Karin Pardella is a certified Interior Designer with over 15 years’ experience in the design industry and is an active member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA.) Karin started her design career at the age of 11 when her mom took her to the Waverly Home store and gave her an opportunity to decorate her bedroom. In high school, she was accepted to the Junior Interior Designer Program at The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). Prior to her high school graduation, she entered the FIDM National Scholarship Competition where her “creativity, thoughtfulness, presentation, and promise” gained her first place as an “Interior Designer of Tomorrow”. With Karin’s win, and her full year scholarship to FIDM, she extended both her education and training at The Academy of Art University where she obtained her BFA in Interior Design.
Karin began her career by working with several different design companies in a variety of roles. These experiences led her, in 2014, she founded her own company, Form & Function Interior Design where she has built a reputation of professionalism, creativity and innovation. Her work with large and small scale residential and commercial projects has garnered her respect among her peers and appreciation among her clients where she consistently engages an artistic emphasis on the skillful use of space, color, finishes, fabric, and detailing. She is deeply committed to establishing relationships with her clients so that she can better understand their needs, wants and desires. This allows Karin to provide clients with spaces that authentically reflect both their personality and sense of style.
Karin is an innovative thinker who thrives under the demands of each project. She has an affinity for helping clients articulate their vision throughout all aspects of the design process, but her main gift is her ability to both listen and serve the diverse needs of her clients. She understands what it takes to make a project look, and feel, just right and recognizes how to effectively meet each client’s needs, goals and budget.