| Wold's training included studying fine arts, painting, working in a high-end sign shop, and training in high-end cabinet making. This piece, titled "Fractured Fairy Tale," is a great example of how Wold's career journey has helped him find his voice as a designer. "It took about 10 years of working in different disciplines to create the building blocks to find what I wanted to do," Wold says. Private Comment
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| "When I approach a new project, I want to create something where your eye can race around the piece and discover something new," Wold says. "I don't want it to be something that people will tire of." Private Comment
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| Creating a piece that is widely available was also part of the challenge. "I'm really a custom guy," he says, "but here I had to figure out a design that could fit into a box for shipping and be easy for the buyers to assemble." All of the pieces come apart, so when it arrives, all you need is about 20 minutes, a screwdriver, and an Allen wrench to put it together. Private Comment
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| Designing the kitchen with the architect was a collaborative process. "Usually when people hire me, they like what I do and want me to bring a bit of that into their designs," he says. Private Comment
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| "There's really no reason to hire me unless you want to let me do what I do," says Wold. This kitchen's personality shines through in the details, like the circles over the refrigerator and the color blocking. Private Comment
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| A light blue cabinet and accents, and open shelving where objects can move in and out, keeps the eye moving around, which is one of Wold's goals. Private Comment
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| With a first very quick glance, this kitchen may look like others you've seen before. Then you notice that the variety of cabinet sizes are uniquely arranged. Private Comment
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