Dinosaur Party
I — The brief
Prehistoric, but handled as an interior. The palette was set first; every object had to earn its place inside it.
Zayne was turning three. The celebration happened inside a pale, modern family home, so the design had to sit within the interior rather than cover it. We set the palette first — sage, olive, dusty blue, deep navy and one terracotta — and admitted only objects that lived inside it: raw wood, moss, ferns, folded paper and brushed brass. The dinosaurs are there, but they are cast as sculpture.
Sage · Olive · Dusty blue · Navy · Terracotta
II — The working book
Before the party existed
Board 02 — sage, olive, dusty blue, navy, terracotta
“Set the colour first. Everything else earns its place.”
Concept plan — long table + arch
Drawn first,
then made.
III — On the day
Detail — as styled
Sage, clay and deep blue instead of primary green — the room reads as an interior first and a dinosaur party second.
IV — The details
Main-table tablescape / place settings- 01
- Tablescape
- A grass runner down a dark timber table, wood rounds at different heights, and small potted greens between the settings instead of a centrepiece.
- 02
- Place setting
- Illustrated plates, folded paper fins clipped to each chair back and a hand-set place for every child — the only repeated element on the table.
Fragment — from the board
Dinosaur Party
Private residence, Vancouver
Main-table tablescape + styling
Main-table tablescape / place settings
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