{"id":5166,"date":"2016-10-27T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decorilla.com\/online-decorating\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:28:53","slug":"celebrity-designer-spotlight-peti-lau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decorilla.com\/online-decorating\/celebrity-designer-spotlight-peti-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Designer Spotlight: Peti Lau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cYou can always live life in a beautiful way.\u201d -Peti Lau<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern Renaissance woman, Peti Lau,<\/a> inspires not only as an interior designer but a lifestyle guru as well. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a background rich in culture, travel, and the arts, Peti immerses her energy and passion in everything she takes on. Her entrepreneurial spirit has led her to experiences as a restaurant + bar owner, an international clothing line designer, and eventually, a renowned interior designer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With over ten years of Hospitality, High-End Residential, and Commercial experience, this New York City based designer has made quite a name for herself collaborating with top firms like iCrave<\/i> and Jeff Lincoln.<\/i> She has developed a style she calls AristoFreak\u2122 which distinguishes her unique approach to design.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recently, we caught up with Peti to learn more about what drives her as a designer, the importance of branding, and the use of technology to share design through her eyes. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What brought you to design?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t have the typical background for most interior designers. Many things came before design; I was always creative, and I love to travel. I studied to be an opera singer and classical pianist which is what I thought I was going to do. But, I had incredible opportunities along the way like starting my own restaurant and launching a clothing line for chefs in Bali, Hawaii and India. My design career really started in Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My feeling was: This is it! This is what I was meant to do!<\/i> After being in Asia for seven years, I went back to the U.S. and have been building my business for the past ten years. So, I didn\u2019t have the traditional sense of trajectory in my career. With design, I kind of fell into it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve shared that you\u2019re inspired by your travels and living in various places around the world. How does this inspiration come through?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I developed my own style which I call Aristofreak. Aristofreak does not fit into one traditional style. It\u2019s very much like a lifestyle, a combination, a bit of everything. Eclectic is everywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s definitely a trend that I see…we are all so global and eclectic. So, Aristofreak is Old World mixed with a splash of the unexpected. It\u2019s a style that is worldly, dramatic, romantic and there\u2019s always a bit of luxury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n