Dina has been an Award winning Architectural Interior Designer for over two decades. Dina studied and received her B.F.A. from the world renowned Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York City. She later when on to receive her M.A. She is a member of the FIT Alumni Association. It is at FIT she studied Interior/Architectural Design, Art History and minored in Textile Design. She has been active and passionate about her field ever since. Her designs have been published and awarded.
Ms. Guglielmi began her career at the largest Department Store in the Interior Design and Store Planning Department in Herald Square in New York City. From the beginning of her career she has been an attendee at many trade shows to keep up with inventory and trends. She travels bi-annually to the famous High Point, N.C. Furniture Market.
Dina has had an outstanding career in residential, commercial, and institutional architectural and design markets. For years Dina has worked with some of the largest developers in the United States, and abroad. Dina has been a key component in developing and designing gated communities and luxury buildings. She served as the Director of Design in New York for a major National and International Design firm. Specializing in Residential and Commercial Design, single-family homes, townhomes, and condominiums developments in urban and suburban neighborhoods.
In the Commercial market she has designed lobbies, common spaces, offices, and restaurants. In Institutional Design she was an active influence in Nursing Home development. While designing any space, she is also the key advisor of the Interiors,Exteriors, and Architectural design. In All new developments she has been the key designer from inception, conceptuals to completion. Dina has a keen acumen for detail, while being educated in construction. While her finished designs are impeccable, her intricacy towards details, mechanicals, utility, and functionality are unsurpassed.
Dina’s philosophy is, “Design is about the aesthetic and the function.” Her belief is function in Interior Design can go overlooked. Design is multi-faceted, regardless of the size of a space. Interior Design and Architecture is about the glory of the aesthetic beauty, needs, and functionality. While there is basic function, a client always has personal function and needs. It is her task to take the aesthetic design, and function to completion and fall in love.
Her attention to detail is impeccable. She’s creating look, comfort, and integrity in every Design Application. Dina strives as a Project Manager. No project large or small can be executed without proper coordination. It is up to the project manager to know the proper sequence of construction trades, and preparation, which is another aspect of Dina’s expertise.
Dina’s goal is to create beautiful spaces, while making the project an effortless experience for her clients. Dina isn’t just about the furniture, the window treatments and accessories, Ms. Guglielmi is about the project as a whole, the preparation to the finished product. Design is all about coordination, working with contractors, carpenters, cabinet makers, tile installers, HVAC, masons, electricians, plumbers, painters, windows, etc. Ms. Guglielmi is known for her lighting plans. Interior Design is truly a puzzle, all the pieces need to fit together to execute a master-piece in Design. A client needs to be satisfied, wowed and proud.
Dina has taken outdated and mundane to current levels of design and sophistication, from New York to Florida to abroad. She has designed many older Condominium Buildings that were designed in the last century and has brought them to unrecognizable sophistication stunners in the 21st century. The older buildings truly lack todays aesthetic, function, and are antiquated in design for today’s lifestyle. Many older buildings lack primary lighting, adequate mechanicals and function. Dina’s proactive approach to design and function is exceptional. Her motto, “there’s always a solution.”
Commercial spaces while still taking on a specific aesthetic, regard a different approach to functionality as they are highly trafficked areas. Dina has designed commercial spaces from lobby’s to restaurants to professional offices. Based on the design she will create the beauty, function and longevity.
Whatever the theme or look she will give you the desired aesthetic and integrity. Dina has won awards throughout her career, both domestic and international. Ms. Guglielmi has been the recipient of many SAM Awards, in various categories of Design. She is also the recipient of the Descamp Award in France for Design. She is a proud member of ASID. Dina Guglielmi along with her partner Marselo Kahneman are a powerhouse duo. While being friends for several years, they each bring a broad and diverse background in Interior Design to the table.
