Blog
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11/09/2024
The sun shines every day in our garden
Esther van Houdt: Design, enchanting colours, unique materials and sustainability; that’s where my passion lies. It formed the basis of my long career as a trend analyst at Philips Design where I was responsible for colour and material design of household products. Through studying Interior Design, I widened my knowledge and experience of interior design. This, along with the mix of disciplines and my passion to create distinctive designs myself, led me to founding es – studio in 2023.
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11/05/2024
Why is building diversity so difficult?
Diversity is a hot theme when I talk to my clients. It makes me happy, because I absolutely believe when a company represents our society and consists of multiple talents, it will be fitfortomorrow and grow. But in many cases, attracting and hiring more diverse employees does not add to more diversity. And ends up with just a different layer of icing on the same cake. And not the masterpiece with all flavors well balanced what was intended by hiring them.