Angelina Dörfler built her interior career the way many modern creative businesses truly begin: in real time, in public, and in a moment of personal upheaval. What started as documenting her first Vienna apartment during lockdown has since evolved into an international design practice spanning residential projects, commercial spaces, and a growing educational platform for her global community.

In our conversation, she speaks with unusual clarity about what makes a home feel lived in rather than staged, why she has intentionally remained a solo founder, and how her earlier work in law and human rights continues to shape the way she thinks about taste, money, and responsibility.