I don't look at interiors when I'm stuck. I look at fashion, nature, sport, art, architecture, tech. The best design references aren’t always other designs.

I look at the layered tension in Yuan Fang's paintings, the way she builds curve on curve until the canvas feels like it's in motion. The silhouette of a skier mid-descent, Carlo Mollino photographed this better than anyone. The way Margiela deconstructs a seam and makes you question everything you assumed about structure.

Everything is connected: texture, proportion, contrast, tension. Those principles show up everywhere if you train your eye to see them.