The Road from Art to Design

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My name is Ivette but my friends call me Ive (pronounced Eve), and I am the principal designer at Ive & Co. I am first and foremost an artist, but when designing interiors my canvas expands to includes the entire room.  

Ever since I can remember myself, I was decorating and making my room beautiful, borrowing my mom's fine silverwares to accessorize Barbie's guesthouse... I was also consistently chosen (or volunteered) to head the decorating committee in elementary school.  This innate passion evolved to a knack for transforming the dingiest apartments into posh little jewels that everybody loved to hang out in. The inherit love of surrounding myself and others in beauty ended up manifesting itself mostly in fine art, from drawing to sculpting to painting and lastly metalsmithing. 

The expansion from pure fine art to interior design begun a few years ago while working as a professional visual artist. I realized that I was consistently getting more and more preoccupied with the design and appearance of my booth, rather than with my products. It was time for a change.

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Vision & Team

The idea behind Ive & Company is to bring forward the knowledge, connections and experience gained in over 10 years of working in the artworld and merge them into a venture of art & design. To create sophisticated interiors and connect fellow artists with those spaces we help dream up.

While the focus expanded from offering only fine art to include a service, the mission remains the same; a strong desire to bring more beauty into this world and into people's homes and work spaces. ​

Ivette holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies, Fine Art & Psychology and has Diplomas in Multimedia and Interior Design. She has previous professional experience in brokerage, business and marketing and is a member of the Interior Design Society. 

Our team also includes an architect with 30 years+ international experience in space planning, a roster of fine artists, photographers and sculptors, a collaborative tribe of interior designers, and finally, Ivette's husband's network of trusted builders, contractors, and tradesmen. He is an established and well-respected electrical contractor with over 20 years’ experience in residential and commercial construction.