Katie Lydon’s first language may be color, but her second seems to be intuition.

After beginning her career in fashion at American Vogue, Katie built an interior design practice rooted in empathy, refinement, and self-discovery. For her, design is not simply about creating beautiful rooms, but helping clients better understand themselves and reflect that understanding back into the spaces they inhabit.

On this episode of Absurdly Beautiful, Katie and I discuss the relationship between curiosity and creativity, the role empathy plays in the design process, and why the pursuit of better work often begins with a willingness to keep learning.