I worked directly with five artists through the full commission process — briefing, iteration, design translation, and delivery. Each was paired with a Mohawk designer, and I served as the operational and creative bridge between them.

The mentorship dimension was significant. These were artists with disabilities, working in a commercial context they hadn't navigated before. The brief was abstract. The feedback cycles were technical. I helped each artist understand what "adaptable for flooring" actually meant in practice, coached them through revisions without flattening their approach, and ensured the translation process didn't strip away what made the work worth commissioning in the first place.

I also built the feedback structures between the artists and Mohawk's design teams — distilling technical guidance into language that served the creative process, and protecting artistic ownership through each iteration cycle.