b'N E W D E S I G N E R We love the energy and enthusiasm of the young designers comingMAKING through in the last few years, whose mastery with software is soexciting and exhilarating.WITH Looking back to when I first started, 30 years ago, I can rememberusing a drawing board and some pens to design a scheme for one ofMARIAN my original clients, Hilary. When she recently moved house to becloser to family, I was thrilled that she reached out to me to solvewhat was a challenging triangular plot dominated by a garage andtarmac drive. BeforeTo me, it made perfect sense to turn to one ofthe next generation of new designers, MarianDavidson, who had already worked alongsideus for a year after completing a years courseat the Oxford Design School and introduce herto my longest standing client.Working with Marian, a gorgeous courtyardscheme evolved and amazing renders helpedHilary visualise the proposed solution. The sitewas small but we knew the transformationwould be amazing.4'