Lisa Simeone

About Lisa Simeone

Lisa Simeone founded Simeone Deary Design Group with Gina Deary in 2002, stepping outside traditional bounds to build an interior design firm that would prioritize the creative process and inspire collaboration with clients. With more than 30 years of experience positioning lifestyle and hospitality brands in the global marketplace, Lisa is renowned worldwide for delivering high-end luxury and forward-thinking authenticity through experiential design.As an industry leader, Lisa is sought out to direct the design trajectory of highly visible and well-known brands and has led the conceptualization and design direction of luxury hotels, landmark and adaptive reuse projects, as well as new builds. Her expansive portfolio includes not only brands, but boutique and celebrity projects in North America, Europe and Asia. Central to this success is Lisa’s commitment to a collaborative company culture and a passion for developing her staff of designers.

Experience

1. Owner

   Ktgy Interior Design & Branded Environments

   Dec 2002 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Simeone Deary Design Group, established in 2002 by Lisa Simeone and Gina Deary, is an award-winning interior design firm with a passion for creating boundary-pushing designs that evoke emotion, forge con-nections, and are as experiential as they are functional. Chicago-based but globally focused, Simeone Deary Design Group combines worldwide perspectives with its Midwestern values to bring to life spaces and experiences brimming with both possibility and purpose.From conceptual design and interior architecture to graphics and branding, Simeone Deary Design Group’s involvement in a project goes well beyond design aesthetics to define what it means to “truly be somewhere.” Approaching each project through a lens of possibility and purpose, the firm creates trans-formative and highly personalized journeys that shape the guest experience. Since its inception, Simeone Deary Design Group has amassed a portfolio of hotels and high-end projects including new construction, adaptive reuse, renovation and conversion for a variety of industries from hospitality, restaurants and entertainment venues to spas and residential environments throughout the United States and abroad.

Education

• University of Rhode Island

  Bachelor of Arts

• Hall Institute

  Bachelor of Interior Design

Skills

• Interior Design
• Photoshop
• Sketchup
• Autocad
• Space Planning
• Rendering
• Interior Architecture
• Design Research
• Residential Design
• Ff&E
• Retail Design
• Furnishings
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Project Management
• Furniture
• Floor Plans
• Upholstery
• Revit
• Indesign
• Architectural Drawings
• Renovation
• Illustrator
• Sketching
• Flooring
• Space-Planning
• Submittals