Since it’s 2009 foundation in a bohemian studio off of Venice and Abbot Kinney, hospitality based Avenue Interior Design has positioned itself as a tiny powerhouse in an industry full of giants. Now based in Downtown Los Angeles, and decidedly less tiny, the team continues to design and collaborate on the industry’s most exciting properties for the most prominent leaders in hospitality.
Under the direction of founders Andrea DeRosa and Ashley Manhan, the studio is recognized for creating original identities for a wide range of properties and brands. We apply a fresh perspective to every project, as we consider the demographic, location and brand identity of each, to create layered and marketable interiors and products that exude exceptional character.
For over a decade, Avenue Interior Design has specialized in new-build and renovations for the hospitality industry, including hotel guestrooms, suites and public areas, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gaming venues, spas and retail outlets. The studio also provides exclusive high-end residential interior design services for a select discerning clientele as well as for luxury commercial office buildings and innovative multi-family properties. Custom furniture, lighting and artwork are essential elements of Avenue Interior Design’s work and the studio parlays this passion into highly marketable and much sought after product design and brand partnerships.
Avenue Interior Design is fully committed to all types of scopes, whether large scale scopes for MGM Resorts International and sbe or smaller scale, one-of-a-kind properties such as La Serena Villas in Palms Springs and The Ramble Hotel in Denver. Where Avenue has directed the creative vision from concept through to installation, projects have had unprecedented success captivating guests and securing maximum ADR and ROI for the Ownership group. Avenue’s primary goal is to create compelling and influential brand identities that leave guests excited to return – all while maximizing profitability and publicity for our clients.
One of Avenue Interior Design’s core principles is to foster a creative, collaborative and kind project team that works together harmoniously to make each project a success. As a result, we are proud to note that nearly all of our clients are repeat clients – a handful of whom have been with us for the entirety of our professional careers. Avenue Interior Design is proud to include numerous independent Ownership groups as well industry mainstays Montage, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, sbe, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Station Casinos, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and San Manuel as clientele amongst others.
The studio and its projects are frequently recognized in regional and national media outlets including Architectural Digest, Vogue, Forbes, Time, and many others.
Avenue Interior Design offers a complete roster of design services, with specifics tailored to each client and project. Premium services, including bespoke brand identity development, art curation and more, are available upon request.
Did your current design team leave you high and dry? Maybe things simply didn’t go as planned. Regardless, we’re here to help. For over a decade we’ve been offering a discrete search-and-rescue service that includes picking up where other design teams left off. From concept, to model room, from shop drawings all the way through to completion of the scope, we’ll take the wheel and get you back on course.
While obtaining her degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrea worked at a high-end residential interior design firm that ignited her love of design. Immediately upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to begin her career. Prior to co-founding Avenue Interior Design, Andrea DeRosa was immersed in the world of hospitality while at a number of LA’s premier hospitality based Interior Design firms. Her most notable years were spent at a Pasadena based interior design firm specializing in large scale gaming properties for clients such as Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming. While at this firm Andrea relished the opportunity to closely collaborate with the firm’s owner on high-level concepting for landmark properties domestically and abroad.
Ashley Manhan obtained her degree from UCLA while simultaneously employed at a well-respected firm in Santa Monica where she was immersed in high-end hotel and resort design. The firm’s high profile clientele included Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants amongst others. She would later join, and quickly move up the ranks, of hospitality pioneer sbe Entertainment. While at sbe, Ashley closely collaborated with design icon Philippe Starck and celebrity photographer, Matthew Rolston on the design of groundbreaking hotel brands like SLS and the Redbury (Avenue Interior has subsequently played a pivotal role in revitalizing these existing properties and providing ID services for the expansion of both brands to other cities). Ashley was also immersed in the design of numerous notable restaurants including the Bazaar with celebrity chef José Andrés, a Michael Mina restaurant in Hollywood and Katsuya LA Live in Los Angeles. Avenue has continued to work on new build projects with both aforementioned chefs as well as many of the aforementioned hospitality groups.
DeRosa and Manhan founded Avenue Interior Design in 2009, initially positioning the studio as a tiny hospitality-based powerhouse in Venice. Now headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles, the studio has expanded its interior services to include commercial, multi-family and residential projects. The co-founders lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team that is constantly expanding.
