Krista Ninivaggi
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Krista Lyn Ninivaggi | |
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| Born | June 24, 1979 New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Known for | Hospitality interiors, large-scale multifamily residential interiors |
| Awards | Curbed Young Gun (2013) Contract Magazine Designer of the Year (2014) |
| Website | http://k-and.co/ |
Krista Ninivaggi is a New York-based interior designer who primarily works in hospitality design. She is one of the few designers named by Contract Magazine as its Designer of the Year while still in her 30s.[1] During her time at Rockwell Group and AvroKO, she focused on restaurant design, but has since expanded her portfolio to include art design and office spaces.
Krista Ninivaggi grew up in New Jersey with her mother and father, Helene and John Ninivaggi.[2] She has one younger sister. Ninivaggi began her design career at Rhode Island School of Design. She graduated with two bachelor's degrees, one in fine arts and another in architecture. During her years as a student she had several internships, including at the Guggenheim Museum and at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects.[3] After graduation, Ninivaggi moved to New York City.
Career
New York is where Ninivaggi developed a sophisticated and cutting-edge approach to hospitality design. She mentioned she wanted to be able to "script the night" through her hospitality designs.[3] After graduation, Ninivaggi moved to New York City where she began her career at Rockwell Group in the fall of 2002. After 3 years of working at Rockwell Group, she left the company in 2006 and worked with a design consultancy for a brief period, and then moved over to begin work for AvroKO. She credits her time at AvroKO to when she was able to see a number of high concept interiors work realized. Ninivaggi remained at AvroKO until 2010, and then began work at ShoP Architects in 2011. She said that she received the job at ShoP Architects through a softball league that also proved to be an ideal networking opportunity; she played on the field with people who later became her colleagues. During her time at ShoP, she was named director of interiors.[3] Ninivaggi later left ShoP Architects to found her firm, K&Co, which specializes in hospitality and large-scale multi-family residential interiors.[4]