conditions for thriving

Services.

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Process.

Every project is unique. These steps guide how I work across sectors.

A person is flipping through a book with fabric swatches on a wooden table, with various textured tiles and small dishes nearby.
Two people shaking hands, one in a striped blouse and the other in a beige shirt and pants, against a plain beige wall.
A hand holding a fan of neutral-colored paint sample swatches, with a modern lamp featuring a spherical white bulb on a concrete base on a dark wooden surface.
A minimalist workspace with two people working at a table. The table has two glasses of water on coasters, a notebook, and a pen. In the background, there is a tall glass vase with two white calla lilies, a beige vase, and a small bowl on a tray, against a wood-paneled and light-colored wall.

Creating integrated frameworks for transformation. Evidence translates into practical roadmaps with clear objectives and implementation pathways.

Step 1 Discovery 

Understanding your context, challenges, and aspirations. Research and assessment identify where wellbeing foundation creates the most leverage.

Step 2 Strategy 

Making change sustainable. Physical environment aligns with culture. Brand reflects lived experience. Leadership models organisational values.

Step 3 Implementation

Translating strategy into action. Specifications teams use. Timelines that work. Ongoing partnership through transformation.

Step 4 Integration

Client List

Westfield Plaza

EIT Health

Watpac

ECCO

munevo

MIRVAC

Organisations, brands and people looking for the new way of living and experiencing:

  • Retreats, therapeutic, retail or residential environments prioritising wellbeing and a high-end ‘quiet (sensory) luxury’

  • Positioning real estate around genuine health commitments

  • Art, culture and public projects needing research driven deep sensory experiences

For those wanting human, emmersive experiences that also supports wellbeing.

who this serves.

“The drive to make sense out of our experience, to give it form and order, is evidently as real and as pressing as the more familiar biological needs.”

Clifford Geertz

MEET Nina

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Nina Rattenbury
Founder, Interior Designer and Strategist

I help brands and organisations create environments where people naturally flourish.

Twenty years working across the globe—from Melbourne to Doha, London and Munich—translating design practice and aesthetics research into commercially viable, high-end outcomes. Strategic consulting spans the built environment and real estate, workplace wellbeing, brand marketing communications, interior design, and creative leadership development.

Credentials include WELL Building Standard accreditation, RSA Fellowship, Master of Design Futures (in progress), Bachelor of Built Environment, and Professional Certificate in Wellbeing Science from University of Melbourne.

My practice connects how humans experience environments to decisions teams can implement.