LIVE CASE STUDY · 2026 — ONGOING

It started with a restaurant bulletin board.

I became interested in the idea of taking an object designed for temporary information and turning it into something more permanent: a piece of furniture for displaying the photographs, notes, objects and ephemera that make up a life.

01 — THE IDEA

What if the things we keep were treated like the things we exhibit?

Bulletin began with an object I kept noticing in restaurants: the illuminated display case. Designed to hold information that changes constantly, it somehow gave even temporary things a sense of importance.

I started wondering what would happen if that same idea moved into the home—not as a shadowbox or storage piece, but as furniture designed to hold the photographs, notes, objects and ephemera that make up a life.

02 — THE QUESTION

Can an object live between
occasion and everyday life?

Wedding → Home → Life

Rather than designing another piece of event signage, I became interested in an object with a life beyond the event itself. Something that could hold a menu, seating chart or photographs for one night—and later become part of someone's home.

The contents change. The object stays.

Making the idea visible before making it physical.

I used AI to visualize early — proportions, materials, environments — before spending money on fabrication. It wasn't a design tool here; it was a faster way to react. What feels right, what's unnecessary, what should become a system — those are decisions I made, not ones the tool made for me.

The exploration revealed what the product needed to become.

Every material and proportion decision came back to one question: does this still feel like a beautiful object if no one ever fills it with anything? Furniture first, function second — that ordering shaped the final form as much as any use case did.

What stayed:

A recognizable piece of furniture rather than a collection of products.

ONE OBJECT

Personalization lives within the system—not permanently on the furniture.

DESIGNED TO CHANGE

Dimensional objects, ephemera and photographs can coexist.

PHYSICAL FIRST

Beautiful enough to live with every day. Event-capable second.

HOME FIRST

The contents can change as the owner's life changes.

BUILT FOR LONGEVITY

The object stays. The story changes.

what i'm building next

Vitrine is still evolving.

The physical object was the starting point. I’m continuing to explore the ecosystem around it—from how memories are collected and digitized to how the service is booked, delivered, and experienced.

Next, I’m using AI-assisted tools to prototype the digital archive, service experience, and campaign that could bring Vitrine into the world.

Digital Archive → Service + Booking Experience → Brand Campaign