Starting a Design Studio - What's it Really Like? | WILDFLOWER Founders Cara & Robyn

<p>Cara Stizza and Robyn Levin run Wildflower, a Melbourne studio that owns the furniture side of a project. Selection, procurement, coordination, everything down to the cutlery in the drawers. Cara built and grew an interior design practice before this. Robyn spent years inside one of Australia&#39;s leading furniture brands. Together they sit between the creative eye and the part where it all has to get built, on budget, and hold up.This one&#39;s about the business of design. How they cut about a third out of a build-to-rent budget without gutting the design. Why furniture gets wedged in early, before it turns into an afterthought. What they look for when they hire for a job that&#39;s half taste, half operations. And what stays human when AI can knock out a mood board in seconds.</p>