ANDREA BAXTER

As a child I was very curious about everything around me and always trying to create something from any sort of materials I could find from around the house ranging from creating a doll house out of a shoe box to mastering the pillow fort.  At that point in my life I had no idea what I was really doing – if anything it was more out of fun and entertainment for myself.  Except now looking back I have come to understand that I was working on a form of process.  Starting with an idea, running with it, developing a model, refining the model and finally, self-critiquing.  In the end I was always thinking of a bigger and better way of making the initial idea even better.  As a designer this is one of my favourite parts of the design process.  On top of designing something that is real I get the added pleasure of designing for a client and shaping an environment that both reflects their desires and beliefs.