{"id":434405,"date":"2026-05-11T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=434405"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:11:08","slug":"1stdibs-50-2026-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/1stdibs-50-2026-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 12 Exceptional Design Firms Making Their 1stDibs 50 Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This year\u2019s first-time additions to the 1stDibs 50 are a globe-trotting and stylistically wide-ranging group, with studios taking on projects everywhere from Lake Tahoe and Tampa to Riyadh, S\u00e3o Paulo and the Tyrolean Alps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although their approaches differ \u2014 some architectural, some atmospheric, some pattern-driven \u2014 they have in common a dedication to creating interiors that are both livable and transportive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, each of the 12 debuting designers offers a glimpse into the inspirations and ambitions guiding their practices in general and their 1stDibs 50 spaces in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catherine Kwong Design<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Breakfast
Photo by William Jess Laird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In a Lake Tahoe breakfast nook, Catherine Kwong<\/a> paired 1970s oak Razorblade chairs by Henning Kj\u00e6rnulf<\/a> with a sculptural elm pedestal table, bringing a Scandi sensibility into the Sierra Nevadas setting without slipping into clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Catherine
Catherine Kwong. Portrait by Andrew Paynter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo much of the \u2018mountain design\u2019 of the past was dark and heavy. But when you’re out in Tahoe, or Aspen, or Park City, it’s all crisp air and bright skies,\u201d Kwong says. \u201cI wanted to capture that airiness here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for what she\u2019d most want to work on next: \u201cIt would be incredible to bring a more bespoke approach to one of San Francisco’s public libraries,\u201d she says. \u201cTo design a beautiful, light-filled space for work, study and community events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ashley Lavonne<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"family
Photo by Haris Kenjar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Los Angeles designer Ashley Lavonne<\/a> conceived this Hancock Park family room as a space where children can play by day and grownups gather in the evening. \u201cLavender walls and a camel rug were initial design decisions to create a base layer of warmth,\u201d she says. A figurative canvas by Tiffany Alfonseca jolts the room to life.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Ashley
Ashley Lavonne Walker. Portrait by Haris Kenjar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Vintage armchairs by Fritz Hansen<\/a> and Gunnar G\u00f6perts<\/a> join a custom multi-pattern sofa to form what Lavonne Walker calls \u201ca highly personalized space that is both spirited and welcoming.\u201d Asked what she would most like to build, she echoes Frank Lloyd Wright: \u201cMy dream project is \u2018the next one.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bespoke Only<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Living
Photo by William Jess Laird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Melissa Lee, founder of Bespoke Only<\/a>, is known for honing interiors through subtle shifts in tone and pattern. In this living room in Accord, New York, vintage furnishings, including Gio Ponti<\/a> nesting stools and a 1930s Jind\u0159ich Halabala<\/a> pouf, look at home with the historic architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Melissa
Melissa Lee of Bespoke Only. Portrait by William Jess Laird<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As for the colors, Lee says, \u201cThe soft greens and grounded palette echo the Hudson Valley just beyond the windows, while the pattern language references William Morris\u2019s illustrations, where nature is translated into something more composed and enduring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee names Robert Kime<\/a> as a hero of hers for creating interiors that were \u201cunpretentious and deeply comfortable even when designed for royalty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Studio Santos<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Living
Photo by Fran Parente<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Miami-based Gregory Santos<\/a> takes a relaxed yet refined approach to working with mid-century Brazilian<\/a> pieces. Set within a multigenerational house outside S\u00e3o Paulo, this living room features travertine floors and plaster walls that serve as a restrained container for white-upholstered icons by Jorge Zalszupin<\/a> and Lina Bo Bardi<\/a>, a sleek steel fireplace and paintings from the homeowners\u2019 collection of Brazilian art.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gregory Santos of Studio Santos. Portrait by Krischan Singh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As inspiration, Santos says he channeled \u201cBrazil in the 1950s and Alain Delon<\/a>.\u201d And while he excels at working on the human scale, his ambitions are sky-high: His dream project would be \u201ca skyscraper, designed top to bottom, with a consistent design language throughout.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waldo Studio<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Photo by Sebastian Arlt\/Waldo Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tom Bartlett, coprincipal with Sasha von Meister of Waldo Studio<\/a>, demonstrated his keen eye for interesting convergences in a grand house in the Austrian Tyrols. The library incorporates pan-European arts and crafts traditions through pieces like the towering hand-built bookcases and Emma Olbers\u2019s Bibliotek rug, designed for Stockholm\u2019s Nationalmuseum.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Tom
Tom Bartlett of Waldo Studio. Portrait by Michael Sinclair<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Unexpected juxtapositions keep the vibe from being overly reverential. Chandeliers by Philippe Malouin<\/a>, including a custom fixture above the billiards table<\/a>, fit well with the soaring scale, while the pairing of prehistoric great elk antlers with a work by Frank Stella<\/a> creates what Bartlett calls \u201ca combination we never thought we would see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Bartlett, design is ultimately about \u201cimagining how best to make a client\u2019s life as beautiful, individual and seamless as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nickey Kehoe<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Photo by Haris Kenjar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe, of Nickey Kehoe<\/a>, approach interiors with equal parts affability and sophistication, a balance embodied in this multipurpose space in a shingle-style house overlooking the Pacific in Santa Monica Canyon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Todd
Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe of Nickey Kehoe. Portrait by Magdalena Woskinka<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The designers lined the room, originally finished in drywall, with cerused-wood paneling to temper the brightness of the Southern California light and create what Kehoe calls \u201ca richer, warmer library feel.\u201d Twin oversize George Smith<\/a> Jules sofas are drawn close together for conversation, accompanied by a late-Victorian brass-and-walnut lamp and a wood-and-bronze Holzstern chandelier by Kalmar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe endless inspiration from makers throughout history and those carrying the torch forward is what excites me most about design,\u201d Kehoe says. \u201cI love rediscovering the old through travel and books and falling in love with new creators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OITOEMPONTO<\/strong> Architecture & Interiors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Photo courtesy of OITOEMPONTO Archive<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec, cofounders of Portuguese firm OITOEMPONTO Architecture & Interiors<\/a>, relished the challenge of combining \u201clarge proportions and profusion of fine details\u201d in a reception pavilion and pool house they designed in Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Jacques
Jacques Bec and Artur Miranda of OITOEMPONTO. Portrait by Victor Hugo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Nestled in a lush palm grove in a wadi, the space brings together green-suede Joe Colombo<\/a> Elda chairs and a floating Harvey Probber<\/a> sofa with a T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings<\/a> mahogany coffee table whose brass legs echo the gleaming library ladder. Nearby is a Marzio Cecchi<\/a> wicker-and-glass table used for card games, while triangular Guy Bareff sconces punctuate the paneled walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result expresses \u201ca Middle East lifestyle with a European twist,\u201d say the designers, who dream of one day creating \u201ca jet plane, from scratch!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Billy Cotton<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Library
Photo by Brett Wood<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A giltwood mirror from James Worrall<\/a> reflects a Christopher Butterworth chandelier in the study of a Brooklyn townhouse designed by Billy Cotton<\/a>. Nearly every fixed surface, save the hardwood floor, is covered in a deep-green lacquer. A bronze Valenti floor lamp and Victorian chairs in Loro Piana leather round out the room.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Billy
Billy Cotton. Portrait by William Wu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The mix of periods exemplifies Cotton\u2019s preference for immersive, multidimensional interiors over staged, all-contemporary compositions. \u201cI don\u2019t ever want my projects to feel like showrooms,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen I meet with a client, I\u2019m trying to derive what brings them joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Ozburn Interiors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Den
Photo by Brie Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Charlotte-based Hannah Ozburn<\/a> has earned a reputation for bravely mingling patterns without tipping into excess. That skill shines forth in a sun-drenched den where florals and flame-stitch fabrics animate the decor. \u201cThere is not one solid fabric in this room,” she notes, “but yet it does not feel overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hannah Ozburn. Photo courtesy of Hannah Ozburn Interiors<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The scheme began with the client\u2019s inherited artwork and was extended to conversational groupings that include curved-back club chairs, slipper chairs, a Moroccan painted star table and 1980s-style cocktail tables. Even the gun closets participate in the dance of patterns, lined in Pierre Frey<\/a> chevron fabric, \u201cwhich is just over the top in the best way possible,\u201d says Ozburn, who cites maximalist maven Summer Thornton<\/a> as a current design-world favorite of hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Melanie Turner Interiors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Bar
Photo by Mali Azima<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Melanie Turner<\/a> embraced a moody atmosphere<\/a> and jewel tones<\/a> in this bar in a Queen Anne<\/a>\u2013style house she revamped in Tampa. The walls and ceiling dissolve into a midnight-blue mural, painted by Bethany Travis, depicting a tall tree canopy and puffy clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Melanie
Melanie Turner. Portrait by Marilyn Morgan Stromquist<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Munna<\/a> stools covered in a floral velvet gather at a honed-eucalyptus and Calacatta Viola\u2013marble bar. The lounge ambience continues with plush armchairs by Oly Studio<\/a> and Douglass Workroom sitting around a metallic Arteriors<\/a> bistro table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEspecially surprising is how a mix of seemingly busy patterns adds interest and layer without feeling overwhelming,\u201d Turner says. She cites John Saladino<\/a> as a lasting influence: \u201cHis work feels timeless and deeply personal \u2014 there\u2019s a restraint and quiet elegance to it that I\u2019ve always admired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gramercy Design<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Bedroom
Photo by Matthew Placek<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A bedroom by Gramercy Design<\/a> in an Upper East Side pied-\u00e0-terre leans into sumptuousness with a custom bed sporting an arcing velvet headboard and built-in nightstands and reading lights, not to mention the lacquered walls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Kyle
Kyle O\u2019Donnell of Gramercy Design. Portrait by Matthew Placek<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A St\u00e9phane Parmentier<\/a> for Giobagnara Orion chandelier is suspended overhead, and a playful Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dilly Dally<\/a> vanity brings compact whimsy to one corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by Kyle O\u2019Donnell, the New York firm is known for crafting emotion-centered interiors. \u201cI find clients are asking me more and more to create a mood or a vibe rather than a style,\u201d O\u2019Donnell says. \u201cWe talk about how they want to feel in the space, and then I work backward from that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LC Studio<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"poolhouse
Photo by Richard Powers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

For a pool house in Rye<\/a>, New York, LC Studio<\/a>\u2019s Lance Scott and Cecily Waud conceived a great room that opens and closes to the elements. The palette takes its cues from the soft-blue shutters on the property\u2019s 1920s Spanish Revival<\/a> main house. \u201cThe vision here was to create a new indoor-outdoor entertaining space for year-round use,\u201d Scott says. \u201cThe doors slide completely away to allow an open-air feel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lance Scott and Cecily Waud of LC Studio. Portrait by Richard Powers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Cardinal-hat pendant lights by Lutyens Furniture and Lightning<\/a> hover like mini flying saucers above a sectional sofa <\/a>upholstered in light-blue chenille. Reinforcing the space\u2019s playful, collected spirit are a custom resin cocktail table by Atta Inc, an Anat Schiften ceramic floral centerpiece and a Carlos Otero lamp, the last two from Hostler Burrows<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underfoot, zellige tiles<\/a> in aqueous hues form a pattern \u201cinspired by the floor in the living room at the Rothschilds\u2019 Ch\u00e2teau Mouton,\u201d Scott says, adding that \u201cRenzo Mongiardino’s and Peter Marino’s residential work\u201d have influenced him overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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