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SUMMARY

Interior designer with over twenty years of experience in all scales, sectors, and programming with a focus on luxury residential and commercial projects

EXPERIENCE

Adam Carmichael Design + Creative, New York, New York - Founder, 2017 

  • Founder of boutique design consultancy focusing on luxury commercial and residential interior design, architecture and planning, materials and FF&E sourcing and specification, construction documentation, furniture and millwork design, environment styling, and visual communication through mood boards, hand-sketches and renderings, 3D modeling, and CAD documentation

  • Serve as Creative Director on all projects translating the clients’ taste, lifestyle, and vision into their environments, actualizing a clear conceptual thread to express the space’s highest potential

  • Employ Business-to-Business model as the studio’s foundation and operation, focusing on collaboration with trusted architect and design partners to grow and contract teams as needed per project, Menino Design Studio and Crina Architecture chief among them

ChaseDesign, Syracuse and New York, New York - Creative Director, Environmental Design, 2022 - 2024

  • While still under pandemic restrictions, remotely collaborated with a cherished firm with which I had interned during college

  • Closely partnered with Studio Creative Directors and multi-disciplinary teams to translate our clients' business problems through design, which included Hospitality, Experiential, Exhibit, and Retail Design

  • Worked to inspire visionary thinking and elevated creative work within the 3D Design function through hand-sketching, rendering, materials selection

  • Led the ideation practice to develop relevant, modern creative ideas and visual identities that take 2D, 3D, Multimedia, and Story Teams into consideration

  • Developed and implemented a new technical Design Intent Drawing Set standard

  • Persuasively presented design solutions that solved the business problem and enhanced the human experience, both internally and externally

Menino Design Studio, New York, New York - Creative Director, 2017 - 2022

  • Served as architect Margherita Menino's right hand in evolving her boutique design consultancy focusing on luxury residential interior design, architecture and planning, product design, and identity branding expressions

  • Acted as Creative Director on all projects alongside Margherita to work with the clients to bring their vision to life

  • Manage and interface with condominium and co-op boards, building architects, and the NYC Landmark Preservation Committee to gain approvals

  • Conducted construction administration and project management to ensure projects were realized according to our design documents

  • Drove business development through the group’s website design and launch, broaching of existing contacts, networking, and outreach

Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, New York - Director, Store Design, 2011 - 2017

  • Directed concept development, design, architectural planning, implementation, and budgets of the three-dimensional brand experience of over 1,800,000 square feet for over 30 new, renovated, and relocated project spaces with a capital budget of $650,000,000

  • Directed design and planning of retail and hospitality initiatives including elevated restaurants, lounges, bars, food halls, spas, and salons

  • For each major project, delivered a 600-page custom fixture book, 300-page décor specification book, 600-page care and maintenance manual, 600-page flame spread book, and a 120-page architectural design set

  • Managed global Store Design, Store Planning, and in-house consultant teams

  • Controlled and managed FF&E, Color and Materials and associated budgets

  • Managed Design Architects and Architects of Record during development phase to ensure projects were maintained on schedule and within budget - collaborating with such world-class firms as Gensler, FRCH Worldwide (now Nelson), Jeffrey Hutchison & Associates, Janson Goldstein (now Janson Scuro), and Marmol Radziner

  • Provided design and planning direction and managed budget for annual capital improvement and facilities maintenance projects, as well as merchant and visual merchandising initiatives for entire fleet

  • Reviewed and delivered insight on vendor shop submissions and oversaw the development of design criteria parameters

  • Managed millworking and contractor partners to ensure design intent realization through review of finish, shop drawing, and architectural submittals

  • Partnered with Finance, Merchant, Purchasing, and Construction Teams to ensure design strategies aligned with business needs

  • Led on-site construction meetings to resolve field issues and develop punch lists

Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, New York, New York - Director, Store Design, Planning and Visual Merchandising, 2010 - 2011  

  • Oversaw design, planning, and visual merchandising for off-price division, further developing the ‘Luxury in a Loft’ concept

  • Managed FFE and Visual Merchandise budget guidelines

  • Contributed to Men’s and Women’s Private Label marketing collateral development and photo shoots

  • Led Visual Merchandising Teams in store openings

  • Led company-wide calls with in-store Visual Directors to discuss new initiatives and merchandise categories

Jones Apparel Group, New York, New York - Senior Store Designer, 2003 - 2008  

  • Designed retail locations, wholesale shop-in-shops, showrooms, fixtures, and trade show exhibits from conception through project completion for apparel, footwear, jewelry and accessories divisions of brand portfolio

  • Executed visual communication for designs through hand and computer-generated 2D and 3D mediums

  • Developed design documents, millwork drawings, details and sections for planning, production, and fabrication

  • Supervised Junior Design team, distributed and managed projects to ensure effective, efficient task completion

  • Identified brand growth potential and market share opportunities

  • Served as liaison for international licensees, approved plans, finishes and store designs to ensure brand consistency

  • Reviewed budgets, sourced vendors, materials and millwork manufacturers, and introduced value engineering recommendations

Richardson Design, Cleveland, Ohio - Design Intern, 2002 - 2003  

ChaseDesign, Skaneateles, New York - Summer Design Pro Co-op, 2002  

HSN Improvements, Beachwood, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois - Design Intern, 2001 - 2002  

EDUCATION

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 1998 - 2003  

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design; minors in Industrial Design and Studio Art

AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS/INVOLVEMENT

INDUSTRY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • design:retail Magazine Forum Brooklyn, New York, Moderator, Panel discussed Brooklyn as a test lab for new retail and how it relates to other burgeoning markets, 2016

  • International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) New York, New York, Panelist, Discussion of designing retail stores for today’s savvy shopper, 2016

  • IIDA Forum New York, New York, Panelist, Discussed of utilizing synesthesia, 2015

  • IIDA Forum New York, New York, Guest Speaker, JAG Showrooms, Led tour and discussion of redesigned footwear, handbag and jewelry showrooms, 2008

SOFTWARE

  • Autodesk AutoCAD and 3ds Max with V-Ray, Adobe Creative Cloud, SketchUp, Procreate, KeyShot, PlanGrid, Microsoft Office Suite, exposure to Revit, Rhino, and Enscape; Mac and PC proficient

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT LISTING

New York City unless otherwise noted

HOSPITALITY

RESIDENTIAL

  • Building Upgrade – 700 WGrove, Hoboken/Jersey City, New Jersey, 2025

  • Private Resdience - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024

  • Building Upgrade – 645 West End Avenue, Upper West Side, 2022

  • Gehris Residence – Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, 2022

  • Allouani-Ho Residence – The Metropolitan Tower, 2020

  • Phipps Residence – The Atelier, 2019

  • Grimmlemann-Gikow Residence – Upper West Side, 2019Private Residence - 36 Bleecker Street, 2018

  • Private Residence - 49 East 96th Street, 2018 

  • Private Residence - Casablanca, Morocco, 2018 

  • Private Residence - 555 West 23rd Street, 2018 

RETAIL

New Build

Relocation

Renovation

Food Hall

International Retail

Wholesale

Pop-Up

Off-Price

SHOWROOM

TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT

  • LEI - Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007

  • Nine West Group - Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004

EVENT DESIGN

References available upon request