Over my last five years as an interior designer in New York City, I have contributed to more than 30 hospitality and residential projects in every capacity from client meetings and budgets to on-site management of trades and the creation of construction document sets. I particularly enjoyed designing custom furniture, millwork and carpeting, offering the opportunity to celebrate the unique identity of each space and its inhabitants. All of my work has been informed by a love of geometry and the impact its application can have on a space, from its overall interior architecture to a custom screen design. As a designer I seek to create a geometric language that integrates the restorative with the profound, promoting restful environments with an emotional pulse.
Growing up I had both a love of the arts and an aspiration to study the sciences. I spent most of my childhood drawing, fascinated by nature, but at Oberlin College I decided to focus on science and majored in Biology. The following nine years of experience in biological research laboratories have shown me how to distill every situation to its essential components, to ask questions from all possible angles and to consider every solution. I discovered that creativity truly abounds in the lab, but began to feel the pull back to the arts. While continuing full-time work in science, I earned a BFA in Interior Design from the New York School of Interior Design.
Having experience with both of these seemingly unrelated disciplines, I have realized the commonality between them. Creativity is necessary in coming up with experimental questions and subsequent answers in the lab while meticulousness and an analytical nature is essential in examining the possible solutions to all the questions that come up in realizing a design project. It also enabled me to bring the necessary care and precision to my work and develop a systematic approach to apply geometric concepts to interior design, as it is attention to detail and a unique point-of-view that make a space special.
Tina Marinic Design, San Francisco, CA, US, Freelance Interior Designer
Created construction document sets and space planning layouts for a variety of residential and commercial interiors. Also provided event design services for corporate parties accommodating groups as large as 800 people. Based in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA.
AJC Design, New York, NY, US, Interior Designer
Joined the firm in July 2010 as an intern and promoted to designer in December of 2012. Contributed to 17 hospitality and 15 residential projects as a designer.
Selected Work:
Renaissance Hotel Harlem, NY
• Supervised subordinate designer’s creation of FF&E specification and construction document packages.
• Prepared comprehensive FF&E budgets for ground-up hotel’s model room and 211 guest room roll-out.
Sheraton Hotel Mahwah, NJ
• Produced a construction document set for a hotel renovation encompassing 226 guest rooms, one presidential suite, and a 50,000 sq ft public space including two bars, three lounges and a restaurant.
• Prepared FF&E specification packages for hotel public space, presidential suite, model and guest rooms.
• Designed FF&E for guest room and public spaces and collaborated with vendors to optimize product.
• Collaborated on design direction for hotel and contributed to presentations to ownership and brand.
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, US, Lab Manager
Acted as point-person and encouraged communication with collaborators to complete two projects in a timely and cost-effective manner, resulting in the publication of three articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, US, Research Assistant
Effectively worked with team to generate creative solutions to research problems and completed two projects, resulting in the publication of four articles in peer reviewed journals.
New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), New York, NY, US, Bachelors, Interior Design
I pursued a BFA in Interior Design from the New York School of Interior Design while maintaining full-time work at Weill Cornell Medical College and later AJC Design.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, US, Bachelors, Biology
I received a BA from Oberlin College with a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry.
