CanvasRebel Interview with Articulture founder Monique Capanelli

An illuminating interview article exploring the many facets of being a business owner, and the extra challenges merging creativity with business, and success with failure.

“Cacti Paid Homage to…” featured wedding in The Knot Magazine

We’re honored to have helped make this magical day for Kirk and Warren. Check out their feature in The Knot Magazine. We built and erected the custom A-frame ceremony backdrop as well as all the decor, boutonnieres, etc. Photography by Jenny DeMarco Photography.

Podcast: Facebook podcast with Stephen Orr (listen to podcast)

Our artrepreneur founder & creative director, Monique Capanelli, was featured in Facebook podcast with Stephen Orr (editor in chief at Better Homes & Gardens; former executive editor of Conde Nast Traveler). The conversation covered home industry trends during the pandemic, fueling creativity in uncertain times, and empathetic leadership in times of crisis.

7 Elegant Furniture Solutions For Your New Home (watch video)

The design team at Ezvid Wiki, the world’s first video wiki, discovered Articulture Designs and included it in their recommendations for innovative furniture designs. We’re thrilled they found us and selected us! To their half-million subscribers….”hello! Drop us a line.”

Collegehood Advice - Pathway Profile Podcast (listen now)

Collegehood is a wonderful podcast giving advice on how to succeed and thrive during college. Host Katy Oliveira spoke with Artiulture founder Monique Capanelli on pathways to finding your right career — even if that includes making up your own job! (That’s the Articulture way!)

Three Tips for Indoor Plants (watch video)

KXAN’s Studio 512 visits the Articulture boutique to get expert advice from Monique Capanelli on caring for indoor plants — and getting creative with them too!

CTG Backyard Basics (watch video)

KLRU’s Central Texas Gardener invites Monique Capanelli to discuss how to propagate succulents. Monique demonstrates three different methods.

Real Simple: 10 Clever Ways to Reuse Planters

Real Simple Magazine provided some crafty ideas on how to reuse planters after plants die. And Ariculture artrepreneur Monique Capanelli was featured for two of them. (Though, we’re still not sure why “put another plant in it” wasn’t allowed as an option.)

Austin Monthly: Articulture Designs Puts Plants on Display

We love this description of the Articulture boutique: “it’s soothing—a zen-like temple to considered composition. Every hexagonal wall planter, painted pod mural and Buddha head is thoughtfully placed, by an expert eye.” We love it so much, we don’t even care that our artrepreneur fonder’s name is misspelled.

Central Texas Gardener (watch video)

We were thrilled to be welcomed back to KLRU’s Central Texas Gardener, talking plant care when planting palettes are mixed varieties.

CBS - We Are Austin (watch video)

The We Are Austin crew invites Artiulture’s Monique Capanelli to talk plant art and living walls. Co-host Trevor Scott was super excited and friendly.

Austin American-Statesman

Austin's prize-winning daily newspaper asserts, "you'll be blown away by the Articulture boutique's living walls, interior botanical design, and even living furniture."

Home Design & Decor Magazine

Thanks for the kind wods! "The mix of art and horticulture expertly blended by 'artrepreneur' Monique Capanelli quickly turns heads."

KXAN Studio 512 (watch video)

Studio 512 invites back artrepreneur Monique Capanelli to demonstrate some floral design basics and talk about the range of fun and informative classes held at Articulture Designs. 

Austin Monthly's "Fun Things to Do in Austin" Issue

Thanks to the editors of Austin Monthly for including Articulture's series of hands-on classes in their what-to-do-in-Austin list. You can see why our guest reviews include "the coolest thing I've ever done in Austin," at one of our upcoming classes.

Best of Austin: Best Force of Nature

We're honored and thrilled to earn an Austin Chronicle Critic's Pick in shopping category. Says the experts: "Articulture has tons of accents to instantaneously and affordably upgrade your most humdrum rooms."

KXAN "Studio 512" (watch video)

KXAN's Amanda Tatom invites Monique to demonstrate how to make a signature Articulture mini-living-wall. And thanks Amanda for the super kind words: "Articulture takes house plants to a whole new -- and very cool -- level." 

Community Impact

Featured in the business section: "Southwest Austin firm works to transform plants into living walls, gifts, works of art."

Time Warner News (watch video)

"Garden Journeys" visited us at the Articulture gardens for a fun segment on making a modern succulent arrangement.

Central Texas Gardener (watch video)

Gotta admit, I was a little starstruck with Tom Spencer. And quickly blushed with his comments, "...incredible interior plant designs that will blow you away." And when he called me an "avant gardener" I immediately thought, "t-shirt!"

Tribeza Magazine

"...every project, be it a floating garden, a large living wall, or a small succulent terrarium, exudes innovation and individuality, structure and substance — and a unique reverence for Mother Nature’s boundless beauty..."

Austin Way Magazine

"...vibrant moss walls and other large permanent installations breathe welcome green life into spaces for residential and commercial clients like Whole Foods Market and Shake Shack..."

Modern Luxury Interiors

Featured next to Restoration Hardware in the prestigious Modern Luxury Magazine? We'll take it! "...Articulture Designs' living furniture is part planter, part artful home decor...and are completely customizable..."

Urban Home Magazine

"Bringing botanical decore to a new level...Articulture Designs is the foremost living wall designer in the city..."

Creative Mix

One of our favorite Q&As! This interview explores the nuances of combining art and business, and turning creative visions into reality. "...No one tells you in school, 'Hey, you could actually go and do this crazy, weird, niche thing and be successful.' I had to make it up. You have to make up your life. Ask yourself what you want to do and find a way to do it..."

Edible Austin

"....unlike many mainstream artists and modern designers, Capanelli follows no consistent, strict style—each of her meticulous pieces is rooted in its own identity and thoughtfully brought to life by the scrupulous designer..."

Time Warner Cable News -- Watch Video

"Welcome to Monique's cabinet of curiosities." Still our favorite intro ever, from Amy Hadley of "House Proud."

Texas Home & Living Magazine

"It's innovation at it's greenest; art is literally alive with Articulture Designs..."

Austin Chronicle - "Best of Austin 2012"

Hey, the critics made up a category for us. We'll take it! "Best Organic Reliefs: It's difficult to distill the essence of walking, observing, and meditating on the natural world, but Capanelli does so with aplomb..."

Austin Woman Magazine

One of the first articles just months after launching Articulture! So this "Green Goddess" article holds a special place. "...clearly this passionate young entrepreneur has all her agaves on a row." 

Austinist Q&A

"...her living walls defy gravity with alien-like plants potted on a vertical horizon. For her centerpieces, Monique carefully combines color, texture, and live plants to create lasting decorations that put cut flower arrangements to shame..."