ABOUT MARK ZEFF

Based in New York City, MARKZEFF is an international, full-service design-consulting firm. Following its philosophy of natural fusion, MARKZEFF blends interior and environmental design and brand development to create experiences that inspire and stimulate the senses. Mark Zeff, founder and president of MARKZEFF approaches each project, from luxury yachts to the development of global brands and revolutionary hospitality ventures, with a holistic design methodology that embodies its natural fusion philosophy. With innovation as its bedrock, Mark Zeff delivers cutting edge design with an eye for elegance and style.

Over the last 25 years, MARKZEFF has evolved from a residential design firm into one of the nation’s leading multi-disciplinary boutique design agencies.
Zeff believes the attention to detail given to its private residential clients is essential to its success and is a characteristic the firm has maintained through its evolution. Mark Zeff, founder of MARKZEFF, began his career in the United States working with private clients throughout the world including Hilary Swank and Gabriel Bryne among others.  The strength and range of the firm’s residential projects laid the groundwork for its expansion into commercial design and branding.
 
The firm is involved with a number of mixed-use development and master planning projects including its work with Morgans Hotel Group on the re-design and expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The design company completed its first project in Hong Kong for Another Department/Emperor Group, a concept store, Brother & Sister in Kowloon and in development is a 200-room hotel in the center of Hong Kong that will have two restaurants and a rooftop spa. MARKZEFF has also set the standard for luxury spas with the concepts and interiors for the Cornelia Spa on Fifth Avenue and Sense, a Rosewood Spa at The Carlyle Hotel, both located in New York City.

MARKZEFF is counted among the Top-200 Interior Design Giants and the top 75 Hospitality Giants in Interior Design magazine. MARKZEFF is an award wining firm whose many accolades include:  The Hospitality Design Award for Best Hotel/Day Spa, Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design, Best of The Year by Interior Design, How International Design Award for Environmental Graphics, and Print magazine’s Design Annual Award and Creativity + Commerce.

MARKZEFF’s work has appeared in numerous publications including: The New York Times, Interior Design, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Travel + Leisure, Financial Times How to Spend It, I.D., Details, Hospitality Design, New York, Food & Wine, Wallpaper, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Philadelphia Inquirer among others.