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Clive Lonstein
Clive Lonstein is a New York–based designer and architect working across interior architecture and furniture design. His practice is rooted in a refined approach to minimalism, where material richness and spatial clarity coexist.
Drawing from a wide range of influences—including art, travel, and nature—Lonstein develops interiors that balance form, color, and texture with a strong sense of proportion. Trained as an architect, his work reflects a disciplined yet expressive sensibility, where each element contributes to a cohesive and considered whole.
Alongside his interior work, Lonstein has expanded into furniture design, exploring new material expressions while maintaining a focus on functionality and understated elegance. His work is defined by a quiet precision and a commitment to creating spaces and objects that are both enduring and deeply personal.
Geremia Design
Lauren Geremia is the principal designer of Geremia Design, an AD100 multi-disciplinary studio focused on interior design and art consulting. Lauren’s innovative design vision comes from a background in fine art and an appreciation for hand-crafted sensibilities. After studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, Lauren established her business creating sleek and imaginative headquarters for a host of tech-industry power players before pausing to educate herself more deeply in furniture and residential architecture.
Inspired by historical references in design and pattern, Lauren embraces color at every turn. She traditionally begins her process by selecting art and hand-mixing her own paint colors to develop the groundwork for each project palette. Intrigued by the juxtaposition of old and new, novel and familiar, subtle and dramatic, she leads her team in creating spaces with an unexpected alchemy. Creativity is central to everything we do.
Lauren has been acclaimed by Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30”, Architectural Digest’s AD100, and 1stDibs’ “1stDibs 50”, and has received numerous accolades for her work.
Chango – Susana Simonpietri
Susana Simonpietri is the founder and creative director of Chango, a studio recognized for its refined yet relaxed approach to interiors. Her work balances polished sophistication with warmth and livability, creating spaces that feel layered, inviting, and deeply personal.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Simonpietri developed an early sensitivity to light, color, and the effortless atmosphere of coastal living—qualities that continue to shape her aesthetic today. After studying in Europe, she moved to New York, where she earned a Master’s degree in Interior Design and Interior Architecture from Pratt Institute before working across residential and hospitality design.
Founded in 2009, Chango reflects Simonpietri’s collaborative and thoughtful design philosophy. Working alongside her Brooklyn-based team, she creates interiors that combine beauty, comfort, and practicality, with an emphasis on spaces that feel timeless, welcoming, and tailored to each client.
Helen Green Design – Alexandra Jurkiewicz
Damon Liss
Damon Liss is an American interior designer and the founder of Damon Liss Design, a multidisciplinary studio based in Tribeca, New York. Since its founding in 2003, the practice has become known for creating refined and timeless interiors that balance warmth, restraint, and architectural sensitivity.
Working across both interior design and interior architecture, Liss approaches each project through a collaborative process that brings together architecture, materiality, craftsmanship, and collectible vintage pieces. His work is characterized by layered yet harmonious spaces that combine contemporary living with carefully curated historical references and artisanal details.
Together with his team, Liss collaborates closely with skilled craftsmen and long-standing creative partners to develop homes that feel thoughtful, enduring, and deeply personal. The studio’s work has been featured in publications including Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Interior Design, and The Wall Street Journal.
Bobby Berk
Bobby Berk is an Emmy-winning design expert, TV host, author, and founder of his eponymous interior design practice. He gained international recognition through Netflix’s Queer Eye, where his thoughtful and transformative approach to interiors helped establish him as one of the most recognizable voices in contemporary design. In 2020, Architectural Digest named him one of the “most famous interior designers working today.”
Originally from Missouri, Berk began his career in retail and visual merchandising before launching his own company and showroom in New York in 2006. He later founded his full-service design studio, which works across residential, commercial, and hospitality projects with a style defined by approachable luxury, functionality, and emotional connection to space.
Alongside his design practice, Berk leads the lifestyle platform BobbyBerk.com and is the author of Right at Home: How Good Design Is Good For The Mind, a book exploring the relationship between interior design, wellbeing, and everyday life.
Amanda Brooke
Amanda Holliday, founder and principal of Amanda Brooke Interiors, is an American designer based in Houston, Texas. From an early age, Amanda was drawn to aesthetics and the creative, first pursuing a degree in the fashion industry and then returning to study interior design. After working for many years in commercial and residential design, she opened her firm in 2019.
With a keen eye for quality and style, and an incessant exploration of material, form, color, and space, Amanda’s design approach is an intuitive balance of both contemporary and vintage, architectural and organic; creating a unique sensory experience tailored to each client and their journey. She is an expert in experiential storytelling through your space.
