Something Different

MN Design Studio’s two-word brief resulted in a bold and unapologetic space

- Patricia Herbolario

“Her only instruction was ‘something different’ and we took it from there,” shares Mauro Nepomuceno, principal designer of MN Design Studio when asked about the client brief on their latest project. The client, in her 20s, spotted the design studio’s work on social media and immediately wanted to work with them on her 60-something square meter unit.

Mauro admitted that the two word brief was, in two words, “very vague.” Not knowing much about the client, the designer put on his detective hat and started sleuthing on his client’s social media accounts. “You can read people on their Facebook,” adds the designer. The client is a female triathlete and an avid Funko Pop collector, these helped the design studio in creating a design for the client.

After submitting the 3D perspectives to the client, the only revision Mauro got was for the space to have less of the color yellow; other than that, the design was approved. However, with easy to work with clients come hard to please building admins.