Designing From Within: How Personal Storytelling Shapes Beautiful Spaces

Designing From Within: How Personal Storytelling Shapes Beautiful Spaces

Design, like writing, begins within. Over years of moving between cities and countries, I’ve learned that the most meaningful spaces — like the most resonant stories — are layered with emotion, memory, and personality. Whether restoring a centuries-old masseria or crafting my memoir, The Threads of Becoming, my process starts with how we want to feel, not what we want to buy. In this post, I share the parallels between storytelling and design, and the principles that turn both into something lasting.

August 08, 2025