Achieving spaces that ‘feel right’ is designer’s ultimate goal
Kitchen and bath designers spend a great deal of time focusing on rooms that look great and offer optimum functionality. For Richard Landon, CMKBD, principal of Richard Landon Design in Bellevue, WA, designs must also “feel right.” The Seattle area designer specializes in residential space planning, and to help designs reach their full potential, he created and follows the Designed by L.I.F.E. process.
Landon notes that, with most projects, the design program is shaped by a wish list and pictures of sample spaces. But the Designed by L.I.F.E. approach follows four cardinal rules of The Room Compass: The client’s lifestyle factor; the interior flow; the feelings created by these relationships, and the home’s exterior connections through windows and doors. Landon believes that harmonizing these four aspects will reveal what is driving the wish list, i.e., what most matters. What results is a home that is transformed visually, satisfying functionally and, most important, inspiring emotionally.
In addition to his design work, Landon is an official instructor for the National Kitchen & Bath Association. For the NKBA, he has developed Virtual Instructor Lead Trainings and webinars, teaching advanced design concepts in a virtual classroom. He has judged design competitions for the NKBA Puget Sound Chapter and NKBA Art of the Industry Design Competition. His designs have been published over 70 times in national and international magazines, and he has received multiple national and regional design awards.
