Meet Julia
Hi there,
Julia here. As Founder and Creative Director of Junique, I spend every day making my clients' design dreams come true. However, founding Junique has been a dream come true for me, too.
This dream started out from a young age. I grew up in Germany and England, and I remember loving to draw, paint, and decorate, even when I was little. I loved to arrange hand-picked flowers, create sophisticated table settings, and do what I could to make our house look beautiful.
After finishing high school, I began to study painting. This allowed me to explore various art techniques and build my portfolio for design school. I was accepted to a college in Hamburg, where I studied Visual Communication and learned to draw, take photos, and understand the basic principles of design. I didn’t know where this would take me, but I knew I wanted to continue to create beauty in the world.
While in school, I worked as an intern at an advertising agency in Frankfurt and increasingly discovered that I had an eye for art direction. I became more interested in marketing, as well as design, so I enrolled in a Product Management & Marketing course in London, specializing in Textiles & Clothing. The program offered a full year of industry experience, which I spent at Hugo Boss’s headquarters in Germany and Toni Gard, another luxury fashion brand based in Dusseldorf where I worked for almost 10 years. I loved being surrounded by cutting-edge, minimalist contemporary fashion, and this experience became foundational to my aesthetic for the rest of my career.
I ended up working in luxury fashion and lifestyle marketing for over 15 years. As you can imagine, working in this field helped me develop a strong sense of style. I also gained practical industry skills by overseeing photo shoots, designing catalogs and window displays, and completing visual merchandising. This work also allowed me to travel throughout Europe and immerse myself in different cultures, giving me new inspiration for my design work.
More recently, I worked with German companies in the lifestyle field, spending lots of time at trade shows around the world. We worked with world-class museums and artists, including the San Francisco MoMA, the Whitney, Tim Burton at the Neon Museum Las Vegas, the Getty, or with concept stores such as Corso Como in NYC on special collaborations. However, I knew that my own design dreams were still waiting to be fulfilled.
I’m not always one to believe in destiny, but sometimes it’s hard to deny. When the pandemic slowed my marketing job, another opportunity revealed itself. I had the chance to work with a high-end interior designer in NYC. I thrived working with such an incredible team of creatives, installers, and decorators.
At the same time, my family built a new home. I worked closely with the builder and managed the project and design process from developing the creative concepts to budget planning and material sourcing. We worked with both interior and exterior designers and formed great relationships over the last 2.5 years. These relationships form the backbone of Junique.
It was then that I realized it was time to make a change. After so many years working in the fashion, design, and culture industries, I knew I was ready to create a company that carried out my own lifelong vision of bringing beauty and cutting-edge design to people’s everyday lives, without sacrificing individuality or a personal touch. Junique was born out of this vision.
Our focus is on contemporary design with a unique, authentic touch. On quality rather than quantity, providing personal attention and exceptional customer service. Our designers have years of experience and are experts in their fields with amazing creativity and rendering skills.
Our European kitchen manufacturer enjoyed our collaboration so much that we entered a partnership representing their kitchens in exchange for their expertise in planning and high-quality manufacturing. Their excellence in kitchen design extends to bathrooms, too. Our portfolio is constantly growing so that we can make sure we cater to every style and also budget.
That brings us to the present day with JUNIQUE. The dream is finally here. I was inspired by the name JUNIQUE for my company - merging my first name Julia and our company mission to truly create something UNIQUE!
We would love to get to know you more and help design a modern home that is 100% unique to you! Reach out today to discover what JUNIQUE can create for you.
Talk soon,
Best Julia
