2024 Design 9 Awards
Winner of Best Contemporary Residence
+ Home of the Year
“STUDIO SVEN CONJURES UP A DRAMATIC WEST LOOP RETREAT THAT PERFECTLY CAPTURES A CREATIVE CLIENT’S PERSONALITY.”
“Layered in eye-catching details, the home feels a far cry from its white-walled origins.”
“I use (this project) with other clients as an example of how I work and what happens when you’re on the same page.”
“Principal Lauren Svenstrup has made a name for herself with bold, highly curated design projects across Chicago AND beyond.”
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"First on the list was a rich, saturated color palette ... which Svenstrup combined with dramatic instances of large-scale pattern and scene-stealing furnishings."
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"He dreamed of a home built for entertaining, but more importantly he wanted a space that was reflective of him, his hobbies, passions [and] successes.
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"Lauren Svenstrup breaks down her approach to designing practical, sophisticated spaces for men."
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"For Svenstrup, whose process explores the disruptive, the aspirational, and the countercultural, design is a tool of communication and of expression."
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"Lauren Svenstrup has made a name for herself with bold, highly curated design projects... Here, the rising star designer shares some of her favorite finds."
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"Lauren focuses on creating a space that looks fabulous but is also comfortable enough to live in."
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Svenstrup frequently facilitates commissioned artworks. Her projects reflect the hobbies and interests of her clients..
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"In city living, we embrace the beauty and comfort of dining banquettes."
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"I wanted each space to have a distinct vibe but cohesively play off of one another.”
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"Chicago designer Lauren Svenstrup chatted up the seller of the green marble table, leading to her also nabbing the Venini Prism Chandelier."
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“Lauren Svenstrup has never been timid about color.”
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"Lauren Svenstrup says residential isn’t only about feelings."
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“Lauren’s creativity is clear from top to bottom in the finished loft.”
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"Naturally inquisitive, the designer continually seeks to interrogate design choices and solutions to mine the deeper constructs of a client’s needs."
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“I can’t fix a marriage,” she says, “but I can make a couple’s home a place they both love.”