Suomi Design Works

08/23/2020

Join Michael Suomi for a candid chat about the hospitality industry, Monday at noon! https://www.youtube.com/c/novacancynews

04/02/2020

Join us for Hospitality on Edge, a candid discussion with industry veterans regarding today's events and their impact on hospitality. Today at 4pm EST!

https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1298292&tp_key=890aa8b1a3&sti=jimmerkel

11/05/2019

Thanks for the support HOTEL MANAGEMENT!

After 15 years at Stonehill Taylor, the noted design exec is launching a new company, Suomi Design Works, that will focus exclusively on hotels.

11/05/2019

Thanks Hospitality Design magazine!

Hospitality design veteran Michael Suomi has announced the launch of his New York-based hotel design studio Suomi Design Works, offering elevated expertise.

11/05/2019

It's official, we're live! Thank you Boutique Design New York - BDNY for the support.

Hospitality design industry veteran Michael Suomi has launched Suomi Design Works, a Manhattan-based hotel design studio. Driven by a desire to respond to what he sees as the industry’s ever-expanding need for a high-level of creativity combined with deep expertise, Suomi Design Works will exclusi...

11/04/2019

Global forces, often beyond our control, have a major impact on the making or renovation of a hotel. On November 10th, Suomi Design Works president, Michael Suomi, will moderate a lively no-holds-barred discussion with industry leaders Joe Eikelberner, chief operating officer, Benjamin West; Scott Hammons, vice president & construction, DiamondRock Hospitality Company; Helen Jorgensen, vice president design & procurement, Host Hotels & Resorts; and Michael Rosenblatt, principal, Acacia Hospitality. The panel will discuss topics including fallout from unforeseen events such as climate change, the meaning of constant new brands, and trade wars’ effects on where things are manufactured today.

https://bdny.com/conference

11/04/2019

Don't miss the FutureForward bar and guestroom on the Boutique Design New York - BDNY show floor this year. The Suomi Design Works creation honors the work of futurist architect Hugh Ferriss' seminal book "The Metropolis of To-Morrow," which forever changed the nature of American cities and introduced Manhattan and the world to the skyscraper. Drawn from the era between Art Deco and Modernism, FutureForwards furnishings, finishes and artworks celebrate verticality, contrast, and chiaroscuro, and are executed in heavy weaves, bronze, dark woods, and angular patterning.

11/04/2019

If you could pick the brains of the person behind some of 21st-century movies’ most iconic visuals, why wouldn’t you? On November 11th, Boutique Design New York - BDNY Suomi Design Works president, Michael Suomi, will go behind the scenes with Kris Moran, designer, yes were kris moran, the woman responsible for the quirky, decade-spanning interiors of Wes Anderson’s aesthetically stunning films. Continuing the discussion with Andrew Alford, founder and chief creative officer, Andrew Alford Creative, and Jaime Finch, brand strategist, Life and Branding, Suomi will discuss how to translate some of Moran’s exceptional creativity into hospitality designs.