Buying art in designer-led spaces

[SINGAPORE] Since she founded her firm White Jacket in 2010, interior designer Patricia Ho Douven has made a name for herself designing hospitality spaces and restaurants such as the upcoming Kimpton Naranta Bali and the refurbishment of Naumi Hotel.

But Ho Douven, a recipient of the Society of Interior Designers' recent "20 Under 45" award, says art has always been her first love. She trained under a master artist when she was a child and interpreted the world around her using watercolour, pencil, charcoal and pastel.

While she didn't pursue art as a career, instead becoming an interior designer, she has turned her new office near Clarke Quay into a design studio for her firm; it is also an art gallery.