We have been taught that the layout of a space, and particularly that of a home, will irremediably define our decor choices. But what if that didn't have to be the case? Kate Swanson, the founding designer of Burlington-based gallery and practice Nurture by Nature, looks to the curation she puts into showcasing makers and artists' work as the main inspiration for her interior design projects, letting the objects and artifacts she uncovers through the former directly inspire the latter.
"I treat each exhibition as a spatial composition rather than a presentation. Constructing relationships between objects and people," she tells me. A burgeoning designer and gallery owner, she does the same when conceiving domestic environments, because "that's where the work becomes more human, more alive."
