GANJI
Design Executive, Luxury Residential + Hospitality
I lead the design of luxury environments from strategic vision through delivery, building the teams, standards and systems that allow design quality to scale across complex project portfolios.
I am an interior architect and design executive with more than fifteen years of experience across luxury residential, hospitality, furniture and fashion. My work combines creative direction with the commercial, technical and operational judgment required to deliver complex projects from initial brief through construction and handover.
Dubai-raised and internationally experienced, I began my career in the UAE, where I founded and led a luxury fashion house before expanding into interior architecture, bespoke furniture and hospitality design in the United States. This multidisciplinary background continues to shape my approach to narrative, proportion, materiality and the creation of distinctive branded environments.
Today, I direct a portfolio of high-end residential projects, overseeing design strategy, consultant coordination, documentation, procurement, construction administration and final installation.
I work closely with clients, architects, engineers, contractors, fabricators and specialist consultants to translate ambitious concepts into buildable, commercially responsible and carefully executed environments.
Alongside creative leadership, I develop the standards, quality controls and project systems that support design teams across multiple concurrent developments. My focus is not only on producing a compelling vision, but on ensuring that vision remains coherent through technical coordination, value engineering, procurement and delivery.
Education
2014 - 2015
New York University · MA Individualized Studies: Luxury Brand Management
2008 - 2012
American University in Dubai · BfA Interior Architecture
Certifications
Revit Architecture Certified Professional · Autodesk · Credential ID 00196544
Luxury Fashion Brand Management · London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Design Thinking · IDEO U
Product Management · eCornell, Cornell University
Professional Coaching · University of Miami
Core Competencies
Design & Delivery Design direction · Concept & Schematic Design · Design Development · Space Planning · FF&E specification · Custom Furniture & Millwork · Materials & Finishes · Lighting · Construction Documentation + Administration · Value Engineering
Operations & Systems Design Operations · Standards of Practice · Product Lifecycle Management · Workflow & Database Design · Process Automation · Programme & Budget Control
Procurement & Logistics Procurement Management · Vendor & Fabricator Networks · Shop Drawing Review · Long-Lead Item Tracking · Freight, Customs & Warehousing · Installation Sequencing and Coordination
Leadership Portfolio & Multi-project Management · Team Building & Coaching · Consultant & Contractor Coordination · Operator Brand Standards · Client & Executive Stakeholder Management
Laguages English, German and Farsi (native/bilingual) ·
French (professional working) · Arabic and Italian (elementary)
Selected Publications
2026
Architectural Digest, Rick Ross’s Miami Beach House
2026
Hospitality Net, Rimrock Emblem Collections
2025
Condé Nast Traveller, 1 Hotel Seattle: A nature-first urban retreat with views of the Space Needle.
2025
Travel + Leisure, World's Best Awards: 1 Hotel Seattle
2024
California Home + Design, A New Beginning
2023
Architectural Digest, The Lakefront Seattle Escape of Celebrity Hairstylist Jen Atkin Was Meant To Be
2023
2023
Architectural Digest, Inside the Mesmerizing Hamptons Home of Photographers Inez and Vinoodh
2017
Style.com/Arabia , Swarovski Highlights Neo-Arabia
2016
Hello! Magazine, Olivia Culpo Reveals All About Her Fashion Favorites, Print
2015
Nowfashion, A Middle Eastern Renaissance
2015
Mojeh Magazine, Finding The One, Print
2015
Grazia Luxury, Print
2013
Hello! Magazine, Couture's Orchid, Print
Presentations + Exhibits
2016
Orkalia - Spring Summer 2017 Collection Launch at Paris Fashion Week
2016
Spring Summer 2017 Collection Review at Fashion Forward Dubai
2016
Orkalia - Ramadan Collaboration with HRH Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum
2016
Orkalia - Fall Winter 2016 Collection Review at Fashion Forward Dubai
2015
Spring Summer 2016 Collection Review at Fashion Forward Dubai
2015
Fall Winter 2015 Collection Reviewat Fashion Forward Dubai
2015
2015
2012
Spring Summer 2015 Collection Launch - "Breakfast at Orkalia"
Spring Summer 2015 Collection Review at Siddharta Lounge Dubai
Rolls Royce Launch Phantom II Model with Runway Show