BRITTO-CHARETTE Miami To introduce Britto-Charette briefly is to say they are a high-energy, multilingual design team and thrive on creating luxurious interiors. The unique projects they have created through the years have placed them atop of an interior design pedestal in Miami. Britto-Charette’s interior designs reflect the modern and luxurious tastes and designs of David Charette and Jay Britto. What David loves the most about his work is the possibility of being creative. The fact that David and Jay are surrounded by people ”at the top of their game” excites and motivates them further. And, of course, having their own business. The most challenging part of David’s career, and, as he stated, exciting, was when he was working with another architecture firm and was sent to the Middle East to work on the Princess Noura University. Since it was a ”fast-tracked project”, things were done really fast.
I was working with people in the San Francisco office, but I was in Beirut,
too. Finding the core group of people with whom he could speak with was
so I had the challenge of trying to coordinate meetings that were 10
essential, and helped him through the times, alongside traveling in his
hours apart. We worked six days a week, ten hours a day which made it
free time. Which was also a great inspiration source for him.
challenging to stay motivated. – David Charette
When David began his career, he always saw himself design skyscrapers
All of this commotion was during the recession, which, in David’s opinion,
and doing urban planning, but now he wants to do it all. David always
brought out the worst of some people during competitive times. It was
pushes himself into learning new software and methods, reading,
tough for David to remain positive while facing some unprofessionalism,
traveling and to become a ”lifelong learner”.
and to be far away from family and friends during that time took a toll
Unfortunately, I caught COVID last year and it has impacted my ability
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