Celebrating Color and Rediscovering Architecture Beyond its Traditions with Studio Enter and Charlotte Taylor

Project:
Studio Enter & Charlotte Taylor for VISUAL PLEASURE
3D Visualization:
JW Renders by Javier Wainstein
Words:
Caroline Meeusen

The Dutch Studio Enter collaborated with London-based interior designer and creative director Charlotte Taylor to create a series of set designs exploring the boundaries of traditional architecture. Studio Enter is led by Daphne Westland, an Amsterdam-based artist working within the field of creative direction, interiors, and set design. Charlotte is known as the founder of creative 3D and moving image studio Maison de Sable.

Daphne and Charlotte met through Instagram. The latter contacted Daphne hoping to collaborate, and it quickly became evident that they were on the same page creatively. They decided to get their 3D sketches rendered by a third party, JW Renders by Javier Wainstein, and the project came to life. “It was very important to me to approach someone who makes ultra-realistic renders,” Daphne says. “The goal is to create work that is actually indistinguishable from the ‘real,’ not just illustrations. Javier was the name we both had at the top of our list!”

JW Renders, short for Just With Renders, is a creative studio in Buenos Aires “dedicated to architectural and design communication focused on 3D visualization for interior and furniture design.” Founder Javier has over 10 years of experience as a 3D artist, while his brand, JW Renders, has worked with architects, designers, artists and creatives all over the world. Now, he can add this amazing collaboration to their portfolio.

To decide what their collaboration would entail, Daphne and Charlotte started brainstorming. It soon became clear that they had many similar interests and saw an opportunity to reinforce each other. “We both have an enormous fascination for designing digital worlds where reality and fiction come together, but we each do this in our own way,” Daphne notes. By drawing interior and architecture, both designers test ideas, explore color and form, and look within the building for new aesthetics.

The final project consists of a series of scenes in which furniture and decorative pieces are placed in a beautiful setting that seems to combine interior and exterior. Included are renowned designers and brands such as Gubi, Secolo, Fest, CC Tapis, Kelly Wearstler, and Faye Toogood, “The series is about color and rediscovering architecture beyond its traditional functions, perceptions, and restraints.” The traditional boundaries of architecture are tested by showing spaces in a new perspective and inverting the typical materials and rules. “It’s a continuing play with colors, shadows, and compositions. Exploring the space, texture, and a changing perception of a feeling and emotion through the journey of the space,” the designers note.

They opted for a series instead of just one design or space because, as Daphne says, “It is always my starting point to make a series. There are countless examples of beautiful renders, but it is much more complex and interesting to see whether the idea will stand firm in a series.” In the realization of the scenes, Charlotte was mainly concerned with the materials, textures, and furniture pieces, while Daphne was more involved with the sketching of the set in 3D and the creation of moods. Never really disagreeing with each other, Daphne describes the collaboration as very organic, and that synergy between the two designers is clearly represented in the striking final result of their collaboration.