Aruba Series: Claudia Ruiz Vasquez Nooren on conceptual design, color, and art as therapy

Claudia Ruiz Vasquez Nooren is a Guatemalan-born conceptual designer, painter, jewelry designer, and founder of Arte Sano Design Studio. She was the conceptual designer behind the Boardwalk Hotel in Aruba, designing across, art, landscape, architecture, and interior design.  In this episode, we talk about the work that goes into conceptual design, her creative background, why she loves Aruba, how she uses color to evoke emotions, how she balances color in her designs, how she helps out vulnerable communities through art, why art is such a great form of therapy, her new venture into jewelry design and her new restaurant El Patio, and more.    Follow Claudia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artesanodesignstudio/  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville