Good ideas rarely come from staring at a blank screen.

A lot of my creative thinking starts by paying attention to the world around me—architecture, history, nature, old signs, strange details, forgotten places, beautiful materials, and the little things that make a place feel like itself.

This collection is a look at some of the things that have caught my attention along the way.

Some have directly inspired a project. Others have influenced the way I think about storytelling, environments, visual language, atmosphere, or guest experience. Sometimes I’m looking for a color, a shape, a piece of typography, or a material. Sometimes I’m trying to understand why a particular place makes people feel something.

I’ve always believed that creativity starts with curiosity.

So this is the visual side of that curiosity—a collection of things I’ve noticed, photographed, saved, and carried with me into the work.