“RICH IN SOUL.  ROOTED IN AUTHENTICITY.  EXPERIENCES LIKE AN AVALANCHE.“

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The Founder

 

The founder of The Ferox Collection, Tiffany Cucuro, is from the Gulf Coast of Sarasota, Florida, a historically strong arts and architecture community.  Through practicing fine arts at a specialized visual and performing arts secondary school and summer at Ringling College of Art & Design, taking inspiration in everything from varying genres of music and avant-garde fashion to technology and engineering, as well as being crafted by a family of creative entrepreneurs, embarking on a career in interior design is what captivated her and made her feel alive.  After initially studying the renaissance and modern Fine art, she graduated with a bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from FIDER (now CIDA) accredited Florida State University in 1999, consistently ranked as a Top 10 Design School.  She has been professionally certified by NCIDQ (National Council of Interiors Design Qualification) since 2003 and is a State of Florida Registered Interior Designer.

 

 

Career

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During the last couple of decades of her career, she embraced living in a number of innovative design hubs including New York City, Miami, and Dallas.  She sought out accomplished firms who specialized in challenging and complex projects, designing some of the most demanding and intricate spaces while gaining exposure to business, management, branding, and marketing.  Trained by internationally renowned Architects and Interior designers, she was most influenced by bespoke Restaurant and hospitality creator Jeffrey Beers, architectural design studio Stonehill Taylor, both based in New York City, and RTKL in Miami.  She has worked on projects throughout the United States and overseas, such as The Bahamas, Jamaica, Brazil, Honduras, and Finland, encompassing almost every industry.

 

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Expertise

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Tiffany has an extensive background in the interior development of hospitality and multi-housing facilities.  She has thorough experience working on a number of Marriott brands including JW Marriott, Renaissance, AC Hotel, Marriott, The Ritz Carlton Residences, is qualified to design for Moxy and Sheraton, and has worked on illustrious brands such as Hilton and Canyon Ranch.  She has further refined her experience through the development of exclusive custom high end residences, boutique restaurants, luxury private clubs and resorts, having designed for Discovery Land Company, Sandals Resorts, celebrities, and celebrity chef Todd English.  Her portfolio also includes projects in the following sectors:  mixed-use development, casinos, cruise ship, corporate interiors, and healthcare.  

 

As lead interior designer and project manager on projects while working at other firms, Tiffany has a proven track record in delivering highly detailed and large complex multi-phased projects on time and in budget, as well as meeting her client's expectations for design intent.  Her work has been showcased in many publications over the years.  She provides an expertise of creative and practical design knowledge, truly understands balance of scale and proportion, and creates a compilation of experiences that harmoniously flow and sing throughout the space.  She is well versed in all phases of the interior architectural design process including programming, space planning, branding and the big concept, material and furnishing palettes, design development, specifications, budgets, construction drawings and administration, as well as, assistance with phasing strategy, bidding, negotiation, subcontractor scheduling, logistics, and installation.

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Signature Style

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Her personal design aesthetic typically presents a carefully selected composition of architectural details and furnishings juxtaposing the classical vernacular with the unexpected classic contemporary, creating a well studied ethnic luxury, while transcending trend extremes, to achieve a tailored and timeless design.  Authentic finishes such as genuine high quality wood and unique stones are preferential as she believes the inherent beauty of natural materials provide the greatest design longevity.  Her signature style begins with a subtle concept creating spirit and attitude, but that isn’t overkill and remains refined and elegant.  She favors a crisp and calm soft white backdrop that highlights a collected group of furnishings of various eras celebrating their individual character, marrying both masculine and feminine forms to spark energy, similar to showcasing sculpture in a museum.  Then, introducing intermittent transitions to a full hue or wild patterned anti-room, acting as the intimate jewel box of a space.  

 

Because she has spent countless hours studying various genres of art, design, architecture all over the world, and it’s history, she is well versed in a diverse range of building types and styles from heavy traditional to ultra minimalism and everything in between, including coastal, urban, rustic, industrial, modernist, Moorish, Edwardian, Rococo, and Deco.  She knows how to appropriately fuse more than one style together to generate an unconventional and striking ambiance, and truly enjoys embarking on a new design chapter with each project.  

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Inspiration

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Tiffany’s vivacious joie de vivre is what fuels the inspiration and imagination for her company and projects.  As she travels the world, she absorbs and is inspired by the architectural details, style, philosophy, people, and cuisine of various cultures.  The company name was derived from her travels throughout her heritage country Italy, where Latin is carved and inlaid into every surface. 

 

She enjoys hiking, cooking, dining & experiencing unique cuisine, landscaping & gardening, strolling through NYC’s flower district, entertaining and spending time with family & friends, having a romance with Pinterest, visiting stone yards, observing the design of haute couture boutiques, leisurely cruising around taking in the character of historic mansions, channeling her thoughts on the next update to her own domicile, and is an avid vintage decor huntress.

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Architects and designers that influence her personal aesthetic are Oscar Niemeyer, Christian Liaigre, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, Fendi, and Willy Rizzo.