by thesavageway | Feb 20, 2025 | moss art, Uncategorized
The Savage Way has been creating custom Moss Art for almost a decade now. We create everything from 70′ long moss walls in a corporate lobby to a small moss logo in a coffee shop. No matter the size, the fusion of art and nature is something that fuels us as artists. There is something magical about the beautiful dance of color, texture, and use of nature to enhance a space. This “thing” actually has an industry term called Biophilic Design.
By definition, Biophilic Design blends someone’s innate attraction to nature and living things into architecture and interior design. Many modern workspaces seek to integrate biophilic design strategies and the nature-forward approach into their design plans for a variety of reasons; improving employees’ quality of life, meeting sustainability goals and increasing productivity and creativity. Check out this article in House Beautiful to read more on Biophilic Design.
We have the pleasure of installing these calming elements into tons of workspaces in North Carolina and beyond. Below are some examples of green preserved plant walls in action. Take note of how seeing the lush greenery makes you feel when even looking at a photo… now imagine opening your computer and getting work done while next to a natural element like moss. #Dreamy.
Interested in your own nature-loving oasis without all of the maintenance? Whether you’re looking to change the vibe in your office or your home, The Savage Way is ready to help! Email info@thesavageway.com to chat.
by thesavageway | Sep 10, 2024 | moss art
Terraces at Park Place showcases beautiful, organic Moss Art in their newly redesigned space. And in our opinion, this is how you elevate a corporate lobby!
The Savage Way was brought in to design a Moss Art installation that would cover the expansive, white lobby. We worked with the team at Collett Capital, owners of the property, to bring biophilic design into the space. We landed on these wavy, flowing lines in various shades of green to bring life to the space. Using preserved reindeer moss, we were able to create a calming, welcoming vibe from the moment you walk in the door.
Terraces at Park Place is a plaza owned and operated by Collett Capital. Collett Capital is a real estate private equity firm with over $700+ million in assets under management. The firm is focused on acquiring and developing well-located, income producing real estate assets with durable cash flows and upside potential. Learn more here. In this particular building, there is 73,000+ square feet of space with tenants like OrthoCarolina, Starbucks, Sabor Latin Street Grill, Sherwin Williams, Firehouse Subs, TLC Wings, Sprint, Pizza Hut, and more.
We love when companies decide to use green walls in their space. Biophilic design, or someone’s innate attraction to nature and living things, blends perfectly into architecture and interior design. Many modern workspaces seek to integrate biophilic design strategies into their design plans for a variety of reasons; improving employees’ quality of life, meeting sustainability goals and increasing productivity. Research has shown that humans prefer a natural environment over built, especially in a post-COVID world. By having Moss Art in a workspace, employers are promoting overall well-being.
We love the scale of this project with Collett Capital and are honored to be included in the design.
by thesavageway | Jul 22, 2024 | moss art
These beautiful Geode Moss Frames have found a home at the office of Global Support & Development (GSD). We love how this idea translated across 75 sqft of space in their new Charlotte, NC location.
We worked with GSD from idea inception to installation and the process was seamless. As you can see below, our installation team worked hard to hang these huge beauties in their break room area. Our Project Manager, Kimmy, is seen next to the frames for a size reference!
Each Moss Art frame is created in a custom 5’ x 5’ painted wood frame with gorgeous preserved reindeer moss. We took the concept of a geode crystal and turned it into art. Not only are geode’s gorgeous and but we love to surround ourselves with their energy. They are symbols of creativity and the birthing of new ideas. It’s been said that keeping a geode in your workspace can facilitate inspiration and increase creative thinking. These three Geode Moss Frames are leaving a huge impact on this office space. We are so grateful to share our eco-friendly plant art with companies making an impact.
GSD is a humanitarian organization whose mission is to rapidly respond to disasters in collaboration with at-risk communities & support them to prepare for the future. In a nutshell – they are doing powerful community work. You can learn more about them on their website.
If you love the look of this art, we have smaller residential sized pieces available in our shop. Check out our Geode Moss Circles and Geode Frame.
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by thesavageway | Mar 15, 2024 | moss art
One of the things that The Savage Way is known for is our custom signage Moss Art. Our pieces are highly designed to the client’s desires, all while following brand standards. We pride ourselves on giving our clients a full circle experience, from the brainstorming & design phase to final execution. With our extensive marketing background, we understand those established brand standards and maintaining the brand aesthetic. We love when we get a chance to create signage out of our preserved plants.
There are a multitude of ways to display your branded signage in the office, but using Moss is such a unique experience. It adds greenery to your space in an unexpected and creative way. And the beauty of working with The Savage Way, is that we are able to customize the requested design to fit your interior design intent. Below are several ways that we have created signage out of moss for our clients.
From neon signage on a mixed moss backer to routed & filled letters that are stud mounted to the wall, Moss Art brings an elevated biophilic design element to any space. We are able to translate a traditional logo or even your company mission statement / core values into a stylized Moss Art piece.
Moss Art is definitely a trend we can get behind. There are so many benefits to bringing plants into workspaces. Nature is calming, reduces stress and leads to an overall better experience in an office setting. Our custom signage Moss Art creations are a great alternative to living plants (since Moss Art require zero maintenance!)
Our team is ready when you are to brainstorm all the creative solutions to bring your brand or logo “to life.” Since Moss Art does not require maintenance, it’s truly an ideal alternative in the signage and decorating space. Email us at info@thesavageway.com to start the conversation.
by thesavageway | Feb 15, 2024 | moss art
The Vue Uptown Apartments, a Northwood Ravin property, recently hired us to create this beautiful green wall on the 50th Floor bar of their luxury high rise in Charlotte, NC. This full moss panel brought a natural softness to the bar area. It’s pretty awesome to be able to design and bring to life a green wall from start to finish.
This Moss Art was a true labor of love. The existing wall was all white tile and we had to design an inset moss panel, which is always a challenge. However, The Vue team and our crew of artists were able to bring this vision to life. It’s about 16.5′ w x 3.75′ h with a custom branded logo through the center. It was created using two different types of preserved moss; Mood Moss and Sheet Moss. And yes, preserved means that the plants are no longer living (aka preserved), so no maintenance is required!
This is such a great example of how bringing in elements of Biophilic Design can completely change how a space feels. While gorgeous, the original bar was slightly sterile and cold. Once we were able to bring in these plants, the energy of the space became warmer and more connected to nature. You find yourself wanting to spend more time in the space. It’s pretty magical that our Moss Art can bring so many amazing elements to the table.
Love this video from The Vue Uptown Apartments 50th Floor Bar where you can see the entire room. Really brings it all together.
The Conspiracy Moss Art
This is the second piece that we have created at this Northwood Ravin property. We created a 5′ metal banded Mixed Moss piece for The Conspiracy, their speakeasy on the ground level of the high rise. This is a bar open to the public, so be sure to swing by and check out the art.
by thesavageway | Jan 18, 2024 | moss art
While The Savage Way is primarily focused on our service lines of Clean Graffiti and Moss Art, we also decided a while ago to have some creative fun and open a Moss Art Shop. We wanted to find a way to get some of the creative ideas out of our head and also offer some of our art and merchandise at a more affordable rate for residential clients and new art collectors.
A big part of what we enjoy is getting to infuse our philosophies into everything that we make. We created a few collections that achieve just that!
SEEK THE GOOD COLLECTION
If you’ve been around for a while, you know that “Seek the Good” has been a motto for a longtime. It reminds us that sure, it is always great to stay positive, but for us, it’s a constant reminder that we GET to do this. No matter what is going on with out business… putting out fires, growing pains, decision fatigue, navigating employees, beautiful new projects, etc… We remind ourselves to stop and laugh. WE GET TO DO THIS LIFE.
We work hard and have created something out of nothing. That is no small feat. Building a company is hard, but we are so grateful for the #SeekTheGood mentality.
Items in the Collection:
– Evil Eye Moss Art
– Gen Z Blobs
– Geometric Moss Art
– Pink Seek the Good Hoodie
RICH (Realizing I Create Happiness) COLLECTION
RICH stands for Realizing I Create Happiness. We decided years ago when The Savage Way began, that we would do things our way. We choose to be happy. We choose how we react to situations around us. We decide. And we decided that we are insanely RICH! This sweatshirt is infused with abundant energy and we can’t wait for you to rock it all over town.
Items in the Collection:
– $ Moss Art
– Geode Moss Art Circle (variety of sizes)
– Geode Frame
– Hamsa
– Black RICH Crewneck Sweatshirt
SMALLS COLLECTION (Everything Under $250)
The Savage Way is pumped to offer our Smalls Collection of Moss Art. All items are under $250 and perfect for the new collector, gift giver or art lover. It’s a great way to get a piece of The Savage Way before committing to a custom work of art.
Items in the Collection:
– CLT
– $ Moss Art
– Mood Moss Bowls (variety of sizes)
– UNC Charlotte Logo
– Homer Simpson in the bushes
– Hamsa
– Evil Eye Moss Art
POP ART COLLECTION
Pop Art meets nature with the Pop Art collection of Moss Art. From celebrity faces to the latest memes, check out our take on pop culture.
Items in the Collection:
– Prince (collab with Jen Hill)
– Frida (collab with Jen Hill)
– Biggie (collab with Jen Hill)
– Dolly (collab with Jen Hill)
– Homer Simpson in the bushes
– Fuck Yeah
So just know that when you buy something from our Moss Art Shop online, you are getting a piece of art or merchandise that is full of love and good energy. We are so proud of every item in here and can’t wait for you all to hang these beauties in your homes. The shop is something that is going to ebb and flow with time. We just dropped these collections in December so everything feels fresh and exciting. But just like life, we are going to stay flexible with the next items and only put energy into things that excite us.
by thesavageway | Jun 23, 2023 | moss art
PARA CLT is a Charlotte hotspot known for great food, cocktails and gorgeous atmosphere. The owners wanted to bring a different experience to the Queen City and it absolutely gives Miami, New York or Las Vegas vibes. Para is short for ‘imparable’ which means unstoppable and that is what this restaurant is, it’s shaking up the game. They embraced bringing plants and art into their space from local creatives (aka us – The Savage Way) from the onset of their launch. Originally, we created a 12′ w x 8.5′ h gorgeous preserved Fern Wall with the PARA logo centered in gold to set the tone for the dining experience – lush, unexpected, unique. It even garnered a celebrity sighting or two.
The co-owners of PARA are always ones to keep people on their toes and it was time to do something fresh and new for the space. We were elated to be asked again to help bring some natural beauty into PARA. The restaurant group owners asked our team to create a piece that would reflect how we are all feeling about these wild times, and all are proud to showcase it. It’s a preserved reindeer moss piece called: Self Reflection: You are entirely up to you.
More about the piece:
Self Reflection: You are entirely up to you.
Look at yourself. Like truly stop and take a look in the mirror. Are you showing up daily how you want to? Are you doing your best? Are you using your time wisely? Are you taking care of your health? What in your life is holding you back? How can you be more present for others? What relationships can go deeper? These are the questions you need to answer to be able to better your circumstances. And the beautiful reality is that you get to decide.
You get to choose or choose again and again and again until the change that you dreamed of is your reality. You are entirely up to you. And as a collective, if we all look inward to better ourselves, then we can show up for others in such an authentic and beautiful way. This life will just get better and better the more self reflection we do.
Size: 12’ w x 8.5’ h, inset into the main dining wall | Moss: Preserved Reindeer Moss in four colors
More on the Spring Refresh at PARA CLT
Best of all, the PARA team just launched their spring menu, and it is heavenly. Check out these fresh dishes with TONS of options for gluten-free and vegan friends. Left: PARA CHAAT (chickpea, yogurt, pomegranate, masala chips, apple butter, mint, puffed rice) Middle: “POKE” (vegan, “feta,” watermelon, avocado, orange, seaweed, crisps) Right: BROCCOLI (edamame hummus, miso honey, peanut, boondi).
When you hit them up for the “Poke” dish, make sure to admire the new Moss Art and let us know what you think! More at https://paraclt.com/.
by thesavageway | May 23, 2023 | moss art
Green Moss Walls are all the rage in interior design in 2023. There is something to be said for having the healing power of nature indoors and without any of the maintenance – it’s glorious. In fact, this is known in the industry as “Biophilic Design.”
The term Biophilic Design may be new to you but you’ve experienced it every single day without realizing it. Design industries are just now getting more intentional with it. Biophilic Design is someone’s innate attraction to nature and living things. It can be found in everything from architecture, landscaping, water features and pocket parks, to simply adding plants into a space or listening to elevator music that sounds like rain – the list goes on and on. Our offering, Moss Art, is a great example of Biophilic Design. We are using elements of nature and bringing them into corporate office, small businesses, restaurants, banks, etc to help create the glorious effects of Mother Nature.
As you know, when you spend some time in the woods, go for a hike or just put your bare feet in the grass, a sense of calm comes over you. You feel like you can breathe a little easier. The world slows down and you stop to appreciate beauty at every turn. That is what we are doing with Moss Art – it’s calming, grounding, and beautiful to look at. You can notice something different every time you stare at a piece of our art.
We wanted to share some of our larger scale green moss walls that bring this Biophilic Design into interior spaces. We are so proud of this work.
Green Feature Wall: Truist Bank now has a 40′ long Moss Wall with custom signage on top.
Moss Walls with Neon Signs: Carolina Pharmacy (left) UNC Charlotte Dining Services (right).
Reindeer Moss Wall: The Oliver Apartment Complex in Charlotte, NC.
ALTERNATIVE GREEN WALLS
You don’t always have to cover a wall edge to edge with Moss to make an impact. We have found great success with using negative space, designing with a shape in mind when a “VE Option” is required (value engineered cost savings) or using a structure that already exists. If a green wall is desired, we can always find a way.
A variety of projects using existing wall features and moss: UNC Charlotte Dubois Center (top left) | Crowntown Cannabis (top right) | Forgotten Road Ales Greensboro (bottom left) | PARA Charlotte (bottom right).
Above: Both photos feature the work we did at Credit One Stadium in Charleston, SC. Three separate Green Moss Art installations were created. Even ceiling acoustical panels.
Mixed Moss Wall with Mushrooms: NoDa Canteen in Camp North End, Charlotte, NC.
Unique Green Walls: Damn Good Brands reindeer moss drip | Crave Dessert Bar in Asheville.
No matter how you design it, incorporating Moss Art into your space is a great way to bring life, grounded energy and interest into a space. If anything here inspires you, please reach out. Our team of artists are ready and excited to help bring your vision to life. (Email: info@thesavageway.com)
