As a collective, our shared vision is extraordinary.
Our collective of core capabilities include research and discovery, interior design, product and CMF (color, material, finish) design and development. We incorporate WELL principles into our interior and product designs to promote human and environmental well-being. Our goal is to bring joy to the process and space.
ADC collaborators represent unique backgrounds, talents and perspectives. We see our clients as our collaborators and strive to be an integral part of your team, too. As a collective, our shared vision is extraordinary.
Ames Design Collective is located in Atlanta, GA and WBE (Women Business Enterprise) Certified.
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Carolyn Ames Noble
Founder and Director of Design
Carolyn Ames Noble, ASID, WELL AP, WELL Faculty, is the founder of Ames Design Collective where she leads the interior and product design. Carolyn has a passion for the role of materials in design and has consulted for several commercial product lines in acoustics, architectural solutions, flooring, kitchen and bath, paint and solid surfaces.
As collaborator to TURF Design, together they have won numerous awards for their shared design work including HiP, Best of Neocon Silver and Metropolis Likes.
Carolyn is the Chair for the American Society of Interior Designers Foundation. As a WELL AP and WELL Faculty member, she aspires to create interiors, materials and seminars that explore sensory design and sustainability in the built environment.
Carolyn’s written content has been featured in numerous digital and print publications. She leads the direction, development and presentation delivery of multiple CEU courses in the interior design & architecture industry with a keen focus on HSW accreditation.
An interior design graduate from the University of Akron, Carolyn began her design journey at HWH Architects Engineers & Planners in Cleveland, Ohio, and subsequently joined the Sherwin-Williams Company, where she held several positions of increased responsibility, including hospitality & corporate interior designer, Southeast U.S. designer marketing manager, and North American color marketing & design manager for the Sherwin-Williams Consumer Brands Division.
Allen Gaoiran
Creative Director
Allen Gaoiran is the Creative Director at ADC. Allen brings 20 years of design experience and a focus on brand design and strategy, visual positioning, graphic, packaging design and illustration.
While having work experience in in-house creative departments and design agencies, Allen brings a strong point of view in delivering work that meets client’s business objectives while providing strategic stellar creative. He is an inspired designer provocative brand builder and creative leader.
Creating beautiful stories for brands and translating business and marketing objectives into bold design solutions is his passion. With work experience from New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta, Allen has spearheaded creative on a diverse range of successful national and international consumer brands.
Allen brings his global design experience and collaborative nature to the table to push the creative boundaries and align with clients' visions.
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Heather Monroe
Project Coordinator
Heather is our project coordinator at ADC. Heather supports our work through operations such as managing schedules, bookkeeping, CEU seminar requests, materials requests and more.
Heather has an entrepreneur’s spirit with her background as a virtual executive assistant. She has extensive experience as an EA, and Senior Tax Specialist. Heather is self-motivated and enjoys helping others maintain a happier work-life balance. She is a fast learner, organized, innovative, creative, and a great communicator. She is highly dependable and always has a smile on her face.
What Heather loves the most is being surrounded by family and friends.
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Danielle O'Sullivan
Senior Designer
Danielle O'Sullivan is a designer based in Atlanta GA. With over 12 years of industry experience, she has been a member of the ASID Georgia board of directors and has known she wanted to be a designer since she was 15 years old. She is NCIDQ and LEED AP ID+C, practicing in the commercial and residential sectors of design.
At ADC, Danielle joined the team as our senior interior designer working on various workplace design projects and supporting research development as well.
After graduating from University of Georgia, Danielle worked at large corporate firms until 2020 when she started DKO Interiors.
Danielle believes everyone deserves to love the space they live, work and play in.
