Motherhood, early childhood and design

I work in an advisory, research and consulting capacity across ad-hoc projects.

I’ve contributed to books and creative projects, established brands and start-ups, and have worked with artists, academics, school founders, housing and landscape architects and urban planners. In each of these various capacities, I develop and/or contribute to valuable, socially supportive, innovative and elegant projects.

I provide art direction, copywriting, group facilitation and subject matter research to help individuals and organizations reach their goals. I am also an empathetic listener. I relish opportunities to conduct stakeholder interviews that can be translated into designs that help people live more supported, dignified and joyful lives.

    • Creating compelling brand or project copy

    • Naming and titling

    • Defining the look and feel of a space, project or brand

    • Guidance on materials and materiality

    • Creating a compelling story around a project’s vision

    • Audience identification and definition

    • Stakeholder research, interviews and needs identification

    • Prioritising and refining ideas

    • Refining goals and/or go-to-market strategy

    • Competitive analysis

    • Supportive pregnancy, births and early childhood

    • Postpartum healing and social support

    • Matrescence, or the shift in identity in becoming a mother

    • Caring for newborns, infants, toddlers

    • Attachment theory

    • Verbal and nonverbal communication between parents and children

    • Child friendly cities

    • Optimal housing needs of carers and children

    • Children’s transportation issues and opportunities

    • RIE®, Pikler® and the philosophy of respectful care

    • Play as a right and a psychological, pedagogical and physical necessity

    • Developmentally appropriate, aesthetic and interesting play objects, toys and spaces for babies and young children

    • Gross motor development, movement and milestones

    • Design considerations for babies with special needs

    • Trauma-informed care, and trauma-informed design

    • Theories and pedagogies relating to early childhood

Clients come to me for help with:

Stiliyana Minkovska’s Ultima Thule Birthing Furniture, now on view at ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, and permanently installed at the Home from Home Birth Centre at St Thomas' Hospital in London.