9 design    is     the     spiderweb of        projects        involving ariana courtney carrera, realized with a multi-medium approach.

Guided by a fascination with the art of living and speculative domesticity, and Believing that objects are animate and settings are sets.

My perspective has been developed through lived experience within alternative architectural and communal environments, including Arcosanti, Earthship Biotecture, CalEarth, as well as several urban communes throughout the Bay Area. These experiences informed an ongoing interest in self-built and autonomous systems, alternative domesticity, and the transformative possibilities embedded within design. I am highly considerate of the person-object relationships which shape daily ritual, within material, social and emotional realms.

Equally important is my background in filmmaking, set design and interior design, which has further shaped the way I understand atmosphere, and the psychic impact of interiors.

Objects, textures, symbolic clues and spatial composition hold immense power to mirror our values and stories back at us and to subliminally shape our dispositions. We must participate in the building of the worlds we wish to inhabit.

My compass points towards radical, cinematic, and stunning spaces of belonging and connection.