Living systems. Thoughtful growth.
Handcrafted kokedama plants and experiential leadership labs that explore how attention, care, and structure shape healthy growth.
One brand. Two expressions.
One idea.
Bound Beauty Studio is built on a simple belief: growth, whether in plants or organizations, depends on attention to what’s actually sustaining the system. We work with living systems to make that visible.
The Studio
Handcrafted plants, grown under constraint
- Bound Beauty creates kokedama—plants grown without pots, shaped by hand, and sustained through care rather than excess.
- Each piece is:
- Designed under constraint
- Made to last
- A living reminder that growth requires attention, not force
Labs
Experiential leadership labs using living systems
- Bound Beauty Labs are facilitated experiences that invite leaders to step outside their usual roles and into a hands-on interaction with a living system.
- Participants work individually and together to bound a plant – an unfamiliar, tactile activity that introduces uncertainty, mild discomfort, and visible decision-making.
- There is no prescribed outcome and no single right approach. What emerges instead is awareness.
Most leadership work happens at a distance – through dashboards, meetings, and frameworks.
Living systems don’t allow that distance.
They require attention, responsiveness, and respect for limits.
Bound Beauty brings people into direct relationship with a system they can’t manage abstractly, long enough for insight to surface.
Leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of tomorrow.
About our founder
After more than a decade working in large-scale agriculture and sustainability, Lisa Humphreys became increasingly interested in a different question – not how fast systems can grow, but what allows them to stay healthy as they do.
Bound Beauty Studio is where that question lives today.
“Every time I pass this little globe of growth, I’m reminded not just of Lisa’s artistry, but of the power of thoughtful community.”
Lauren Colbert
Principal Catalyst of Strategy, Innovation & Group Intelligence
Filament