Client Videos

As a surface designer, colorist, and design consultant for Maine Cottage Furniture I have been asked to create videos that explain the creative process and inspirations behind my work for them. As a result this adds to the appreciation and understanding of the company's products and brand. I wrote and voiced all stories, took all photographs (with except of "Let's Go to the Ocean" where I took about half of the photos), and produced all videos in iMovie.

"I didn't want to create designs that were cliche or predictable. I wanted designs that expressed an authentic experience of the sea. I discovered that the seemingly mundane things like the food we eat, the tools we use, the humble creatures we watch with our kids, provide powerful, beautiful imagery.

Lets go to the Sea

Designing the ocean-inspired "Coastal Collection" of fabrics for Maine Cottage was not as simple as was expected. And it all began when "...I was about four years old."

"Patterns grab me, I grab patterns I'm never quite sure what happens first but I suppose it doesn't quite matter."

patterns are everywhere

I constantly "see" patterns in my everyday life- and sometimes in unexpected places.

Maine Cottage® colorist Anita Dore shares what inspired our 4 new paint colors. The new Maine Cottage® colors are wonderfully relaxing. In Anita's words, we needed a palette that could "put their feet up and chill for a bit."

NIght Colors

When evaluating the palette of Maine Cottage colors I felt they lived in the brightest time of day. And sometimes you need a bit of night.

"It's not red. It's not coral. It's not pink. It's actually all of those colors. It's both a new and old feeling. It's bright and fresh, but also well-worn, like Suzy's jeans. When you find a new color, it sometimes gives birth to other great colors." Anita Dore, Colorist for Maine Cottage®.

Finding rhubarb

"Finding" colors for the Maine Cottage palette is a thorough process which relies on a plethora of visual references, fond memories, and emotions.