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melissa haft
Senior Director, Design + Development Services
Two Roads Hospitality
San Francisco

Subtle references to Chinese culture in a Hotel 50 Bowery guestroom

I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles,
exposing me to iconic midcentury
architecture, museums, live performances,
and the sense of being in the center of
a place that the rest of the world was
watching on film and TV.
I am an identical twin, and my sister and I
were both avid about drawing, painting, and
crafts as kids. We were very DIY when it
came to Halloween costumes and school
art projects. My mother's favorite story
about me is when I brought home a drawing
from school of a horse galloping and it was
so realistic that she called my teacher to
make sure I had actually drawn it myself.
My twin is a graphic designer and now
designs for the hospitality management
software company Quore, so our work
worlds oddly align.
I was pretty involved in environmental
causes in college, so I toyed with the idea
of going into ecology or urban planning.

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Instead, I turned to sustainable design and
getting LEED accredited.
On an early family trip to Maui, we stayed at
the Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort,
and I loved every detail of the experience-
the service level, the luxury amenities, the
grand atrium lobby, and the sprawling pools
and terraces.
I earned my bachelor's in communication
studies at UCLA. Courses in literature,
creative writing, marketing, and psychology
have been incredibly helpful in what I do
today. I took many art history classes as
well, which prepared me for design school.
In my third year at UCLA, I studied abroad
in Florence and took my first interior
design class in drafting. I was hooked.
[After graduating], I entered the interior
architecture program at UCLA Extension.
Without understanding how much of
design knowledge is based in experience

and practical application, I took on two
internships at different design firms in my
first semester of design school. This was
the best decision I could have made. I was
working fulltime as a junior designer by my
second semester of school and continued this
while earning my design degree. I didn't sleep
much those three and a half years.
My first job in design was at Kirk Nix and
Associates (KNA Design) in LA. I was hurled
right into the development boom before
the Great Recession and spent four and a
half years working on projects for major
international developments.
I learned that most of what I studied in
design school looked very different in the
real world and that problem-solving and
good research skills are key to building one's
design awareness. Understanding design
details meant reverse engineering what I
wanted to create and becoming an expert in
every material and building technique.


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Hospitality Design - June 2017

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - June 2017

Hospitality Design - May 2017
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
Behind the Design
People: CitySCENE LA
People: CitySCENE Chicago
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Inspiration: Urban Rural by Eray Carbajo
5 Questions for Carlos Couturier
Products
Designer Profile: Dimore Studio
Casegoods
Flooring
Wallcoverings
Bedding
Wave of the Future
Chris Alvarado
Melissa Haft
BUCK.STUDIO
Studio Tack
Bells + Whistles
Sabine Vessnow Khera
James Waterworth
Projects
Products
Ad Index
Back Space
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Hospitality Design - June 2017 - Wave of the Future
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Hospitality Design - June 2017 - Melissa Haft
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Hospitality Design - June 2017 - BUCK.STUDIO
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Hospitality Design - June 2017 - Sabine Vessnow Khera
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