My first project was in 1985, designing a young girl’s bedroom in an 1800 square foot suburban residence. I experimented with texture and color, applying my vast knowledge of the Crayola® Deluxe set palette and flower printed wallpaper. It was truly a thing of beauty.
I was seven.
My professional career began in New York City, surrounded by thousands of other talented designers and artists striving, like me, to share their creativity and vision. Only they were more experienced. And they were really, really good. That’s the moment you decide if you want to go back home or stay and torture yourself and fight for what you want.
So call me a masochist.
I worked long hours in film production, designing and decorating sets—loving every minute of it. Traveling kept me nimble—and broke—but the experiences abroad added depth and diversity to my designs, and you can’t put a price on that influence. I attribute my avant-garde aesthetic to my time spent at a commercial design firm in Taiwan, MLD, where I realized hospitality design was calling my name.
Six years later, I moved to Houston with a renewed sense of what’s out there and the potential that lies behind every space, and as fate would have it, I recently returned to New York as a lead designer for HGTV’s first full-home remodel show, “Home Rules”.
With the establishment of gindesigns, I’m able to collaborate with a range of clients from those in the hospitality industry to yoga studios to residential spaces. With every project, I ensure that life is given to every client’s vision. Without fail, I see them react with pleasant surprise at the unforeseen adaptation of their original idea.
And that is truly a thing of beauty.
