Ryan Batch

Interior Design & Installations

Designing physical spaces as systems for human experience.

About the project

This body of work spans residential, retail, and commercial interiors. Each project balanced aesthetics, function, and business constraints while shaping how people move through and experience a space. Interior design here is not decoration. It is experience design expressed physically.

Role

  • Interior designer
  • Experience designer
  • Client and stakeholder partner

Focus

  • Spatial design
  • Experience design
  • Human-centered environments
  • Brand expression through space

Outcome

Spaces that felt intentional, cohesive, and human. Clients gained environments that supported behavior, identity, and use; not just visual appeal.

Project Overview

Across these projects, the goal was consistent: design spaces that communicate purpose and reduce friction. Every decision, from layout to materials, supported how people entered, moved, worked, gathered, and felt.

The Challenge

  • Translating abstract needs into physical form
  • Balancing brand, function, and budget
  • Designing for long-term use, not trends
  • Coordinating with contractors, vendors, and clients
  • The environment had to work before it looked good.

The Approach

Every project may be vastly different but we always start with understanding the people who use the space and their intent.

Design from intent, not aesthetics

Each project started by clarifying the emotional and functional goals.

  • What should this space communicate?
  • How should people feel and behave here?
  • What must work flawlessly every day?
  • Design choices followed those answers.

    Treat space as a system

    Spaces were designed as connected experiences.

  • Entry points and first impressions
  • Flow and movement
  • Zones for focus, collaboration, or rest
  • Material and lighting consistency
  • Every element reinforced the whole.

    Align design with real-world constraints

    Good design survives contact with reality.

  • Budget-aware material choices
  • Practical layouts for daily use
  • Clear documentation for builders and installers
  • Design was successful because it was buildable and usable.

    What Changed

    • More intuitive movement through space
    • Clearer expression of brand and purpose
    • Reduced friction in daily use
    • Spaces that aged well over time
    • Design supported behavior, not just aesthetics.

    Why This Matters

      Interior design sharpened my ability to:

    • Design systems in physical space
    • Think in journeys, not screens
    • Balance creativity with constraints
    • Those same principles now drive my product and service design work.

    Multidisciplinary Designer