Having worked in the industry for 20 years, designer Carissa Duncan collaborates with trusted partners to create spaces and pieces that inspire deeper connection and presence. She draws on a history of true craftsmanship that honors nostalgia and roots, and works intimately with artisans and makers with whom her core values align. 

The spaces and objects she designs evoke a lush minimalism - layered, but nuanced, with an honest expression of materiality - raw, textured, earthy, patinated, creating an effortless sophistication that feels both modern and timeless. An experience in which modernity and antiquity can coexist in a harmonious and functional composition - livable art. 

Notable to Carissa’s approach is a willingness to disrupt systems that impede the creative process, and to foster patience, collaboration, longevity, and trust. 

Carissa’s work has been featured in The New York Times, C Magazine, Wallpaper, San Francisco Chronicle and numerous other publications.