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special feature designing duos

Gray Davis and
Will Meyer
Founders
Meyer Davis Studio, New York and Los Angeles
How did you meet?
Will Meyer: On Tinder.
Gray Davis: Actually, it was ChristianMingle.
WM: We met at Auburn University [in

Alabama], but we got to know each other in New
York through a group of mutual friends who had
all gone to school together and were working in
the design field.

Why did you want to work together?
GD: David Braly, a professor from Auburn

University, who is a good friend and taught both
of us, always thought the two of us would work
well together, so he encouraged us to seriously
consider opening a practice together.
WM: David really launched the whole idea
because Gray and I weren't thinking that at all.
He thought we would complement each other.

Big break?
WM: V Bar, a nightclub at the Venetian in Las

Vegas. It was owned by New York nightlife
impresarios David Rabin and Will Regan.

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Firm motto?
WM: We always say, 'We design every inch of it'

meaning that we enjoy designing environments
that reflect a fully immersive and experiential
narrative.

Tell us about your design process.
GD: We kind of go back and forth, it's really

collaborative.
WM: At the beginning, we sit down at the table
with trace paper and pens and we literally draw
everything together. One of us will be drawing
up plans, the other will be doing perspectives,
looking up images, and so on.
GD: It's building all these little pieces and parts,
the plan, and the elevation. One of us will be
sketching and the other will say 'Okay, if you're
doing that, what if we did this?' and it starts to
take off.

What are each other's strengths and
weaknesses?
GD: Will's strengths are his beautiful

The lobby bar at 1 Hotel South Beach,
an eco-friendly resort in Florida



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Hospitality Design - July 2017
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
People: HD Awards
People: Siteseeing
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Brand Identity: Marriott
5 Questions for Mark Peters
Products
Designer Profile: Liz Powers
Leather
Lighting
Spa
HD Expo Recap
From the Show Director
People: HD Expo
IIDA/HD Product Design Competition Winners
Conference Highlights
Special Feature: Designing Duos
People: Real Vision
Andrew Zobler
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Liz Lambert
Adrian Zecha
Filippo Gabbiani
Evan Frank
Kelly Wearstler
William Heinecke
Rich Wolf
Benjamin Trigano
Gulla Jónsdóttir
Peter Mack
DesignAgency
Christophe Vielle
Soo K. Chan
Blu Spas
Ad Index
Back Space: Studio Collective
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