Projects
Cristina Grajales is a distinguished and highly regarded design consultant due to a non-traditional approach to design that is most clearly reflected in her innovative and unique interiors. Grajales assimilates modern design with new trends to create one-of-a kind environments. The client’s character is a part of the design process and is incorporated into the creation of a personal setting. Grajales' clients include noted art dealers, collectors, interior designers, and architects. Grajales’s interiors are widely considered works of art unto themselves and have been featured in magazines that include Architectural Digest, German Vogue, Casa Vogue Brazil, and The New York Times Magazine.
Betil Dagdelen for Dining by Design - DIFFA
Betil Dagdelen designed a booth for 1stdibs at the Dining by Design event held by DIFFA. Dagdelen was inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico home and desert landscapes. The space evokes the tranquility of the desert. The hand-woven benches and lamps bring the shades and textures from the dessert into this room. Photo credit: Erik Bardin, @ebar...
Project Date: March, 2016
The Schumacher, No. 36 Bleecker Street
Cristina Grajales Gallery is honored to be involved in the development of The Schumacher, an extraordinary Romanesque Revival-style printing house, re-envisioned as a residential building on Bleecker Street. Cristina Grajales was chosen to curate art and furniture for The Schumacher's lobby, public spaces, sales gallery and interior renderings...
Project Date: February, 2015
HATCh Showroom
In collaboration with HATCh, Cristina Grajales Gallery is pleased exhibit a beautiful installation of Hechizoo textiles in the unique setting of a downtown fashion showroom. The Hechizoo panels are a beautiful complement to HATCh's collection...
Project Date: September, 2014
The James Hotel, New York
Cristina acted as a furnishings and interior curator for this luxury boutique hotel in Soho, New York. She handpicked the textiles and lighting elements of the hotel’s Sky Lobby to enhance the warm and welcoming ambiance. Cristina utilized Hechizoo's contemporary designs that emerge from a rich Latin American tradition of textiles...
Project Date: September, 2010
57 Irving Place
Manhattan condo model at 57 Irving Place is curated by Cristina Grajales to showcase the apartment's modern aesthetics. Grajales collected items from emerging and established artists to furnish the three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom apartment, incorporating pieces from Espasso, Mira Nakashima, Michele Oka Doner, and Madeline Weinrib Atelier...
Project Date: January, 2010
165 Charles Street, lobby
165 Charles Street in Manhattan, New York was designed by Richard Meier & Partners and completed in 2006. Cristina Grajales Gallery was chosen to design the lobby of this modern residential landmark. The lobby features the work of Hechizoo and Dune...
Project Date: September, 2009
Park Avenue Apartment
Cristina Grajales was hired to redesign a Park Avenue bedroom and bathroom, which had been damaged by water. The interiors feature the works of Hechizoo and Jose Parla...
Project Date: January, 2008
165 Charles Street, 10th floor
The 10th floor of 165 Charles Street was curated by Cristina Grajales to showcase the apartment's modern interiors. Because of the glass facade, incredible views and magnificent light, the objective was to create a warm and inviting space. This installation included the work of Hechizoo, Noll, Prouve, Perriand and more. Grajales was also in charge of the art installations...
Project Date: March, 2006
Perry Street Townhouse
In 2005, Cristina Grajales designed the interiors of a West Village Townhouse owned by a New York based architect and developer...
Project Date: April, 2005
Soho Loft, New York
Elia and Mariana Zois’s magnificent space was featured on the front cover of Town & Country magazine in October 2004. Originally the gallery of legendary art dealer Leo Castelli, the loft offers a spacious floor plan and sunny lighting...
Project Date: October, 2004
Chelsea Apartment
Art dealer Perry Rubenstein’s Chelsea apartment, presented Cristina Grajales with the challenge to create a gallery setting inside the home with the furniture acting as a backdrop for an extensive art collection. Grajales utilized exquisite examples of Nakashima, Donald Judd, Hans Wegner, T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings to create a refined setting that coexisted with the art collection...
Project Date: October, 2004
Winery, Santa Ynez Valley, California
This signature home designed by the architect Hugh Newell Jacobson included high ceilings, which presented a unique challenge to Cristina Grajales and her design team. She combined the brightly colored Navajo rugs with a 12 foot long Nakashima table and an 18th century Portuguese table to bring warmth to the cavernous space...
Project Date: October, 2002