Designer interview

Kristen Basra’s budding career belies the strength of her expertise and the quiet tenacity that has seen the spatial designer found her own firm, Spatial Studio. We sit down with her in the wake of her success at the 2019 Interior Awards, where she took home the coveted title of Emerging Design Professional.

What were some of the key things you learned during the period after university in which you did purely contract work? If you don’t have any experience, you may not have a chance at an interview for a position, even a junior design position. I learned efficiency (everyone loves a fast turnaround and quality of work – if you can make someone’s life easier, you will forever be remembered), a can-do attitude (positive responses to a request leave generally positive outcomes) and to ask questions (asking questions doesn’t hurt – you’ll grow faster as an individual if you have the courage to ask and you don’t need to know everything). What were some of the challenges of starting your own studio? The first challenge along the way was getting clients.…

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Interior (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2019 / February 2020

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