{"id":186,"date":"2021-03-02T07:38:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karanbhanwra.com\/urbansakura\/?p=186"},"modified":"2021-03-02T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:38:34","slug":"how-does-e-design-even-work-velinda-shows-off-three-client-reveals-she-never-saw-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karanbhanwra.com\/urbansakura\/how-does-e-design-even-work-velinda-shows-off-three-client-reveals-she-never-saw-in-person\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does E-Design Even Work?? Velinda Shows Off Three Client Reveals She Never Saw In-Person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Velinda back (so soon) because I couldn\u2019t leave you wallowing in grief<\/a> for too long. THIS IS A DESIGN blog. And despite it all, we\u2019ve been designing! But not in a way we\u2019re used to\u2026 well not EXACTLY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we lose those of you who read one paragraph and skip to the photos (yes, I see you), I want to give a big accolade to my E-Team, led by fellow EHD alumn, Grace De Asis<\/a>. And we owe a GIANT thank you to our impressive, first<\/em> E-clients who not only executed all of these designs themselves, but also filled in as photo-stylist AND photographer. There wasn\u2019t a pro on-site\u2026 like, ever<\/em>. We never made a site visit. Still, these \u2018amateurs\u2019 have made us so happily-impressed and today, they\u2019re boldly sharing their reveals. We\u2019ve met them via Zoom. They\u2019ve uploaded questionnaires, \u2018Pinned\u2019 inspiration, communicated measurements, and hopped along for the ride as we discovered this whole E-Design thing. We\u2019re forever grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So about this unique (errr\u2026 crazy?) way of working. Covid has had us all adapting and we feel incredibly fortunate to be able to work from the safety of home. Still, I opted to start a business in January of 2020\u2026 Cool. As a \u20182020\u2019 startup\/first-time business venture, there\u2019s nothing like adapting a process that doesn\u2019t even exist yet to new, global pandemic restrictions. Goodbye, familiar design process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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photo by sara ligorria-tramp<\/a> | from: portland project: the entry & staircase reveal<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But wait! As I started to break down a lot of our familiar, Emily-led processes, I realized the EHD design team was actually QUITE trained in working from afar. Afterall, for The Portland Project<\/a> we spent a ton of time drawing up concepts for a project that was located in\u2026. well, you guess. The Mountain House<\/a>; we could check in more frequently, but it was still a couple of hours away, so a lot of those details were dreamed up remotely. When we did Target shoots<\/a>, we worked with unreleased inventory that we couldn\u2019t see, touch, or feel until the product was on-site, yet we successfully formed designs based on color, imagery, and dimensions. And for flash makeovers<\/a>, in order to pull off the \u2018surprise\u2019, we could only sneak in to grab measurements ONCE. The rest of the design took place from afar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, while I don\u2019t believe designers should think in terms of 2D and while so much can be said for \u2018feeling\u2019 a space IRL\u2026 Our training through Emily, serendipitously, prepared us to design our way through a pandemic. And magically, has led us to the coolest, down-to-earth clients all around the world. (Our first E-client was located in the Netherlands!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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photo by sara ligorria-tramp<\/a> | from: velinda\u2019s first freelance client reveal: molding the \u2018builder-grade budget\u2019 + where they saved & splurged<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is a reveal post, so I want to skip to the fun part! But so you aren\u2019t totally lost on how we get to these end results, the basics of our process is set up to mimic our process of working with \u2018Full Service\u2019 clients; the cliff notes of which are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n