Amy Lau is an Interior Designer and co-founder of the Design Miami fair. Lau is a featured designer on Luxe Magazine,New York Spaces,Open House,& HGTV.
Following her degree in Art History, she received a master’s degree in Fine and Decorative Arts from the prestigious Sotheby’s graduate program in New York. Studying with curators, art historians, and industry professionals, she honed her curatorial eye and developed a deep passion for design. Both were put to use at Aero Ltd., where she served as director under founder Thomas O’Brien. She was subsequently appointed design director of New York City’s Lin-Weinberg Gallery, which specializes in international mid-century modernism.
In 2005, she co-founded the prestigious Design Miami fair, which assembles galleries specializing in design from the post-war period to the present. Established to run in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach, the Design Miami fair has expanded to become a vital forum for exhibiting, discussing, creating, and collecting design.
Amy Lau’s experiences makes her a requested speaker and panelist for events organized by the likes of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Metropolitan Home magazine, Dwell magazine, and Bklyn Designs. During SCAD style week, she has appeared on the Savannah and Atlanta campuses of Savannah College of Art and Design. She also serves as co-director of the Design Council for the Museum of Arts and Design.
The Amy Lau Studio product line includes colorful limited-edition Four Seasons enameled home furnishings and lighting, a rug design for Doris Leslie Blau, a limited-edition line for Showtime inspired by the networks television show Dexter, and hexagonal-mosaic tiles produced by Heath Ceramics which are on display in an Amy Lau Design bathroom vignette at the Kohler Design Center, in Wisconsin. The firm’s current initiatives include a collection of contemporary curtains and upholstery textiles to be manufactured by S. Harris – Fabricut, and a wallpaper collection for Maya Romanoff’s 40th Anniversary.
The firm recently expanded to include retail design with an Elie Tahari fashion boutique that was published in Interior Design magazine. Amy Lau and her residential interiors have also been featured in such publications as Elle Decor, the New York Times, New York Spaces, Gotham, and House & Garden.
•“Young Designer to Watch” House & Beautiful, October 2004.
•New York magazine included Amy Lau as one of 2008's “Next Garde” Designer, May 2007
•Metropolitan Home included her work in its “Who’s Next” young-designer issue, November 2007
•Fashion Week Daily Dispatch, Fashion Group International Rising Stars Honoree, January , 2008.
•Fresh Design Honoree, Traditional Home May 2009,
•Accomplishments:
Co-Founder of Design Miami:
Design Miami/ is the global forum that brings together the most influential dealers, collectors, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Inspired by the galvanizing effect of Art Basel Miami Beach, the founders of Design Miami/ set out to create a design fair unlike any other that came before. They envisioned a new commercial and cultural forum that would capture the thriving general interest in design and elevate appreciation for limited-edition, experimental and historically significant design work, presented within an energetic, visually striking environment. No other design fair had ever attempted such a feat. From its inception, Design Miami/ was intended to be more than just a marketplace for high-end design.Two unique shows is held each year: Design Miami/, every December in Miami, and Design Miami/ Basel every June in Basel, Switzerland.
•Co-Director of Design Council for the Museum of Art and Design:
The Museum of Arts and Design collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the Museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life.
•Amy Lau Product Line:
•Anniversary Collection for Maya Romanoff Reimagined by Amy Lau:
To hornor the company's 40th year we return to Maya Romanoff's roots in tie dye. Three archival patterns are interpreted in a moder color palette re-imagined by Amy Lau.
•Limited Edition:
Maya Romanoff's 40th Anniversary Collection by Amy Lau. Limited edition for Bergdorf Goodman.
•S. Harris Fabric Collection:
Amy Lau Collection for S. Harris is available in S. Harris/Fabricut Showrooms worldwide.
•Fire Screen "Bunch of Twigs":
Inspired by nature, this handcrafted steel fire screen is composed of a series of hand bent rods,exemplifying the organic lines of trees.Offered in antique black, and brown finishes.
•Caldera Collection, Amy Lau Design & Heath Ceramic Collection:
Inspired by archival photograph of octagonal Heath tiles, examples of poured glazes and Amy's photograpghs of the Greek Islands. 12 glazes were developed in the spirit of the Mediterranean which captures the tranquility of Oia.
• Kisses from Rothko, Amy Lau Design for Doris Leslie Blau:
Inspired by the artist Mark Rothko's color paletter and abstract expressionism. Circular wool ground rug with silk design.
• Four Season Collection:
Inspired by mid-century design, this 35" focal piece features a corona of colorful enameled florets.Resembling lily pads around a reflective pond, these vibrant petals, in a variety of sizes and spring hues, outline the circular 19" mirror framed in brass.
• Bloody Comfortable (edition of 2) Dexter Limited Edition Collection:
Upholstered/Re-finished by Martin Albert. Embroidered by Leah Picker. White lacquered wood frame upholstered in white ultraleather hand-embroidered with blood design.
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