What Young huh does

Young Huh Interior Design is a privately held, founder-owned luxury interior design firm headquartered at 150 West 28th Street, Suite 803 in New York City. Founded in 2007 by Young Huh, a Detroit native who transitioned from a legal career to interior design, the firm operates as a full-service boutique practice with 11-50 employees. It specializes in luxury residential interiors for high-net-worth clients and hospitality design for restaurants, hotels, and clubs, with projects executed primarily in the New York metropolitan area, the Hamptons, Philadelphia, and Turks and Caicos. Each project is bespoke, conceived and tailored to the client's personality, with fees structured around project scope, complexity, and duration on a quote basis.

The firm's core technology stack consists of design software, mood boarding, and project management tools used to deliver residential and hospitality interiors. Beyond professional design services, Young Huh has built a growing licensing business through named collaborations with manufacturers: the YH x Fromental Soru Collection of wallcoverings, the YH x AKDO Kaleidoscope and Essence tile collections, and the YH x Modern Matter home goods line. The firm also operates Shop Young Huh, an online boutique for antique decor and vintage furniture. The brand is supported by a multi-channel marketing presence spanning Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, email newsletters, press coverage in major publications, podcast appearances, and participation in designer show houses such as Kips Bay Decorator Show House.

The business model rests on two revenue streams: (1) professional services fees from bespoke design projects billed on a project basis, and (2) licensing royalties from product collaborations with manufacturing partners that distribute through their own global channels. Customers are acquired through industry reputation, press coverage, designer show houses, and referral networks, with no disclosed public pricing. The firm has been recognized on Elle Decor's A-List every year from 2019 to 2025 and on Architectural Digest's AD100 for 2023, 2024, and 2025, with the AD100 2026 also referenced on the website. The company operates as an LLC domiciled in New York, has no outside institutional investors, and shows no signs of ownership transition.

Name

Young huh

Legal name

Young Huh LLC

Website

https://younghuh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Young Huh Interior Design is a New York-based, founder-owned luxury interior design firm specializing in full-service residential and hospitality interiors, supplemented by licensed product collections with AKDO, Fromental, and Modern Matter.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Interior Design Services: Full-service interior design services for luxury residential and commercial interiors, billed on a project basis with fees structured around scope, complexity, and project duration.
2. Licensed Collections: Growing line of licensed collections including YH x Fromental, YH x AKDO (Kaleidoscope and Essence Collections), and YH x Modern Matter. Revenue generated through licensing agreements with manufacturing partners.
3. Hospitality Projects: Design services for restaurants, hotels, and clubs throughout the country, creating engaging design experiences for patrons.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Young Huh Interior Design is a full-service luxury interior design firm providing bespoke residential and hospitality interior design services, including apartments, townhouses, single-family homes, restaurants, hotels, and clubs. The firm also develops and licenses named product collections (YH x Fromental wallcoverings, YH x AKDO tile collections, YH x Modern Matter home goods) and operates Shop Young Huh, an online boutique for antique and vintage decor.

Product overview

Young Huh Interior Design is a full-service luxury interior design firm specializing in residential and hospitality interiors. The firm offers core design services in luxury residential interior design and hospitality design (restaurants, hotels, clubs), and has expanded into a growing line of licensed collections including YH x Fromental (wallcoverings), YH x Modern Matter (home goods), and YH x AKDO (tile collections including Kaleidoscope and Essence). The firm also operates Shop Young Huh, an online boutique selling antique decor and vintage furniture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Luxury Residential Interior Design Full-service luxury residential interior design for high-net-worth clients' primary residences and vacation homes, tailored to fit client personalities with clean, classic, and luxe styling.
• Hospitality Interior Design Interior design services for restaurants, hotels, resorts, and clubs nationwide, creating engaging design experiences tailored to each project's experience goals.
• YH x Fromental Collection Licensed wallcovering collaboration featuring the Soru Collection, with a radiant red sun and moon symbolizing balance and renewal drawn from Korean visual culture.
• YH x AKDO Kaleidoscope Collection Licensed tile collection with AKDO inspired by the purity of form and the drama of contrast.
• YH x AKDO Essence Collection Licensed tile collection with AKDO rooted in historic global patterns.
• YH x Modern Matter Collection Licensed home goods collection with Modern Matter, featuring jeweled and polished brass pieces infused with cultural and historical soul, melding classic and modern principles.
• Shop Young Huh Online boutique (also active on Instagram as @ShopYoungHuh) selling antique decor, vintage furniture, and unique finds curated from Young Huh's design career.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• AAPIDA (Asian American Pacific Islander Design Alliance)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Industry's first AAPI organization, co-founded by Young Huh, celebrating AAPI excellence in design and providing representation for AAPI design professionals and allies.
• Benjamin MoorecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYoung Huh partnered with Benjamin Moore for the Inside Design video series discussing layering color and patterns, public vs. private spaces, and creating a whole house color palette.
• Point Grace ResortcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing hospitality project at Point Grace Resort in Turks and Caicos, a boutique beachfront getaway where Young Huh designed interiors and the restaurant, featuring tropical design with touches of pink.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ken Fulk: Boutique luxury design firm combining residential, hospitality, and event design under a strong founder brand — directly comparable to Young Huh's integrated luxury practice and editorial profile.
• Roman and Williams: NYC-based luxury architecture and design studio with parallel hospitality (hotels, restaurants) and high-end residential practice. Closest direct comparable in scope, geography, and client profile to Young Huh's hospitality/residential mix.
• Thomas Hamel: NYC-based luxury interior designer with a residential and hospitality practice comparable in boutique scale, trans-Pacific aesthetic sensibility, and AD-tier press profile to Young Huh.
• Nate Berkus: Founder-led luxury interior design practice with a national media footprint and licensed product lines — directly comparable to Young Huh in brand-equity-building strategy and licensing approach.
• Martyn Lawrence Bullard: Internationally recognized luxury interior designer with a parallel mix of residential, hospitality, and product/licensing lines (fabric, furniture, tile) — directly comparable to Young Huh's service-plus-licensing model.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Internationally recognized luxury design firm with deep hospitality and residential practice, plus product and licensing work — a scaled comparable showing the trajectory a founder-led design brand can pursue.
• Jamie Drake / Drake Design Associates: NYC-based luxury interior design firm specializing in high-end residential and select hospitality projects — comparable boutique scale, geography, and client profile.
• Kelly Wearstler: Founder-led luxury design brand with hospitality, residential, and extensive licensed product collections — a relevant comparable for Young Huh's brand-extension trajectory and design-led licensing economics.
• Bobby Berk: Founder-led design brand that built a multi-category product and licensing business on top of an interior design reputation — a forward-looking comparable for Young Huh's potential brand-extension trajectory.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with a significant hospitality interiors practice that competes for the same boutique-hotel and restaurant clients as Young Huh, but at much larger scale and as part of a broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/YHInteriors
• Facebookfacebook.com/YHInteriors
• Instagraminstagram.com/younghuh
• TikToktiktok.com/@younghuh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laura-white-interior-design

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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