Show the process.
Not just the final room.
Turn a completed project into a story-based case study that shows the brief, concept, sketches, plans, elevations, renders, key decisions and final outcome. Help future clients understand how you think — not only what the finished space looks like.
The decisions.
The transformation.
Build the narrative
01 · The brief
A calm Parisian home with warmer, more sculptural layers.
The client wanted a home that felt minimal without becoming cold. The brief focused on creating better flow between the main spaces, adding more functional storage and introducing natural materials with a softer, more collected character.
A portfolio shows the result. A story shows why you should be hired.
Clients often cannot tell what part of a finished interior came from the designer. Project Stories make your thinking, decisions and professional value visible.
Show your design thinking.
Explain the brief, constraints, alternatives and reasoning behind the finished space instead of relying on final photography alone.
Turn project work into marketing.
The work you already created — plans, sketches, renders, elevations and selections — becomes a polished case study for future clients.
Build trust before the enquiry.
Future clients can see how you approach problems, communicate decisions and move a project from brief to completion.
Guide the viewer through the project like a designer would.
Each story is structured enough to be easy to build, but flexible enough to fit different project types and studio styles.
Start with the problem.
Client goals, context, constraints and what needed to change.
Set the direction.
Mood, palette, materials, references and the initial design idea.
Show the thinking.
Space planning, circulation, zoning and key layout decisions.
Make it real.
Elevations, materials, joinery, lighting and design development.
Explain the choices.
Revisions, alternatives and why the final direction was selected.
Show the outcome.
Final photography, reflection, project credits and completed details.
Reuse the project data you already created.
The story can pull from the completed Workspace so you are not starting from a blank page after handover.
Your private project record.
Plans, presentations, design reviews, FF&E, approvals, project team, notes and other project information remain private inside Workspace.
You choose what becomes public.
Select the visuals and information you want to show, add your own narrative, and publish the finished story to your studio profile.
Make your portfolio explain your value.
Beautiful photography gets attention. A strong Project Story gives future clients a reason to trust your process, understand your expertise and imagine working with you.
Turn finished work
into your next enquiry.
Build story-based case studies directly from completed projects and publish them through your Design Index studio profile.