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Podcast: Hospitality Design: What I've Learned
Episode: Julien Albertini, Asthetique
Description: Growing up in Brooklyn, New York and then Long Island, Julien Albertini, cofounder of AsthetÃque, was influenced by his architect father and his mother, who loved redecorating their home. He studied architecture and then finance, designing small projects around the city until he met his business partner, the Moscow-based designer Alina Pimkina. Their vision and goals aligned, and their design firm, with offices in New York, Miami, and recently Riyadh, has showcased that rich intersection of masculine and feminine in projects for the past seven years, from Café Polet in Moscow to to Kahawa Café in Doha. Albertini sha...