What is Vegan Interior Design?

This is my first blog post and I’ve chosen to write about Vegan interiors..

I offer a Vegan interior design service but it goes largely unexplained in my website and deserves far more discussion.

Vegan design is not well understood outside it’s circle of champions and yet it is one of the most important design trends currently evolving . Vegan interiors are increasingly becoming more important to my design approach and I want to share that. The more I discover about vegan design and make headway in understanding the issues involved; the more I realise we have only touched the surface.

Not everyone is vegan, let alone wanting a vegan interior.. but how many people really know what it is ? It is becoming sought after in America by the environmentally conscious and thanks to the Vegan Design Association who promote Vegan interiors strongly in the US. It is however, relatively unknown in the UK.

The basic premise, as with vegan food, is that products do not contain, harm or exploit any conscious living creature. There are times when vegan interiors and sustainable interiors do not overlap and that area can only be navigated by where your priorities lie. It’s a delicate balance.

I am intending to write a series of blogs to de-mystify and explore vegan interiors. Hopefully explain some of the misconceptions and recommend products that I have found from companies who are doing great things in making a difference to how we furnish our homes and in turn live our lives.

I will share my findings product by product, starting with paint.. because paint is very important!

If you would like to delve further , I highly recommend ‘ Vegan Interior Design’ by Aline Durr, for further research: https://www.veganinteriordesign.com/