Natalia Miyar Atelier is a global interior design practice founded by Natalia Miyar in 2016, specializing in creating internationally resonant, spatially intelligent, and intricately crafted interiors and products. Her approach is guided by the context of each project’s location, heritage, and stylistic influences, introducing new materials to create sophisticated and livable spaces. Miyar’s portfolio includes diverse projects such as residential villas, apartments, penthouses, hotels, and private member’s clubs, each showcasing a lifelong passion for texture, color, concept, and contrast. Learn more about Natalia’s work in today’s Designer Friday.
This living room features a stunning monochrome vignette with beachy tones and charcoal accents that complement a beautiful limestone fireplace.
Andrew Joseph: What would your dream project or dream client be right now?
Natalia Miyar: My dream project is a lifestyle hotel in Havana, Cuba. I would draw on the rich design heritage of the city and use the natural landscape as color inspiration. I strongly believe in contextual design, and there is much to draw from in Havana. Of course, the service and food are essential to making a great hotel, and I’d love to get involved in everything from the staff uniforms to making a great cocktail.
AJ: What are your ideal weekend plans?
NM: My ideal weekend plans have equal parts activity and relaxation. Drinks and early dinner on Friday – I go straight from work to a restaurant where I’m a regular, and they know what I like. Saturday is for walking in the park, visiting the farmer’s market near my house, and maybe taking a sound bath class which I love. It’s so soothing. Saturday evening, I entertain at home. I’ve prepped everything in advance and would serve simple food with ingredients sourced from the market. Sunday is all downtime, lots of reading and catching up on a good series, and early to bed.
This dining room is a beautiful blend of 18th-century French style with modern twists. The vintage French mirror and Lausanne Beaux Art mushroom prints add an authentic touch to the room, while the saturated shades of blue, gold velvet and rich textures create an exuberant dining atmosphere.
AJ: Describe your design style as if you were explaining it to someone who cannot see.
NM: My design style is best described as internationally resonant, spatially intelligent, and intricately crafted. I come from a diverse cultural background – born in Mexico to Cuban-American parents – which continues to inform much of my work. Think of layered texture and ambiance, paired with a carefully considered mix of furnishings, tactility, and pattern that brings a space to life and imbues warmth to create an easy and enjoyable atmosphere to live and spend time in.
AJ: How would you describe your personal style?
NM: I’m always inspired by travel, spaces, and places – all of which inform many of my stylistic choices. I see my style as a balance of being glamorous yet comfortable and fun without taking itself too seriously. I love playing with texture, pattern, and tactility – using prints to tell stories, creating spaces and atmospheres that feel serene and livable but sophisticated and elegant, and drawing cues from the surrounding context and culture.
“La Valette” wallpaper by Maison Pierre Frey covers virtually every surface in this bedroom, creating a cohesive and elegant overall look.
AJ: What are you most proud of?
NM: I’m exceptionally proud of my first hospitality project, the recently opened hotel and private member’s club, The Twenty Two in Mayfair, London. It was a lot of fun shifting from private residences to designing a hospitality space. The design vision for the project juxtaposed classical design elements with distinct saturated colors to create a relaxed yet exuberant feel to serve as London’s living room, somewhere guests could check in and feel right at home.
AJ: What’s inspiring you in life (in the industry) right now?
NM: I’m always inspired by young creatives, designers, and artists who create boundary-pushing work and have their own defined creative practice. I’m currently admiring and inspired by the work of makers like Reinaldo Sanguino, whose tactile ceramic pieces I collect. I’m always inspired by nature and recently visited Sardinia for the first time. The rugged landscape and myriad shades of blue were incredibly inspiring.
About the Designer | Natalia Miyar Atelier’s creative approach is a convergence of the founder’s global perspective on design, explicitly drawn from Miyar’s diverse cultural background. Each project seeks inspiration from its location and is primarily guided by its context’s site, heritage, and stylistic influences, introducing an interplay and juxtaposition of new materials to make spaces inviting, sophisticated, and undeniably livable.
Miyar’s passion for the visual world is a driving force of the larger Natalia Miyar Atelier practice – inspiring a lifelong study of texture, color, concept, and contrast, apparent throughout a varied body of work coupled with the ongoing commitment to helping clients realize their own decorative identity. Projects include a grand English villa; a vibrant Miami family home; a contemporary London apartment; a nuanced Manhattan penthouse; a secluded escape in the hills of Ibiza; a chalet in St. Moritz; a beach retreat in the Bahamas, and her first ever hotel and private member’s club in London.
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