Work
Moving across different disciplines, anooi designs places, objects, and ideas that cultivate a nourishing relationship between people and nature.
Interiors
Nourishing spaces that replenish and respect both people and nature. From concept and design development through documentation, specifications, and custom details. For residential and concept-driven, experience-led environments (commercial, wellness, hospitality, workplaces, cultural and community spaces, installations, and exhibitions). A single room or an entire interior, on-site or remote.
[interior design, spatial installations]
Product
Objects that engage the senses while celebrating and respecting the natural world. Created with brands and makers who share a commitment to responsible production.
[concept development, creative direction, product design]
Editorial
Content and visual narratives that articulate the thinking and practice behind nourishing spaces and biophilic design. Books and publications, essays, columns.
[writing, content structures, visual and graphic direction, editorial direction]
Educational
Sessions that explore and explain how nourishing, nature-based spaces are conceived and designed. Talks, lectures, workshops, seminars.
[research, content, delivery]
Cultural
Gatherings and conversations that bring the idea of nourishing spaces to the public realm. Events, exhibitions and installations, curatorial collaborations, and research-led cultural work.
[agenda, creative and visual direction]
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Approach
Everything begins with observation – noticing atmosphere, light, materiality, and sensory richness. How a surface feels to the touch. How light and air move through a space. Where the mind settles and where it is stimulated…
Found in the natural world and in daily life, these insights become spaces, objects, words, and experiences that replenish people, respect and restore nature, and inspire a deep and balanced relationship between the two.
For a broader sense of anooi’s perspective: Philosophy, Journal, A Biophilic Year.
Organization
Scope. Every project is unique. Scope and details are defined through conversation and shaped around the project’s own story, needs, and character.
Process. Projects follow a structured, phased path rooted in close collaboration. Even at a distance, they stay distinctly human and personal – grounded in video conversations, a dedicated Project Portal, and design decisions evaluated in real life.
Location. Both local and remote collaborations are possible, depending on the project.
Selected work
Living room [Interiors]
A living room designed to welcome and frame the movement of light throughout the day and the seasons. A neutral, tactile palette of colours and materials creates a quiet backdrop for morning, afternoon, dusk, and seasonal light, while the verdant view becomes a colour accent that provides its own changing presence.
Yoga studio [Interiors - Remote]
A yoga studio echoing the flowing nature of the practice throughout its shapes, materials, and layout. Curved forms and warm materials soothe the mind. An alternation of open areas and explorative pathways supports movement without directing it. And a seamless connection to the garden makes the natural world a participant in the practice rather than a view.
Dining area [Interiors]
A dining area conceived for daily life and for gathering. Wood, stone, and textiles are paired in quiet contrast: warm against cool, smooth against grained, soft against solid. The result is a space where materials are grounding and present to the senses while carrying a light and serene atmosphere.
Textile palette study [Product]
Textile palette study developed around sand – as an element and as a feeling. Born from close observation of sandy landscapes, the fabric selection captures the variations from dry to wet sand in tone, texture, and how each state catches light differently. A palette that carries the sensory character of the shore: from dry, crumbly, and rough to wet, embossed, and soft.
A Biophilic Year [Editorial]
An editorial project in writing, photography, graphic design, and creative direction including a curated, hand-finished book-object and a companion online archive. A year of daily reflections on the relationship between people, nature, and design collected into 365 aphorisms and 365 essays. A Biophilic Year is both a record of anooi’s practice and an object designed to embody it: considered in form, calm in experience, made to be returned to over time.
A Biophilic Year: 365 thoughts on the essence and practice of biophilic design
Online journal [Editorial]
A combination of curation, research, and writing, anooi’s online journal gathers articles on biophilic design, sustainability, and nourishing spaces, exploring the thinking behind the design of considered environments that support wellbeing while cultivating a deep and balanced relationship with the natural world.
Twice finalist for the Amara Interior Blog Awards (Best Newcomer 2019, Best Written 2020), including in the journal’s first year of publication.
Sustainable interior design platform [Education, Research]
Creation and curation of riivin.com, an independent platform for sustainable interior design. The platform includes a selection of responsible interior design products and materials, an overview of second-hand marketplaces, rental options, and more, supporting the transition of the design industry to more sustainable standards from the bottom up.
Finalist for Rossana Orlandi Plastic Prize 2020 - Awareness on Communication.
Biophilic design lecturing [Education]
Lectures and workshops on biophilic design at schools and design studios, exploring the principles of a biophilic ethos and their integration into spatial design. In line with anooi’s own practice, particular emphasis is given to the observational approach behind biophilic design: how close attention to the natural world becomes a design insight, and how that insight changes the spaces it produces.
Biophilic Design Master’s programme [Education]
Faculty member of the Biophilic Design Master’s programme at Cusano University, Rome, Italy. [Biophilic design - Progettazione biofilica. Progettare spazi per il benessere ispirati dalla saggezza della Natura.]
Lecturing and theses supervision. Curation of the lecture on blue spaces, uncovering the importance of water-based environments for people’s and nature’s wellbeing and exploring how they can be reconciled with urban areas.
Every project begins with a conversation:
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