-centric, biophilic design to interiors

The embrace of nature, and consciousness of our impacts on it, are now an accepted part of the design discussion–whether discussing processes or final materials. But above all, nature is a never-ending treasure trove of inspiration, which those of the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts movements understood. CarbonShack, led by founder Stephen Pallrand, has been working and thinking through this lens for years.