“I have 30 amazing, talented team
members in the studio. They’ll bring
me ideas as well, but I’ll say I’m the first
client in the studio.”
Trends come and go, but good design stays. It is not everlasting, as
nothing is, but for Karen, a designer has to have the confidence to
predict what the trends will look like. The uber-talented designer
remarks that they can’t simply design with the current trends, thus
they’ll be outdated when they finally reach the market. The solu-
tion? Planning and projecting three-four years ahead.
“I think when we’re designing, we’re
designing three-four years ahead of
what the market will have. We can’t do
what everybody is seeing now because it
will be out of date by the time it gets to
the market.”
When asked if there was any type of project that would imperson-
ate Taylor Howes identity, the designer simply said no, there isn’t.
In her mind, the studio can’t be characterised by a simple project
type, as it is constantly evolving. As though some people go to dif-
ferent studios to get, in Karen’s opinion, ‘’prescribed looks’’, the
ones who seek Taylor Howes’ services can expect nothing of such.
