NEW TALENT Women-Led, Artist-Centered

摘要

Self-described "new kids" on the Los Angeles design scene, Katy Burgess and Brady Cunningham cofounded Wall for Apricots as a women-led, women-focused, and artist-centered creative consulting and interior design studio whose narrative approach to designing spaces and objects balances the pure and the playful. With collaborative storytelling in mind, Burgess and Cunningham approach their projects with a spirit of adventure and keen attention to personal narratives. "We're inspired by our clients-their desires, histories, specialties, and creative visions," says Burgess. "That's always where we start." The studio's name is borrowed from a 1968 sculpture by Minimalist artist and author Anne Truitt, inspired by Truitt's writing on juggling personal identity as both an artist and a mother. Now both mothers of three, Burgess and Cunningham joke that dividing time between two passions-family and creative work-helps dictate which projects they take on. "We only commit to projects worth leaving our kids for!" says Burgess. "In other words, we choose projects we can pour our hearts and souls into, without feeling guilty about the time and dedication required."