Nancy is an interdisciplinary designer and creative whose practice navigates across objects and furniture, architecture, hospitality development, and experimental sound art. Through both a research and intuitive basis of architectural psychology, their ethos centers deepening awareness to oneself and the world and furthering human connection, while carefully considering the environment and all species.

They are Co-Founder and Partner holding the North Star for all things design and creative at Pocketbook Hudson, a newly opening mixed use creative complex and hotel brand in Hudson, NY. Previously, they were Design Director at Ace Hotel Group, led design at craft-forward companies like Henrybuilt, spear-headed modular hotel projects and historic residential renovations. They are certified in Integrative Hypnotherapy and Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building.

Amidst projects in design, Nancy has had a hand in nightlife culture, organizing one of the first alternative parties in 2019 that emphasized health forward offerings, shifting the focus away from alcohol dependence. GLU Health Rave commenced at Stanley’s Pharmacy in the Lower East Side of NYC.

They hold a Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they received The MIT Energy Initiative Grant, CAMIT Art Grant, and Louis C. Rosenberg Thesis Fellowship, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, where they taught architecture design studios and drawing. Nancy has shown work and performed at places like Opus 40, Reykjavik Art Museum, Issue Project Room, MIT Keller Gallery, Van Alen Institute, The Glass House, Basilica Hudson, and Trans Pecos.

Outside of the studio, Nancy can be found dancing, studying plants, chasing full moons, hiking in the Catskill mountains, going on long bike rides, and synergizing with their cats Carbon and Shadow.

Photo Credit: Enmi Yang