GRISANTI CUSSEN

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Gristanti & Cussen is an interior design office established in Santiago, Chile, founded by architect and professor Hugo Gristanti and designer Kana Cussen. Since 2007, the office has carried out numerous projects, including hotels, restaurants, stores, offices, cultural spaces, and residences.

The duo met in 2003, when Kana was studying design, and Hugo was the academic director of the department. Some years later, they began to collaborate as art directors for advertising contracts. Their common interest for creating atmospheres and spaces, along with a great friendship and senses of humor, led them to go into business together.

Some of their most emblematic projects — Hotel Bidasoa, Hotel Castillo Rojo, and the Arauco Cultural Center — have received recognition from important international institutions such as “Small Luxury Hotels of the World”. Among the international publications that have distributed their work are “Luxury Defined by Cristies Real Estate” and “Arch Daily”, among others. They have also received several awards at Casacor and Casa FOA showings in Chile. In 2015, they were also named best decorators in the country by ED Magazine.

Concepts, functionality, and the aesthetic dimension are the fundamental pillars of Grisanti & Cussen. They design with people in mind, seeking to interpret a space’s future users and improve their experience via the senses. Each new commission is approached as a universe of its own. They are not restricted to one style in particular, and their work feeds directly on the artistic sphere. They mix past and present, with results that always surprise the user. In each of their projects, they strive for the space to tell a story.

“THE BLEND OF STYLES AND TRENDS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED IN THE SEAL OF OUR WORK”.
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