Kathleen McMullen-Coady, ASID, LEED AP C+ID, lead Interior Designer of Tower Design Studio is a multi-talented designer and artist. Since founding Tower Interior Design Studio in 1988, Kathleen has been facilitating beautifully designed architectural interiors for homes, restaurants, small hotels and corporate offices. Kathleen believes in exquisite, sustainable, timeless design. Her interior design expertise is particularly well known in California, where renowned venues such as The Post Ranch Inn, Watermark Restaurant, and the Sierra Mar Restaurant feature her work. Her work has received numerous awards and has been published in Interior Design Magazine, Elle Décor, California Design, Travel & Leisure, Print, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Architectural Record, 805 Living and Ventana Magazine. Kathleen earned a BFA in Art and a BA in the History of Art and Design, with an honors degree in Art Conservation from the University of California, Berkeley. She did her graduate work at the San Francisco Art Institute and Stanford University where she studied with famed artist Nathan Oliveria, and taught art and design at the college level. Her studies provide her with an unusually comprehensive grasp of aesthetics and a historically informed approach to design which she uses as a springboard for envisioning powerful design narratives and creating iconic models of design. Her extensive travels throughout the world and time living in Europe and Asia further inform her design and influences.