Haven Design Workshop Competitors

Founded in 1995, Nate Berkus Associates designs acclaimed and livable interiors across the country and around the world. Rooted in the philosophy that your home should tell your story, Nate and Partner Lauren Buxbaum Gordon utilize their distinctive points of view to create memorable and inspired spaces. With a marked understanding of antiques, textiles, fine art and custom design, they bring a timeless and refined vision to every project.

Led by it's Creative Director, Sophie Ashby, Studio Ashby creates spaces with a unique identity. We aim to bring authenticity to each project, not only in the selection of furniture, lighting and art but in its use of a natural materials and textures. Unswayed by the passing dictates of fashion, we draw on our love of antiques, colour, contemporary 'world art', modernist furniture, photography and Sophie's latest discoveries to deliver an eclectic richness to each interior. Studio Ashby's relationships with artisans and craftsmen, extensive resources and continual foraging play an integral role in developing each project. Humour and a love of objects with an explicit narrative result in a carefully balanced body of work that creates cohesive spaces with a sense of honesty.

Kara Mann is the founder and creative director of KARA MANN established in 2005 with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles. Over the past fourteen years Mann has acquired thereputation of a cultural vanguard for her study of the possibilities of spatial design while pushing the boundaries of tradition. Her impactful, refined interiors draw inspiration from a myriad of creative fields including art, architecture and fashion, where Mann began her career. Described by The Wall Street Journal as a “sparkplug in the world of design” Mann juxtaposes formal design elements with unexpected materiality, architecture and an irreverence that has attracted high profile clients in the art, fashion, finance, music and entertainment industries. A steady stream of residential and commercial projects around the world caught the attention of Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop, which sought her out for a collaboration in Chicago in 2015. The same year she was enlisted to reinvigorate Baker Furniture’s Milling Road line and debuted a collection of furniture that blurred the lines between classical and contemporary. In addition to ongoing residential projects around the world, Mann is currently at work on two high profile furniture collaborations launching in 2020 and several luxury hotel projects throughout the United States.