Destiny Seymour, an Anishinaabe interior designer and textile designer, has been working her way towards her dream job her whole life — whether she realized it at the time or not. Growing up, her hardworking mother would keep her entertained in the back of her hair salon with myriad art supplies while her mother tended to […]

Destiny Seymour, an Anishinaabe interior designer and textile designer, has been working her way towards her dream job her whole life — whether she realized it at the time or not. Growing up, her hardworking mother would keep her entertained in the back of her hair salon with myriad art supplies while her mother tended to clients. Destiny would transform the materials into fantastic creative works, and her little hands became increasingly fascinated by constructing dollhouses — she wasn’t interested in the dolls themselves, rather she was most curious about conceptualizing and making their structures. She’d later work for an architecture firm, channeling this early love for designing into her work. But running deeper in her veins than any passion is Destiny’s Anishinaabe heritage. “My family is from the Peguis First Nation in the Treaty 1 territory of Manitoba, [Canada], which is about two hours north of the city of Winnipeg where I currently live and work,” she shares. With her culture providing her guidance and support, Destiny followed her intuition to take the next step in her career. In both...