WE already have IT ALL WITHIN.

“think of ME like a KEY: 
i help people unlock their POTENTIAL.” 
~ violette phoenix ~

GROUNDING &
INSPIRING

Violette Phoenix teaches people how to tap into their design potential, in a calming and compassionate way.

Violette’s passion for interiors, intuition, self-care, and self-discovery is contagious. She uplifts each and every student.

“VIOLETTE MAKES people feel safe
AND EXCITED to DISCOVER their design style.
AND THEMSELVES.”

“My goal is to teach people how to gently explore their inner landscapes, so that they can lovingly craft their outer landscapes: the physical spaces they inhabit.”

Learn more about Violette's Journey

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CREDENTIALS

  • 10 + YRS IN THE DESIGN FIELD

  • M.F.A. IN INTERIOR DESIGN, HIGH HONORS:

    • Graduated with High Honors from the New York School of Interior Design’s three-year Master of Fine Arts program

    • Ruben de Saavedra Scholarship: “Awarded to an outstanding MFA student who demonstrates exceptional talent and commitment to design.”

  • RECIPIENT OF THE CHAIRMAN’S AWARD

    • Awarded to 1 student at graduation for outstanding overall performance in the MFA program.

  • 2+ YEARS OF INTENSIVE STUDY OF ENERGY HEALING MODALITIES

    • Born a sensitive soul, Violette has always been attuned to the energy of the beings around her. As a child she felt the energy of people, animals, and nature.

    • Over the past decade, as she has leaned into healing modalities, such as therapy, yoga, meditation, sound healing, and more, she has unlocked further capacities within the energetic realms.

    • She is passionate about helping others learn to ground their energy, let go of anything no longer serving them, tap into inspirational frequencies, and return to their true center: their intuition.

  • B.S. IN BUSINESS, SUMMA CUM LAUDE

    • Graduated early from Washington and Lee University

    • Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society

    • Johnson Rosasco Scholar: Awarded for "possessing integrity, initiative, independence, self-discipline, drive and leadership.”

    • Elected Peer Counselor: trained to emotionally support fellow students in finding their way through college

    • Study abroad in Copenhagen; courses in Scandinavian Design and Positive Psychology

  • ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP AT SCAD

    • Awarded at Savannah College of Art and Design “for demonstrating outstanding academic and artistic merit”

  • LEADING THE WAY AWARD

    • Awarded by Senior Vice President for “innovation, leadership, and dedication” while working at Hewlett-Packard, HP.com

Awards and accolades do not matter much to Violette.

Awards are just indicative of her passion for creating spaces:
both physical interior spaces,
and emotional inner spaces.

AWARD-WINNINg

Violette Phoenix won numerous national and international design awards and competitions during her time designing interiors :

BOUTIQUE HOTEL DESIGN WINNER: Violette Phoenix was a winner in one category of the 18th Annual HD Awards for the interior design of a hotel in Montréal. “The Hospitality Design Awards honors the year’s best and most innovative achievements in design

BOUTIQUE HOTEL DESIGN WINNER: Violette Phoenix was a winner in one category of the 18th Annual HD Awards for the interior design of a hotel in Montréal. “The Hospitality Design Awards honors the year’s best and most innovative achievements in design from around the globe.”

“FUTURE 100” WINNER: Violette Phoenix (nee Chartock) was named one of Metropolis Magazine’s inaugural Future 100 for “defining and reimagining the practice of architecture and interior design.”

“FUTURE 100” WINNER: Violette Phoenix (nee Chartock) was named one of Metropolis Magazine’s inaugural Future 100 for “defining and reimagining the practice of architecture and interior design.”

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD: Violette was awarded silver prize in the 14th International Design Awards (IDA) for a retail interior design project.

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD: Violette was awarded silver prize in the 14th International Design Awards (IDA) for a retail interior design project.

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO WINNER: The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Portfolio Competition “generates the best collection of design projects in the nation.” Evaluated on conceptual thought, content of work, and achievement." Violette

NATIONAL PORTFOLIO WINNER: The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Portfolio Competition “generates the best collection of design projects in the nation.” Evaluated on conceptual thought, content of work, and achievement." Violette was a 2021 Winner.

RECIPIENT OF THE CHAIRMAN’S AWARD: Awarded to 1 student at graduation for outstanding overall performance in the MFA program.

RECIPIENT OF THE CHAIRMAN’S AWARD: Awarded to 1 student at graduation for outstanding overall performance in the MFA program.

SHOWCASE: VIOLETTE’S PAST
INTERIOR DESIGN WORK

Below are select images from projects that Violette designed from scratch.
Some projects were built, some remain in the conceptual phase.
In both cases, Violette designed the interior architecture and interior design, unique for each of the brands, spas, hotels, and residences.

  • Residential bathroom

  • Ski Chalet Hotel

  • custom kitchenette

  • Health Restaurant

  • fitness studio

  • california loft

  • Cozy nook

  • calacatta viola

  • edgy modern

  • Skin store Lounge

  • Ski Chalet

  • rustic contemporary

  • breakfast nook

  • floral sophistication

  • Guest bedroom

  • custom Sink design

  • Wellness Locker Room

  • Fitness Brand

  • Coworkspace Kitchen

  • kitchenette

  • sunlight studio

  • tribeca apartment

  • pink tiger bedroom

WHILE THESE PROJECTS REFLECT HER PREVIOUS CLIENT’S STYLES,

Violette teaches her students
how to design in any aesthetic style
& to develop their own style.

The qualities exemplified in Violette’s interior design projects extend to her teaching style:
attention to detail, infusion of care, inspiring well-being for all beings.

young violette phoenix as a child

VIOLETTE’S JOURNEY

If you asked my younger self:
 
     "what will be your path to creating INTUITION & INTERIORS ?"

  she could never have imagined...

BEHIND THE SCENES

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STORY TIME

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BEHIND THE SCENES 〰️ STORY TIME 〰️

IT WAS TWISTY TURN-Y

AS ALL OF our LIFE PATHS ARE

On paper, it looked “on the up and up”.

I had graduated from a liberal arts university, worked in marketing, product management, and website design.

However, inside I was left feeling numb and purposeless.

I was blindly chasing achievement without being grounded in meaning.

My mental health and soul health needed something more.

In 2015, I made a leap and left my desk job to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design. Looking back, this was a necessary step in learning design and drawing techniques.

I knew I needed to make a life shift. 

but I was unsure of my place within the art world at first.

IT TOOK A NUMBER OF YEARS OF SELF-REFLECTION BEFORE I FINALLY REALIZED:

as a child, I had always loved designing interior worlds.

It took a number of years exploring different art disciplines, and doing deep inner work, and self reflection, before I finally realized,

Drawing, building, envisioning spaces lit me up.

I loved creating pillow forts, The Sims computer mansions, exploring friends homes, rearranging my room. 

Anything where I could imagine spaces and life within them.

I was fascinated with how the design of an interior space affected how people felt inside of themselves.

LIGHTBULB MOMENT

Interior design was calling to me. 
So I went to graduate school to learn the nitty-gritty

I applied and went to graduate school to learn the technical details of interior architecture and interior design. I loved every moment of it. The small class sizes and close student-teacher relationships.

Following school, I started my own firm, designing interiors for residential and hospitality clients, 

But something felt slightly amiss...
I had realized my interests, my talents, but not my calling, my purpose in life.

My heart ached to help more people. On a deeper level. My intuition was nudging me to go beneath the surface of aesthetics.

As counter intuitive as it felt,
I knew in my gut that I needed to pause from working
in order to pull back and gain insight.

How did I want to be living my life?
The mindset of: hustle, push harder, chase achievement had left me depleted.

I wanted to help
more people in more profound ways.

I took a year long sabbatical to discover: 
What did I truly value?

Something (my intuition!) told me that the ethos of
~ move slower, find your flow, just be ~
would nourish my spirit and forever change my life.

FIND YOUR FLOW
SLOW DOWN
allow yourself to
JUST BE

I started to see the beauty
that was all around me.

Slowing down allows us to sense:

Sense the things around us. Sense the things we need.

(How cool that both forms of “sensing” are key to designing interiors.)

Feeling invisible, intuitive waves of guidance,

I followed what I was naturally drawn to: I spent time in nature, meditating, reigniting my senses, reconnecting with people,

learning to rest, to find my innate creative spark, and to let go.

Everything we need is already inside.

I redesigned my interior, inspired by my soul

From this place of soul-alignment, I redesigned the interior of my apartment and experienced the first-hand effects of living in a space that is self-sourced:

inspired by your soul, brought to life by your mind and body.

Through a process of accepting and embracing my true self, and learning to trust myself,

my life started to transform and open up. 
My interior was a launchpad for my life.
through that process of tapping into my intuition, my purpose became clear.

OUR INTUITION KNOWS THE WAY:

It is: help others

experience the freedom, self-empowerment, peace, and bliss that can come from designing their own spaces.

It is: teach people how to reflect on:

what it is we truly desire, 
and how we want to feel … and then 
design spaces to support those feelings.

(This photo is from the day I began putting together this course: a creation from my interior to yours: from my heart to yours.)

I DISCOVERED HOW TO FEEL
THE BEAUTY THAT HAD
ALWAYS been there.

Inside of me & ALL Around me.
I just couldn’t feel it before.

Now I can. SO CAN YOU.

reawaken Your
innate CREATIVITY
&
REACQUAINT WITH YOUR INTUITION.

I can’t wait to share with you the practices that I have developed for these courses.
The practices that opened up my senses, fostered my creativity, and EXPANDED MY joy of life.

Explore our courses

I Teach YOU:
Not “ what to design”.
BUT, “HOW to design".

So YOU can experience
YOUR OWN POWER‍ ‍
AS YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN SPACES.

“When we feel nourished and supported,
that positive energy pours out
into the rest of our lives.”

YOU KNOW YOU,
BEST.

No one else can design your space like you can, 
like you have the potential to, when you learn to feel and follow your design intuition.

" When we feel self-expressed, self-loved, self-confident because of the interiors that we design, we change how we interact with the world. "

~ Violette Phoenix, Founder

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READY to experience the power of INTUITION & interiors?

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