The foundation of Susan Woods's functional and artistic designs is based upon her decade-long professional career as a traditionally educated fine artist. In Susan Woods's work one can find that art and design are interrelated and put into the contexts of functionality. Her three-dimensional approach – art-design-functionality – to modern living and working environments is the bedrock of her philosophy.

Many of her creative pieces are in corporate or private collections. They are not only derivatives from her design lines, such as the Spring and New Wave Line. They are "Gestalt" solutions for complex interior environments.