Commercial design

Studio Formichella offers commercial interior design services throughout New York City, creating offices, showrooms, hospitality spaces, terraces, and installations with a distinct sense of character.

We bring together interiors, landscape, art, and custom elements to shape spaces that reflect the people, brands, and ideas behind them.

our Design Process

01
Discovery

To begin, we get to know the space, the business, and the experience you want to create. We consider how the environment needs to function, how people will move through it, and what should make it memorable.

From there, we bring in our trusted team of architects, contractors, fabricators, landscape professionals, and craftspeople to define and refine the scope of work.

02
Curation

This is when the visual language of the project begins to take shape. We develop the concept, work through the layout, and select materials, furnishings, lighting, art, plantings, and custom details.

Each decision is made in conversation with the architecture and identity of the space, balancing creative expression with the practical needs of the business.

03
Installation

We oversee sourcing, procurement, project coordination, installation, and final styling. Whether we are completing an office interior, planting a showroom, or creating a large-scale floral installation, we stay closely involved through the final detail.

For seasonal and evolving spaces, we can also continue the design story through ongoing refreshes and new installations.

Commercial DESIGN PROJECTS

  • A FOUNDATION OFFICE

    A phased renovation reimagined this Midtown workplace as a more open and meaningful environment rooted in the foundation’s mission, art collection, and daily work.

  • NORDSTROM FLORAL INSTALLATIONS

    Architectural floral installations transform the jewelry showroom through fresh and preserved botanicals designed to evolve throughout the year.

  • PROENZA SCHOULER SHOWROOM

    Sculptural, tonal plantings bring a lush counterpoint to the sleek materials and modern furnishings of the fashion brand’s SoHo showroom.

  • BISTRO VERDE

    Each summer, Nordstrom’s Midtown terrace becomes a vibrant open-air escape shaped by lush greenery, playful florals, and the unmistakable color of an Italian aperitivo.

studio formichella Specialties

From permanent interiors to seasonal installations, our commercial work brings together function, storytelling, and a love of spaces with a strong point of view.

  • We design offices and public-facing spaces that support the way people work, gather, and move through the day while reflecting the character of the organization.

  • We create showrooms and retail environments where furnishings, lighting, art, display, and plant life work together to complement the brand and its collections.

  • From restaurants and lounges to rooftop and sidewalk terraces, we create welcoming spaces that invite people to settle in and stay awhile.

  • We create floral and plant installations at an architectural scale, combining fresh, dried, and preserved materials to bring movement and life to a space.

  • We develop planting concepts for commercial interiors and outdoor spaces, selecting each variety for its form, color, texture, and relationship to the surrounding architecture.

  • We source art and objects, style finished spaces, and collaborate with fabricators and makers on one-of-a-kind elements designed specifically for the project.

Work With Us

Commercial spaces often need to do many things at once. They need to support the people who use them, express a clear identity, and remain flexible enough to change over time. We believe those needs should add to the creative process rather than limit it.

Studio Formichella works as a deliberately small, hands-on team. We bring the same attention to art, color, lighting, and materiality to a workplace or showroom that we would to a home, while staying closely attuned to operations, durability, timing, and daily use.

We are especially drawn to projects that allow different disciplines to meet. Interiors may extend into landscape, floral design may become sculpture, and a functional element may also become the detail that gives the space its personality.

Our Approach

FAQs

What types of commercial design projects do you take on?

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We work on offices, showrooms, retail environments, hospitality spaces, restaurants, terraces, branded installations, and other public-facing projects. Our involvement can range from a complete interior transformation to a focused planting, styling, or installation project.

Do you design office interiors?

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Yes. We design workplaces that support the needs of the team while reflecting the identity, values, and mission of the organization. This may include space planning, furnishings, lighting, materials, art, and custom elements.

Absolutely. We begin by understanding the brand, its audience, and the experience it wants to create. From there, we translate that identity into a physical environment without making the space feel overly literal or expected.

Can you work within an established brand identity?

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Do you offer landscape and floral design for commercial spaces?

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Yes. Landscape, planting, and floral design are central to many of our commercial projects. We create everything from showroom plantings and restaurant terraces to large-scale botanical installations and seasonal displays.

Do you coordinate with architects, contractors, and fabricators?

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Yes. We collaborate with architects, contractors, landscape professionals, fabricators, installers, and craftspeople throughout the process. We help coordinate each phase and stay closely involved through installation and final styling.