Athena Calderone

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About Athena Calderone

Athena Calderone is the founder and principal designer of Studio Athena Calderone, a multidisciplinary design studio based in New York.She is internationally recognized for shaping the future of design, emerging as the voice of a generation by redefining how we experience beauty through home and style.With storytelling at the core of her creative process, Athena fuses historical and contemporary gestures to craft environments and objects that are as soulful as they are functional. Through her interior design projects and product collaborations with global luxury brands, she extends her inventive eye beyond design, uncovering a common language through the ritual of gathering—where every detail is considered.She is also the founder of lifestyle platform EyeSwoon and the author of two books—Live Beautiful, a best-selling interior design tome, and Cook Beautiful, a James Beard Award winner.Athena’s work has been featured in prestigious titles including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, ELLE Decor further cementing her prominence in the global landscape of design and aesthetics. She resides in Manhattan with her husband and son.