About Us
We are a Raleigh-based boutique commercial design team dedicated to designing health and wellness spaces that deliver exceptional patient experiences.
Blackwell & Jennings seeks to design healing environments that reduce stress levels, improve health results, support pain management, and promote a sense of overall well-being for patients, visitors, and staff.
As a women-owned business, we strive to create spaces that are more inclusive, accessible, and trauma-informed. Beyond functionality and people-centered spaces, Blackwell & Jennings aspires to produce aesthetically beautiful designs that are modern and on trend but also sophisticated and timeless. Every Blackwell & Jennings design is entirely unique and tailored specifically to the client, their business, and their space.
Brand PROMISE
We deliver luxury designs that generate wellbeing for both staff and patients while also incorporating efficiency and productivity.
In every design, Blackwell & Jennings ensures the safety and comfort of all users, while also taking into consideration aesthetic design principles. We offer highly curated furniture and material selections, color schemes, layouts, lighting, realistic renders, and close coordination services with architects and contractors. The application of evidence-based design, biophilia, trend forecasting, and artificial intelligence technologies are integral practices to our approach. We are personally committed to each client throughout the design process and guarantee clear and timely communication.
Principal designer, Heather Jennings discusses her design process and showcases her latest project in her first branded film.
Heather Jennings
Founder / Principal designer
Heather’s passion is helping clients bring productivity and well-being into their workspaces through thoughtful innovative design methods. Her work integrates techniques proven to increase creativity and make visitors feel welcome. Creating experiences that are inclusive and engaging through the integration of natural materials/light, plants, defining color and spatial set-ups.
Heather is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. That experience shaped her innovative spirit, love of functional design and understanding of product sourcing. Living in New York City, Heather gained a deep understanding of retail, real estate and commercial design.
She is a believer in continued education and has studied color theory, space planning and various rendering platforms. Heather is a lover of the zeitgeist which influences her empathetic design style. Heather is fascinated in the way an interior space provides healing and comfort. She founded Blackwell & Jennings to create intentional healthcare spaces that are not only luxurious and beautiful but that are also more inclusive, accessible, and trauma-informed. Her identity as a cancer survivor shapes her empathy and understanding of the patient experience.
Outside of work, Heather enjoys practicing yoga, tending to her wide variety of thriving plants, and spending time with her two beautiful daughters.
“Heather was the owner-design representative for a 2-story 11,000 SF medical office we were renovating. I’ve been managing commercial construction projects for 33 years and she is the most talented designer I’ve ever worked with. Her integrity, dedication, attention to detail, sense of urgency and willingness to go the extra mile definitely contributed to the successful completion of this project. I would welcome the opportunity to work with Heather again and highly recommend her design services! ”
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Want to learn more?
You’ll tell us about your interior design needs and vision. We’ll discuss how to accomplish your goals in a free 15 minute discovery call with Heather.