'We develop a sketch of the room that becomes the watercolor. It is based on reference images that clients and I have selected for mood,' Adam Charlap Hyman of the multidisciplinary firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero explains. The selected image depicts a library for a project in Los Angeles, where cofounder Andre Herrero maintains a studio in addition to the company’s Manhattan base. 'I furnish the room as I work through the watercolor. It is our way of fleshing out a space for the client to react to and gives us a way to move forward with further clarity on what the clients like and don’t like,' Charlap Hyman says. 'We always present them in pairs—two options for the same room—so that the client is able to choose and mix and match. In some cases we make computer renderings when precision is required, but often the watercolors are more efficient to make and more helpful to me.'