“I have had the privilege of working on a home for special people, and the commitment has been as great as the satisfaction of creating a space that will allow the family to cope with a complicated situation,” the Israeli interior designer explains, fresh from the prestigious honor for Houzz in the A'Design Award & Competition, for the Office Design category. Geffen is known for her austere, humanist approach, interpreted in the expression of design Made in Italy at the highest levels, with a vivid focus on practicality. Along the pathway of that “Less is More” uttered by Mies, which has formed and shaped her vision in the world of design.
In this case, the value of concreteness is applied to the need to find suitable solutions for a woman in a difficult situation: “The mother has undergone surgery for a herniated disk, leading to irreversible damage that has forced her to remain in bed at most of the times,” Geffen explains. “We had to find a positive, optimistic atmosphere. It took me three years. I knew that the dream and hope represented by the new house were enormous, and I had to make them come true although the situation made it problematic,” she continues. “I concentrated on stimulating the involvement of everyone during the creative process, especially the children who seemed to be less interested in the project, even regarding the spaces set aside for them. I tried to convey the implications of certain functional decisions, which I then had to make on their account.”