I was born in Caracas, Venezuela on September 29, 1982. Because of that day and year I came to this planet as a number “4.” In numerology that is my destiny number, and it is always associated with God’s creative works or God’s creation, in my opinion the best designer history has ever known.
Creating is my passion and my essence, perhaps because of my lucky number “4” or because I grew up surrounded by a family of artists, architects and interior designers. I like to believe it’s a perfect combination of both that lead me to Design.
Every time I see a new project, a company without an image or concept, a white canvas, a house in ruins, an old bench, a dead garden or a space that needs interior design, I see an opportunity to create. To design for you.
I studied in Caracas, Venezuela and graduated in 2000 from an incredible and competitive school, where I learned to harness my true passion for design. I can say with certainty that my esthetic foundation comes from the colorfulness of my home country, a mix of chaos and natural harmony.
The foundation for who I am as a designer has also come from the time I spent in Paris, a year that taught me I’m not a city girl and black and grey are definitely not my colors. Immediately after I moved to Costa Rica, where I learned patience in the corporate environment and where I found the colorful warmth I had known back home.
One day while looking outside the window of my 3rd floor office space in Costa Rica I decided I wanted to re-design my life. And a few months later I moved to Bali, Indonesia. There I found a different beauty and learned about textures, materials, furniture and interior design among the best Spas in the world. I believe Bali is where God put all his energies and passion while creating “Earth.” It is a place that will forever stay in my soul and still inspires me while creating living spaces. It reinforced my passion for design and the vision for my life.
In 2005 before my visa expired in Bali I didn’t know where to go, and unfortunately my home country was not an option anymore. I wanted to find a place to settle my life. 2 months later I found myself living in San Diego, California, in a beautiful little town called Encinitas where art, soul, yoga, ocean, land and desert mix all together.
For 15 years I called San Diego my home. Here I was challenged to mature and settle in so many ways. I learned competition, experience and hard work from the best teachers. California gave me all the experience and knowledge I have today in my professional and personal life, I have so much to thank to the west coast specially because is the place where I created my master piece “My Son Santiago”
While living in California I started to travel more and more often to Baja CA, México where I expanded my clientele specially on the Wellness & Boutique-hotel industry. México inspires me for it’s colors, architecture, food, music and lifestyle but specially because of its people. I have to say that since the first day I step on mexican land, México is been since then in my heart, soul and blood.
After all these beautiful Odyssey of my life I am bringing all that knowledge that California, Mexico, Indonesia & Venezuela gave me for the past 17 years.
If you need me to design or redesign a new or old project, a restaurant, private home, boutique hotel, an outdoor or indoor space, a brand or concept, a logo or anything you need related to architecture, interior design, graphics, branding, creative concepts, outdoor and indoor decoration, I am here to help create that little or big world for you.
Let me bring your ideas into creations you can see, hear, smell and feel.
Remember we are constantly designing and re-designing our lives. My job is to make your vision just a little bit easier.
Federica Ungaro
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