Thinking

Interior Design is Product Design

Interior design is user experience for physical space. The best rooms work the way the best products do — they shape how you feel and behave without announcing themselves. I've been thinking about this a lot lately through small, concrete decisions: hiding every wire because visible clutter is cognitive load. Closed storage always, because when surfaces are clear your brain stays clear too. Rugs, because a good one anchors a room and can completely change the energy of a space without touching a wall. Making your bed every morning — not because anyone sees it, but because it's the first completed task of the day and it sets the tone. I've been loving the European tuck: draping the coverlet over your pillows and tucking it just under the base so the bed reads as one clean surface. It takes ten seconds and the room immediately feels intentional. None of this is about aesthetics for aesthetics' sake. It's about designing your environment the way you'd design a product — every decision in service of how the person using it actually feels.