IOANA IS AN ENERGETIC COMPANY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ART, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN PROJECTS. THE GOAL IS TO INSPIRE CURIOSITY AND THE IMAGINATION THROUGH SENSORY AND SPATIAL EXPERIENCE: BE IT EDUCATIONAL, SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND/OR JUST FANTASTICALLY BEAUTIFUL.

Principal IOANA URMA is an artist and LEED AP (green/sustainability) California registered architect with degrees from MIT and Cornell University (studying interior design, architecture, & urban/landscape design). She has worked as designer on projects up to 2km long, and individually managed the design/implementation of built projects up to $11,000,000, always meeting budgets and deadlines.

Ioana has taught design and architecture at Art Center College of Design, Otis College of Art & Design, Roger Williams University, and Boston Architectural College; she has served as invited juror on reviews at MIT, Harvard, RISD, CalPoly Pomona, Woodbury, Art Center, Otis, Wentworth, Roger Williams, and BAC; she has lectured on design topics at USC AME, BAC, Jerde and Otis.

Her art/design has won an international design competition, been a semi-finalist in an NSF competition, and has been featured on TV in the news, in commercials and, recently, on Top Chef Masters.

Born in Romania, Ioana emigrated to LA as a child and moved to Boston as a teen. She has also lived in Denmark, Germany, North Carolina, and Princeton.

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