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Design Collab & Associates

DCA is a creator of brand environments, with international experience in the design of art installations, accessories and styling allocation.

Our original artists, designers and curators have experience

spanning over 20 years of collective fine arts, art history and interior design, with a focus on luxury hospitality and high-end residential projects.

Design Collab & Associates
Founder
Grace Sun

Grace has over 20 years experience in design and project management, business development and client relations for the interior and art design world. Her career as spanned working for in- house for interior design consultancy, as design and art director for hotel developers, as well as owners representative for hospitality projects across Greater China and Asia Pacific.
As Founder for DCA, Grace provides the vision and support for the team, the direction of design, and the dialogue between owner, operator, interior designer and artists.

Grace holds a double Bachelor Degree in Business and Arts from the University of NSW, a Masters in Media and Communications from Monash University, and a Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management Certificate from Cornell University.

Head of Design
Dennis Tan

Dennis started his interior design career in 1996. He is an experienced hospitality designer with specialization in Food & Beverage design. Recently heading a F&B team in a reputable international firm as a Design Director, his projects cover Southeast Asia, China, East Asia, and South Asia with multiple clients Brand’s operators and owners with overseas postings in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.

Dennis is proficient in the technicalities of F&B design while commanding outstanding design flair and feel to produce amazing hospitality F&B outlets; making his designs a key component of the dining experience.

Key highlights in his career were a 2-time nomination & finalist for the 34th and 39th IHMR Gold Key awards for Best Resort & Best Hotel Upscale categories in which he and his team designed and completed the F&B areas of Sofitel Nusa Dua Bali & Renaissance Xi’an.
His team also worked on the F&B at ITC Grand Chola Chennai which was awarded the "Best Business Hotel" award at the third Annual Lonely Planet Magazine Travel Awards 2014 and Conde Nast Traveller Award for “Best Leisure Hotel”.respectively.

Art Director
Pier Djerejian-Shiever

A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's Fine Arts program, PIER has been part of curatorial team of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Andy Warhol Museum, the International Contemporary Art Fair in Gramercy, and the Gaja Gallery in Singapore.

From 2001 to 2019, she was the co-founder of The Changing Room in Hong Kong, where she worked on a number of high-profile projects: Duddell's in Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt Seoul, and completed art and sculpture for Rosewood Hotel Phuket. She also collaborated with Ellerman to design accessories for Rosewood Beijing.

Pier is an art and accessories design consultant for DCA, working on the design, selection and sourcing of hotel and residential projects

Art Director
Selena Wang

Dev Director
Sylvia Zhao

Project Manager
Daniel Wang

Project Director
Ji Xu

Art Director
Judy Chen

Produetion Director
Dest Zhang

Art Director
Yvonne Fan

Project Director
Iris Lee

Project Director
Monica Chao

Art Director
Qiang Feng

Art Designer
Youvi Chow

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