Mélanie Murata is an internationally recognized design consultant and cultural strategist advising visionary developers, royal families, hospitality leaders, cultural institutions, and distinguished private clients on the creation of exceptional destinations, legacy properties, and experiences of enduring cultural, emotional, and financial value.
She is currently involved in advisory engagements across Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
Mélanie Murata is an award-winning design consultant, cultural strategist, and artist working internationally across luxury hospitality, branded residences, private estates, and cultural destinations.
Operating between Tokyo, Los Angeles, Milan, and the Middle East, she advises visionary developers, hospitality leaders, royal families, cultural institutions, family offices, and private clients on creating places of enduring cultural, emotional, and financial value.
Her work spans ultra-luxury hospitality, wellness destinations, legacy properties, and collectible design, combining European architectural heritage with Japanese craftsmanship and global cultural intelligence to create experiences that transcend trends and endure for generations.
Mélanie's professional experience includes leadership roles and collaborations with some of the world's most respected design and hospitality organizations, including NBCUniversal, Gensler, HBA, WATG, and the studio of Piero Lissoni. Her portfolio includes projects for international hospitality brands and private clients across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, including bespoke commissions for Her Royal Highness in Qatar and internationally recognized hospitality developments.
Educated in Florence and professionally refined in Milan, her design philosophy is rooted in the traditions of Classical architecture, Italian modernism, and craftsmanship while informed by her multicultural heritage spanning Peru, Spain, Italy, Japan, and the United States.
Recognized as an LA Times 40 Under 40 honoree, Mélanie's work has been presented at Milan Design Week, Frieze Los Angeles, Dubai Design Week, and Art Basel Miami Beach and featured by Architectural Digest and Interior Design.
Today, she accepts a limited number of strategic advisory engagements annually, partnering with visionary clients seeking to create exceptional places that become part of cultural legacy.
Having studied Renaissance Architecture in Florence, refined her practice in Milan under the mentorship of Piero Lissoni's studio, and participated in the Medici Art Residency with Galerie Philia, Mélanie Murata brings a distinctly European understanding of classicial and timeless proportion, craftsmanship, and cultural legacy to projects around the world.
Strategic Cultural Advisory
Defining the intellectual, emotional, and cultural foundations of exceptional places.
Creative Direction for Luxury Hospitality & Branded Residences
Operating as creative author and strategic advisor across the guest experience ecosystem.
Private Advisory for Legacy Estates and Family Offices
Supporting visionary families and ownership groups in creating places and collections intended to endure across generations.
Today, Mélanie advises visionary developers, hospitality brands, family offices, cultural institutions, and private clients across Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. In parallel with her advisory practice, she is a frequent speaker and lecturer on luxury hospitality, cultural placemaking, emotional design, and the future of experiential living.
At Numeroventi in Florence, a city that feels less like a destination and more like a return home.
It was here that I immersed myself in the study of Renaissance architecture and the enduring principles that continue to shape my work today: the harmony of the Golden Ratio, the humanism of the Vitruvian Man, the architectural genius of Brunelleschi, and the sculptural mastery of Michelangelo.
Florence taught me that architecture is the pursuit of proportion, beauty, and permanence. Those lessons were later refined in Milan under the influence of Piero Lissoni's studio and deepened through the Medici Art Residency with Galerie Philia.
Today, that distinctly Italian tradition of craftsmanship, human scale, and timeless elegance continues to inform my work with visionary clients around the world.
Photo by Daniel Civetta