15 Best Interior Designers for Kids in America by Trend Design Book

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C A R RIE L I V I NG S TO N PAG. 10

JEFF A N D REW S PAG. 16

DE SI GNS BY H UMAN PAG. 12

L I ZE TTE MARI E PAG. 18

E ME RSON GRE Y DE SI GNS

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06 NAOMI ALON PAG. 22

RO O M S B Y ZOYA B PAG. 32

ST U D IO GIA N C A RLO VA L L E PAG. 38

N OA BLAKE D E S I GN PAG. 26

PI NE A PPLE HOUSE PAG. 28

ROCK ABYE MOMMY PAG. 30

SISSY + M A RL EY PAG.34

VA N ESSA A N TO N EL L I PAG. 40

S MA RT P L AY RO O MS PAG. 36

YO D E Z E E N A RC H I TE C TS PAG. 42

INSPIRING KIDS INTERIOR DESIGNERS The United States have always been one of the world’s strongest market in the design industry. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry, the US have largely contributed to the design and architecture world throughout the years. The demands of the internal market are at an all-time high as people are beginning to realize that a house is more than a home – it’s your personal retreat, a safe haven. One of the most complex rooms of the house is the kids’ bedroom. All the safety measures that have to be taken into consideration plus comfort and play space are a pack of variables that make this equation incredibly tricky. Thankfully, alongside architecture and conventional interior design, the kids’ universe has too developed throughout the years, as more and more interior designers took an interest in this faction. It’s a niche, we won’t lie, but, inside this niche, there’s a lot of hard work and talent. On this ebook, you’ll find some of the amazing work these designers have done throughout the past few years in US soil and why we have picked them as some of the best interior designers for kids in America. We hope to inspire you on your quest of designing your own kids’ space and to achieve the design of your dreams.

LO S AN G ELES

CARRIE LIVINGSTON Since a very young age, Carrie Livingston knew exactly what she wanted to do when she grows up: design beautiful spaces. Her first project? Carrie’s youth bedroom. The money the young designer-to-be made by babysitting was more than enough to revamp her bedroom, and new design talent has emerged. A few years have gone by and Carrie moved to New York, where her career took a major impulse, as she worked for Ralph Lauren Home for 8 years. There, the designer obtained a much valuable experience, as she worked on incredible projects such as the Double RL Ranch, the Ralph Lauren Airstream and the Jamaica House, just to name very few of her accomplished career at the American House. Like that, her sophisticated design signature was born – a tasteful miasma of classic and modern elements, complemented with her love for vintage elements she finds and her passion for art. It was later in 2004 that the designer took the leap her career longed for: the opening of Carrie Livingston Design firm in New York City. Ever since then, Carrie has opened an additional office in London and, to complement her wide bouquet of services, Carrie launched a luxurious furniture line which takes her projects to a whole new level. “To me, good design is a collaboration of location, feeling and time,” noted Livingston. “I take each project as a unique opportunity to do something impactful and unexpected but in an accessible and livable way.” – Carrie Livingston The designer now runs her design firm from her Beverly Hills and London offices, as well as she helps raise awareness for noble causes. Back in 2011, Carrie opened her penthouse office to the public as a pop-up gallery to help raise funds for UCLA’s Early Childhood Hospitalization program. The exhibit, called Blurred Lines, featured some of Livingston’s favorite artists like Rey Gost, Sarah Baley and Mark Hanauer and its success have spurred on a full-time charity called Generous, aimed at benefiting educators of children with autism.

Credits by Carrie Livingston Website: www.carrielivingston.com

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DESIGNS BY HUMAN Joe Human, the principal designer and CEO of Designs by Human, isn’t your standard interior designer. Born and raised in the countryside of Idaho, Joe looked up to his father, who was a builder who created minimalist yet incredibly sophisticated abstract art pieces. With such a role model in his life, it was only natural Joe would develop a sharp creative instinct that would lead him to the interior design path. Joe’s attention to detail is unique in the industry, and his ability to mix and match patterns, textures and materials take him to a whole new level. For example, his Fort Greene Modern Scandinavian project is the perfect example of Human’s universe: strikingly beautiful simplicity with fun, modern and whimsical notes. For Joe and the whole team at Designs by Human, the clients are the main inspiration source for creativity. It is with the client’s first wishes and desires that the team draws up the project with the end goal of creating a space that is both comfortable and able to reflect the clients’ personality and lifestyle. The secret behind Designs by Human’s success is the relationships the company creates with the various intervenients. Clients, vendors, contractors, friends and family, all of them have a space in the firm’s core. For them, there’s no such thing as a small project. What could be a small project today might turn into something huge the day after, like planting a tree. The seed is small and vulnerable, but with all the nurturing and care, the seed transforms into something monumental, just like the projects developed by Designs by Human.

Credits by Designs by Human Website: www.dbhuman.com

CALIFORNIA

EMERSON GREY DESIGNS Emerson Grey is an interiors studio that has been growing constantly throughout the past few years. Named after the founder ’s kids, Emerson and Grey, the studio creates incredibly chic and minimal settings with a refreshing Boho vibe without ever creating age-inappropriate decors. Bri, the designer, has worked in the juvenile industry for over than 13 years and she always loved working with costumers. From designing linning and furniture to work closely with clients designing their dream nurseries, Bri figured she should create her own studio and do what she loves the most: creating stories. Emerson Grey Designs is more than a studio, it’s a family. The designer does it for the joy it brings her and you can tell it from the settings she has presented throughout the time. Modern chic meets Boho, childish meets contemporary. Bri creates friendly relationships with every customer that approaches Emerson Grey Designs, which ends up being a fructiferous partnership. A nursery should always mirror the parent’s wishes for the child and their personalities, and Bri makes sure none of it is left to chance.

Credits by Emerson Grey Designs Website: www.emersongreydesigns.com

LO S AN G ELES

JEFF ANDREWS

Jeff Andrews is one of the brightest, most celebrated and sought out interior designers in America. Know as a celebrity designer, Jeff Andrews creates livable interiors for families who want sophisticated and creative settings. And the kids’ spaces aren’t an exception. The interior designer manages to push the creative boundaries in each and every single project he works on, always achieve unique designs, project after project. He redefines traditional design aesthetics and has an uncanny way of visualizing and interpreting the needs his diverse client portfolio has. His long list of celebrity clients includes Kaley Cuoco, Ryan Seacrest, Michael C. Hall, Kris Jenner, and Kourtney Kardashian. Jeff Andrews’ interiors are incredible achievements in their aesthetics, comfort, and livability. Jeff ’s natural talent for choosing bold design concepts and his ability to perfume them with sophistication, comfort and a home-feeling is what sets him apart from his honorable colleagues in the industry. Heavily inspired by his southern California roots, Jeff and his team deliver interior and exterior settings with a unique magic touch attached to them. His attention to detail and demand for excellence is supported by his incredible team of master craftspeople and artisans.

Credits by Jeff Andrews Website: www.jeffandrewsdesign.com

SAN FRANCISCO

LIZETTE MARIE

The LMID founder is the young and passionate designer Lizette Marie Bruckstein who burst into the San Francisco interior design scene less than fifteen years ago. After learning everything she had to learn in a very prestigious interior design firm, the designer took on the challenge of creating her own studio – Lizette Marie Interior Design. Ever since that, Lizette Marie has metamorphosed into one of the best and most respected designers in the West Coast. Lizette Marie is the first choice for any interior design project spanning from San Francisco to the Great Bay Area. The designer has a carefully curated portfolio of loyal clients, who rely on the designer ’s talent and unique approach to the project. Her vision, sensitivity and concept always translate in completely bespoke spaces that always mirror the clients’ personalities, wishes and lifestyle. The interiors designed by Lizette Marie are always carefully crafted according to the clients wishes. From provocative and playful to colorful and neutral, Lizette has no fear to take on a challenge. The designer usually plays with patterns and textures to add richness to the designs, and with scale to play with perspectives and to create her signature focal point. Lizette’s unique use of colors, geometric elements and textures have gathered the attention of several media outlets in the area and nationwide, from the San Francisco Chronicle’s Stylemakers to Silicon Valley Magazine and Gentry Magazine. When the celebrated interior designer is not designing and projecting homes, Lizette Marie focus on her own fragrance line of home candles, the Gilded Decay by Lizette Marie. This prolific designer has proven herself to be a name to pay attention to in the West Coast design scene.

Credits by Lizette Marie Website: www.lizettemarie.com

O R AN G E C O UNTY

NAOMI ALON

Interior design is filled with riddles and challenges to overcome. They say a bolt of lightning never strikes twice on the same spot, and we can surely adapt that metaphor to this industry. Every project’s different from the previous one. Now let’s take that to a whole new level, which is designing kids’ spaces. In order for us to better understand the challenges of an interior designer who specializes in making the little ones feeling special, we spoke with Naomi Alon, founder and designer of Little Crown Interiors. Naomi’s creative modern bohemian interiors allow children to pursue their most creative thoughts while maintaining a stylish and calm environment. Naomi has always been an avid art enthusiast, which made her enroll in a studio art degree in college. From there, her passion for interior design flourished thus the designer loves the idea of matching from with function. Her sensitivity to her surroundings encouraged her to design and re-imagine the space around her. As far as Naomi remembers, design was always her number one priority, professionally speaking of course. The designer even used to make small vignettes in her bedroom and decorate them with art. It was something that was inlaid in the bedrock of her being, and once school was over, the excitement of it becoming a reality was unmeasurable. The projects Little Crown Interiors and, of course, Naomi work on are entirely nurseries and child spaces. Their naturally embedded colorful and whimsical concepts are what made Naomi focus on this incredible tricky branch. Add that to be working with people on probably the most important part of their life, pregnancy, and you got yourself an incredible cocktail of satisfaction and fulfillment. Little Crown Interiors work on everything ranging from nurseries to teen spaces, but Naomi’s favorite type of projects are indeed nurseries. It’s a white canvas where she can paint the future parents’ picture. It’s the idea of guiding soon-to-be parents to what they have always wanted for their child that drives Naomi in her work. Little Crown Interiors’ signature style lies upon what Naomi calls Modern Bohemian, even though her works swerves from style to style in each and every project. The common ground between them all is her inclination towards light and bright and soft colors, splashed with the enough amount of glamour. Naomi’s work is incredibly conditioned by safety measures

Credits by Naomi Alon Website: www.littlecrowninteriors.com

that can’t just be looked the other way. It is hard for the designer to tell the soon-to-be parents that something they want on the nursery can’t be used because it is a safety hazard. Furthermore, it is safe to speculate that Naomi’s biggest challenge is to design incredible spaces with all these conditioning situations. The project Naomi enjoyed the most to work on was one of her earliest ones. The client’s house in Orange County, California was entirely white, but the idea for the nursery was the complete opposite. The client’s wishes for the nursery was to be an incredible burst of color. Hot Pink and Silver wallpaper set the joyful mood to the room, providing the child a fun and stimulating environment for the kid to grow up. Naomi stated that working on kids spaces it is challenging but fun nevertheless. To work alongside the children is something she loves, especially when the children give their own opinions and ideas during design meetings, even though she can’t entirely take their word. The designer is incredibly meticulous while planning her work. To have an

organized plan for her projects is of extreme importance as Naomi works on several at the same time. Naomi believes that what sets her and Little Crown Interiors apart from other practices is that there really aren’t many designers who focus on kids’ spaces. She stated that she merely knows a handful in the entire country. Moreover, her

“WORKING ON KIDS SPACES IT IS CHALLENGING BUT FUN NEVERTHELESS.”

experience in the field, having done over 200 children’s spaces, puts her on a level that very few worldwide can reach. To work in Los Angeles is incredibly fun for the designer. Even though Naomi is based in Orange County, a more suburban area, most of her clients are from L.A. The city really appreciates design, in Naomi’s opinion, and there’s a whole bouquet of

resources available which makes her work easier. Furthermore, her clients are well open-minded which allows her to pursue her vision and wishes for the spaces. Partnerships with other firms aren’t strange grounds for Naomi. If a practice is working on a major project that includes a kids’ space, she consults with them as it involves a very different skillset to design it, such as safety measures and the best furniture brands. While working with an architect during the building phase, Naomi can look upon the plans and catch safety hazards that unexperienced eyes in the game would normally miss. To finish up, Naomi stated that her dream project would be to work on her own house. Poetically tragic, the designer spends so much time designing all day on other people’s projects that when it comes to her own, she can’t find the time to do much. To give her house a refresh is something she’d love to do.

NEW JERSEY

NOA BLAKE DESIGN Based in Marlboro, New Jersey, Noa Blake Design follows a simple yet effective narrative: our homes are an extension of what we are, and as such, the designers work on getting a uniquely personalized project that feels like it’s part of us. They merge modern with classic and try to deliver an unexpected yet striking end result, The nursery and kids bedrooms they create are yet a consequence of the incredible work they have been developing throughout the past few years. Led by the sisters Kaye, Noa Blake Design have an incredible track record of happy clients and a portfolio that doesn’t lie. The Kaye sisters have nurtured their artistic and design vision form an early age, which has propelled them into the industry. Their parents have been long celebrated for their architecture and landscape work, which gives that old saying even more credit – the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Mix and matching textures, a wide array of colors and textures are what we can find in nursery rooms designed by Noa Blake Design. They bring out fresh ideas perfectly merged with elevated design projects impossible to stay indifferent to. Usefulness, pragmatism and uncanny beauty and artistic vision are the main keywords in Noa Blake Design, which makes them one of the best interior designers for kids in America.

Credits by Noa Blake Design Website: www.noablakedesign.com

ATLANTA

PINEAPPLE HOUSE

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Pineapple House is an interior designs studio that, due to its unique style and approach has collected several accolades throughout the years. 35 years is the time frame where Pineapple House has worked on the amazing projects that have given this incredible design firm its notoriety. Their holistic approach makes sure that no detail, no matter how small how insignificant it might seem, is overlooked. From decorating services to full-on renovating and constructing services, Pineapple House might be the solution you need for your project. There is no style that can perfectly describe Pineapple House’s work, but we can think of a few that would fit right on: Clean, bohemian and contemporary. These are the main narratives you can find in their projects, where the designs are heavily influenced by the clients’ personalities. For the children’s bedrooms and spaces, Pineapple House maintain its signature style and approach, while always bearing in mind the need of having elements that protects and inspires children’s fantasy, imagination and dreams. Pineapple House brilliant interiors have collected not only the attention of media outlets, but also a fair share of important accolades, such as ASID’s Design Excellence Awards amongst others. This Atlanta-based practice primes with its design projects, where imagination walks hand-in-hand with lifestyle and usefulness.

Credits by Pineapple House Website :www.pineapplehouse.com

NEW P O RT B EAC H

ROCKABYE MOMMY

Rockabye Mommy is an interior design studio who specializes in kids’ interiors based in Newport Beach, California. The interiors created by Stephanie, the designer and founder of this practice, are both posh and practical, comfortable without ever compromising on style. Stephanie is no rookie in the game. She has 12+ years of experience in the design industry, as her work ranged from model homes to residential interiors and, ultimately, healthy nursery and kids bedroom design. Thanks to her previous experience, Stephanie’s signature lies upon using healthy and sustainable materials, as she understands how important it is for the child’s health and development to be surrounded by such materials. The spaces the designer creates are modern posh, practical and stylish. The healthy footprint can be found everywhere from the paint used on the walls to the project’s furniture. For Stephanie, that’s something that is extremely overlooked in the design industry and it shouldn’t be, at all. With her efforts towards a more healthy reality, Rockabye Mommy has become the go-to place for interior design solutions in Newport Beach. Apart from her healthy design philosophy, the designer still seeks one-of-a-kind objects that provide her with the tools to create unique settings in every single project. A magazine cover-worthy project is what you’ll get once she’s done with her work, with the promise that only the noblest materials, techniques and details were used.

Credits by Rockabye Mommy Website: www.rockabyemommy.com

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ROOMS BY ZOYA B

Zoya Bograd is an incredibly respected and high regarded interior designer that specializes in kids spaces. The designer graduated from the Parsons School of interior design and started her career in strong industry names such as David Easton and so on. The experience she placed under her belt allowed her to develop her keen design eye and to mix-and-match different styles and to smoothly transit from one to another. Due to her cultural heritage, Zoya found her main domain to be crossing between classical and modern without seeming tacky. It was until the birth of her daughter that Zoya found her passion for designing kids spaces. Her love for children translated into incredible nurseries and rooms, learning places and settings where kids can develop themselves. She soon founded “Rooms by Zoya B, Inc.” and with it, the ZoyaB. Collection. The success following the the creation of the studio and collection was inevitable. The designer developed an incredible reputation in creating magical spaces for kids, always influenced by our favorite stories, such as the Nutcracker, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Wizard of Oz. Zoya tries to transport children’s joy and innocence into the environment that surrounds them, in order to inspire to grow stronger and creative as we always wish.

Credits by Rooms by Zoya B Website: www.roomsbyzoyab.com

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SISSY + MARLEY

Based in The Hamptons, NY, Sissy + Marley is an incredible design studio whose amazing projects are impossible to stay indifferent to. Modern contemporary is their signature style, and when it comes to kids interiors, the incredibly talented team does not compromise in style. More than creating kids spaces, they create kids lifestyle. Diana Rice and Chelsea Reale, the designers and founders of Sissy + Marley, completely rethought modern lifestyle. The two designers developed quite the eye for detail with their fashion and design background, which allow them to create super sophisticated settings with balanced color palettes. You can easily identify their love for mix-and-match patterns, rich textures and metals in order to present an edgy yet stylish project. To accomplish a chic and at the same time, comfortable setting is the goal of Sissy + Marley. A setting that motivates people into arriving home. Their chic aesthetics provided them with a unique level of media coverage, from an online presence in social media and blogs to renowned magazines such as NYC&G, NY SPACES, and Architectural Digest.

Credits by Sissy + Marley Website: www.sissyandmarley.com

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SMART PLAYROOMS

More than creating simple playrooms and spaces, Smart Playrooms create true child development areas. Based in Rye, New York, the work created by this incredibly creative studio aims to spark the senses and abilities of the younger ones. They follow a concept that physical spaces and obstacles have a huge impact on the positive development of a child. To create luxurious, functional, out-of-the-box interiors is the goal that Smart Playrooms aim for every project they get involved in. Their projects encourage kids into open and creative playtimes, and they manage to achieve this by combining interior design principles with a spacial organization and ultimately with their deep understanding of kids development. One of their approaches is the Montessori method, in which rooms are designed to the ”whole child” A global stimulation, per se. The spaces, according to this method, emphasize independence and freedom within the child’s own physical and metaphysical boundaries. A team composed by designers, craftsmen and educators who specialize in creating such settings are responsible for these amazing spaces Smart Playrooms create. The spaces created by the studio are filled with as many creative activities possible even though they always bear in mind that less is more.

Credits by Smart Playrooms Website: www.smartplayrooms.com

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STUDIO GIANCARLO VALLE The name Studio Giancarlo Valle isn’t really new in the interior design scene. Based in NYC, this amazing studio creates contemporary interiors based on the Italian renaissance ancestry and combines it with modern decorative arts, creating incredibly stylish and trendy contemporary interiors. The kids’ settings they create are unique, perfumed with classic nods to the past and rich and trendy textures. Last year, the studio made its debut in the prestigious Architectural Digest’s AD 100 list, which celebrates the world’s best and brightest in the industry. Besides that, the studio has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, Vogue, W Magazine, and Christie’s Magazine. Giancarlo has also been recognized in AD100 France. The studio also has an incredibly unique furniture collection. The collection as been presented at the Collective Design Fair, Design Miami in 2018 with Atelier Courbet, and at Salone del Mobile 2019 with Rossana Orlandi and is currently on view at our Tribeca showroom. Giancarlo grew up in San Francisco, Chicago, Caracas, and Guatemala City, and received his Masters of Architecture from Princeton University.

Credits by Studio Giancarlo Valle Website: www.giancarlovalle.com

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VANESSA ANTONELLI Vanessa Antonelli is probably one of the most recognizable names in the interior design industry in the United States of America. This interior Designer has dedicated her life and career on designing spaces for the little ones to grow. Spaces that are easily recognizable as hers by their unique modern luxurious signature, where style, safety and contemporality walk hand by hand. Vanessa is also known to be the go-to designer by the celebrities in the US who find themselves in need of having a nursery room. The interior designer has a wide portfolio filled with celebrity clients, from athletes such as Aaron Ross from the New York Giants to reality TV stars such as Vanessa Lachey. The projects, like in these two examples, transpire the unique effortless luxury that the interior designer so well has been developing throughout the years, while being completely unique and new. The designer ’s inspiration comes from her own kids, a kindergartener named Nixon and Everlee, a toddler. It’s through them that Vanessa gets the inspiration needed to develop such incredible kids and baby spaces, as she is in constant pursuit for what’s new and best for them in today’s world. When designing kids spaces, no detail must be left to chance and, for Vanessa, functionality is a constant in her creative mind, alongside style and safety. The celebrated interior designer has too a unique luxury line dedicated to the modern baby’s needs – NessaLee Baby. You can find these incredible boutiques In New York and New Jersey’s metropolitan areas. The line covers up pretty much everything a child needs, from clothing and gear to furniture and accessories. There are very few interior designers who can present you with a holistic approach to your project, and Vanessa Antonelli and her team do it like no one else does.

Credits by Vanessa Antonelli Website: www.vanessaantonelli.com

L . A. & M I AM I

YODEZEEN ARCHITECTS Yodezeen Architects is an incredible interior design and architecture firm based in Kyiv, London, LA and Miami that creates modern, minimalist and luxurious settings incredibly keen to the eye. The practice, founded by Artem Averev and Arthur Sharf, displays a wide and diverse portfolio impossible to stay indifferent to. The kids’ spaces they create follow the same philosophy – stunning aesthetics with a unique sense of home. The core idea embedded in the studio’s philosophy is rather simple to understand: to create unique aesthetic solutions based on fast-paced project development which conjugates unique decorative notions with architecture principles. Even if you don’t have a primary idea of what you want, the Yodezeen team is there for you. Their unique and personalized service allow you to mix and match elements from the exterior design of your home with the upcoming interiors. Regardless if you like modern or classic elements, abstract art or retro vibes, this interior architecture practice can deliver the project of your dreams. No tasks are too hard for them, and their portfolio doesn’t let them lie. Their offices are based on practicality and functionality regardless of the design solutions either the clients or they have in mind. They transform boredom into excitement, dullness in fantasy and a house into a home.

Credits by Yodezeen Architects Website: www.yodezeen.com

A LL THE CONTACTS IN T HIS BOOK Carrie Livingston Website: www.carrielivingston.com

Rockabye Mommy Website: www.rockabyemommy.com

Designs by Human Website: www.dbhuman.com

Rooms by Zoya B Website: www.roomsbyzoyab.com

Emerson Grey Designs Website: www.emersongreydesigns.com

Sissy + Marley Website: www.sissyandmarley.com

Jeff Andrews Website: www.jeffandrewsdesign.com

Smart Playrooms Website: www.smartplayrooms.com

Lizette Marie Website: www.lizettemarie.com

Studio Giancarlo Valle Website: www.giancarlovalle.com

Naomi Alon Website: www.littlecrowninteriors.com

Vanessa Antonelli Website: www.vanessaantonelli.com

Noa Blake Design Website: www.noablakedesign.com

Yodezeen Architects Website: www.yodezeen.com

Pineapple House Website :www.pineapplehouse.com

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