There is a new generation of designers who no longer think in terms of geographical boundaries or rigid cultural references. Influences overlap, languages blend, and the home becomes the place where these layers find a tangible expression. Glass Ridge House, the Los Angeles residence of OWIU Design's co-founders Amanda Gunawan and Joel Wong, is perhaps the most personal embodiment of this approach.
Here, Ray Kappe’s Californian modernism meets Japanese-style rituals and sensibilities, while architecture and landscape merge into a narrative shaped by multiple identities, memory, and everyday life. The result is not simply an aesthetic fusion, but a home that reflects how more and more people, including the couple, live today: between different cultures, global influences, and a growing desire to reconnect with nature.
