"Design Disrupted" Excerpt

As my (Dawn Stafford) design career grows, many people have asked me to create their design concepts for various reasons. The longer I have remained on this journey, the more I understand that the process consists of more of them. While history, creativity, and imagination play a large part in the design process, much of it resembles teaching a toddler a new language while having them explore a world that is old to you but new to them. As a toddler is guided by education, interaction, language, and tactile stimuli, so are the design processes.    When we take a step back and look at ourselves, specifically our dress attire, we gain a fuller sense of the unique individual who lives within us. What begins to unfold from this conscious process is a dialogue of preferences and the ability to express. To optimize the way we understand, we must keep expanding the way we communicate. Design is a language.    

Design Disrupted's primary goal is to equip the homeowner, fashionista, fashion, and interior designer with the Body of Design Methodology to effectively create an exquisitely designed interior space inspired by your body, and style. The human body is broken down into sections equating to interior space to further understand the correlation. This book was conceived for a broad readership to be used as an action tool, and reference manual to explore and experiment with your body, fashion, and interior design themes.     

Design principles and considerations are illustrated with beautiful curated examples to explain the Body of Design Methodology of how the body, style, and interior design intertwine—a compilation of design combinations and variations which will ignite the imagination and spawn ideas. The successful interior design aimed to construct well-formed spaces through the masterful use of the body and personalized fashion design as a guideline. Design Disrupted connects your body and your space, removing the interior design process's abstruseness.