As a designer, fresh eyes are imperative to the creative process. For this I naturally practice many techniques and have many little habits – but one thing that I find most helpful is travel.

This past week was my umpteenth time heading to Round Top. It’s always a great time of year, a wonderful way to help my autumn projects further along and a unique time for me to have a nice long day of full, direct time with my clients. Really the ideal way for me to spend a prolonged period of time with them, and help go through fun items like the discovery and education of a piece.

Some time ago, I had the pleasure of visiting South America, most notably the area of Peru. Fast forward and here we find the Turnstyle team on a Lima-based project for a private residential San Isidro Home.

Given my heritage, I have the very fortunate position of having many places to travel to on vacation. With family members strewn about most of central Europe and Scandinavia, there are always requests for visits, or incentives to cross the pond in the first place.

Traveling can oftentimes be hard when you’ve got two little ones running around. When planning a recent trip, we decided to stay relatively close to home and travel to a Southwestern beauty – Arizona.