Interior designer Jacqueline Hosford, founder of the New York firm Jacqueline Hosford Interior Design, has a keen eye for craft, color, and custom cabinetry.

Jacqueline Hosford

With a degree from the New York School of Interior Design and experience as a project manager at a high-end Manhattan construction company, Hosford’s combination of artistic vision and building expertise enable an amalgam of definitively deft design.

Hosford’s accomplishments range from her ability to invent spaces that leave her clients happy to earning the president-elect position for the American Association of Interior Designers (ASID) New York Metro Chapter.

Despite a clear voice and diverse style, Hosford successfully interprets her clients’ styles within any interior, urging clients to express themselves and what they ultimately feel comfortable living with.

Interior design by Jacqueline Hosford

Interior design by Jacqueline Hosford

When it comes to bringing fine art into a space, Hosford says, “Art is not a decoration. I try to find a balance between works of art that can say something on their own, but also enhance the interior.”

Impressed with the variety and skill of nAscent Art New York’s artwork and artists, Hosford expressed particular interest in Gregory Kirschenbaum’s bold abstraction and hints of narrative expression, and Yuko Ueda’s imaginitive and fantastical atmospheres.

nAscent artist Gregory Kirschenbaum

nAscent artist Yuko Ueda

“Everything affects how you perceive art,” Hosford says, “if you take a painting and put it on a wall, it takes on a new context and becomes part of a whole.”

- Ava Cotlowitz

This summer, New York City interior designers and architects share their expertise with The Bare Square in our new Thursday feature, Art In Design!

Danielle Fennoy

For interior designer Danielle Fennoy, founder of New York-based firm Revamp Interior Deisgn, her success in shaping various environments is profound.

With remarkable accomplishments ranging from a feature in House Beautiful’s Next Wave of Top 20 Designers and starring as a designer expert on several HGTV shows, Fennoy’s eclectic, timeless, and meaningful design style has resonated throughout many different spaces.

park slope restaurant – interior design by Danielle Fennoy

Brooklyn residence – interior design by Danielle Fennoy featuring artwork by nAscent artist Glenn Friedel

Fennoy expresses the utmost significance in incorporating art into her design work.

She says, “I not only think about art at the end of a project, but really try to bring art into the beginning concepts and overall schematics of a space.”

When asked which nAscent artwork she would choose to bring into her interior designs, Fennoy lauded the work of Erika Fortner for its color and freedom, perfect for almost any interior, and the work of TJ Volunis for its captivating copper mazes, reminding Fennoy of transit line diagrams.

nAscent artist Erika Fortner

nAscent artist TJ Volunis

“In terms of the final picture of a space I am designing,” Fennoy says, “art has the most impact at the end of the day, it’s just the icing on the cake, you can’t have a cake without any icing!”

- Ava Cotlowitz