Hospitality Design

Recent Projects: Eaton Workshop

Female Entrepreneurs: Emilia Herting and Maeve O’Sullivan, Escapada

Centered on the synergy between Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, Escapada is a rare take on luxury health retreats. Cofounders Maeve O’Sullivan and Emilia Herting initially met while studying traditional Chinese…

Female Entrepreneurs: Simone McAlonen, WAVE

Inside the surf-inspired Kahuna Room, a highlight of the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s (LAAC) multimillion-dollar renovation in 2018, an intimate group of female members gathers as part of WAVE, another…

Female Entrepreneurs: Lily Kunin, Clean Market

As a wellness blogger and natural foods chef with a cult following, Lily Kunin took her talents off the webpage, out of the kitchen, and into a brick-and-mortar in New…

Female Entrepreneurs: Pam Wolf, The Parlor

As she hauled her children to ballet and chess classes, New Yorker Pam Wolf grew frustrated by the bleak settings for such activities. “They were all in basements, not clean,…

Female Entrepreneurs: Dr. Jill Blakeway, Yinova Center

The importance of wellbeing is nothing new to Jill Blakeway. The doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine has been treating patients in New York’s East Village since 1999. “In the…

Female Entrepreneurs: Naomi Hirabayashi and Marah Lidey, Shine

When Naomi Hirabayashi and Marah Lidey first met seven years ago while working together at a nonprofit in New York, they just clicked. Their easy friendship evolved into a work…

Female Entrepreneurs: Christina Rice, OMNoire

In 2015, when Christina Rice was suffering from entrepreneurial burnout, the then founder and CEO of a New York-based public relations and marketing agency started taking hot yoga classes, frequently…

Female Entrepreneurs: Sarah Larson Levey, Y7

Frustrated with the excessive bright lighting and endless chanting that too often define New York yoga studios, Michigan native Sarah Larson Levey decided she would take things into her own…