Alex’s first tip is to steal your palette from your favorite pieces of art.  A highlight of Marlien’s collection is a drawing created by Donald “Drawbertson” Robertson which portrays her in a cape. The piece became the foundation for the office’s palette of tans, grays, black, and pops of pink. The photograph of New York taken by Marlien’s twin sister is another favorite; “It really captures the city through her eyes, which are also my eyes in a way, since we’re identical.” Other pieces are used casually. Marlien loves the sensibility this gives the space: “The leaned art has a sense of undoneness; it’s not completely perfect, almost louche. That’s sort of how I dress.”