As a kid, Molly Wood made a habit of toughening up her toys, creating custom-made rock pools for playtime with her plastic dolls ("my Barbies were very outdoorsy," she says). While she eventually moved on from doll-sized designs, Wood retained her passion for natural, organic environments. During her post-high-school travels through Europe, Wood developed a deep fascination with symmetry, structure, and the concept of creating spaces that evoke emotion. Upon returning to the States, Wood pursued her passion, studying at San Francisco's Academy of the Art before moving south to Laguna Beach. There, she says she earned her "practical education," working at a local nursery and venturing out into the field to maintain private gardens. Thus began the evolution of Molly Wood Garden Design, the Costa Mesa-based boutique firm Wood has helmed since 1995 that's completed over 500 landscape design projects throughout Orange County, as well as properties in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties. Learn more about the company's founder in our Q+A below.
1. How did you get your start in design?
Looking back, I suppose I was always interested in design, but with a twist. My doll house was totally decked out, for a family of trolls. Creating environments, from forts to haunted houses, was how I would always spend my time as a kid. I got my actual start in landscape design while working at a nursery in Laguna Beach. Some shoppers hired me to do their weekly maintenance and my business organically grew from there. Read More...
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As if it wasn't enough to be the principal and founder of his own firm, Anthony Poon is an award-winning architect, musician, artist, and author with credentials spanning three decades. His Los Angeles-based, multi-disciplinary studio, Poon Design Inc., has completed over 300 residential, commercial, religious, educational, and cultural projects for national and international clients. Having received over 50 national honors, the work of Poon Design has been featured in hundreds of articles. Poon is also credited with coining the phrase “museum modern” to describe the clean, minimalist, contemporary look of his new production housing genre, of which over 200 homes have been built and sold. Poon Design also recently completed their fourth building, soon to start construction on their fifth, for the 400-acre Bodhi Path Buddhist Center in Virginia that is at once traditional and Modern, both quiet and dramatic. Learn more in our Q+A below.
1. How did you get your start in design and architecture?
It all started with Lego, and some crayons and paper. I was four or five. I liked to make things, to create things, to dream things. I envisioned worlds for my toy dinosaurs, a fantasy land for my bug collection, and a place where my stuffed animals could have in depth conversations. I made endless plastic models of cars, planes and spaceships. Whether scissors and cardboard, or a butter knife and clay, I got my hands on any tool and material that could be part of the obsessive process.
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