About
Thoughtful. Elevated. Enduring.
“Good design tells a story and evokes emotion. You feel it - energy, joy, serenity, safety, love. As a designer, I’m fortunate to gain trusted entry into someone’s world. It’s my responsibility and privilege to learn who my clients are - their story, background and heritage - what they care about, and how they want to experience, live in, and perform in their spaces.”
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Yau is devoted to delivering thoughtful, elevated and enduring style and design for her clients. Before, opening her interior design studio, Yau was an InStyle-featured jewelry designer and managing director of a leading global bank. Now, Yau and her team at YC Style + Design specialize in high-end home renovations, custom interior design and luxury furnishings, fixtures, and decor. Together, with an ecosystem of artisans and professionals, create well-loved and well-lived spaces, customized for clients.
Good design is functional, beautiful, and broadly appealing. But, great design is so much more. Yau believes that to be uniquely you is the ultimate in luxury. Our process strives to achieve this definition of luxury. We start by focusing on understanding your authenticity - your lived experiences and heritage, what’s closest to your heart, what brings you peace and joy, who you share your life with, and how you impact and move through the world. The result is design that feels authentic, is customized to your aesthetic and lifestyle, and gives you a profound sense of being at home.
Our client experience is collaborative and centers around you. Through co-creation, the magic happens. We work with you to tell your story through light, color, texture, pattern, and shape. Thoughtful intent goes into developing design concepts and plans that transform your spaces to resonate with your authentic taste and lifestyle. Luxurious furnishings, fixtures and finishes are brought together to lift mood and energize, bring peace and tranquility, and/or optimize function and performance.
Yau is a certified member of the New York Institute of Art & Design, a Residential Interior Design Qualifying Certified (RIDQC) Designer and a Designer Society of America (DSA) Certified Professional Designer.