Inspired by Nature - My 10 Favourite Quotes

Tree Inspiration

I draw a lot of inspiration from nature when I work and design. This is just a fun post with some images and my 10 Favourite Nature and Design Quotes.



I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.” 
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. 
Anne Frank

Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. 
Rabindranath Tagore

Choose only one master – Nature.
Rembrandt

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
Antonio Gaudi

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. 
Leo Tolstoy

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end. 
Aristotle

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. 
George Washington Carver

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. 
Frank Lloyd Wright

Copper Interiors - Inspiration

Copper Inspiration


Copper takes me back to my childhood. The nostalgia that copper invokes in me gives me a great appreciation of the past. As a modern consumer bombarded with mass-produced items copper gives a sense of quality, of being unique. I would love to see the mass-produced, industrial age get a craft-revolution wake-up call. As a consumer I would love to see quality and durability triumph over cheap and disposable.

Design is in everything we make, but it's also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy. 
Erik Adigard

Have a look at some modern copper inspiration. I love combining copper with Navy or Rose Pink.




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