About
Thoughtful. Elevated. Enduring.
Listen to a deep dive on YC Style + Design in this episode of Destination Design: Arrive in Style.
“Elegance with Intention. That’s my motto. Good design tells a story and evokes emotion. You feel it - energy, joy, serenity, safety, love. As a designer, I transform spaces into deeply personal sanctuaries by listening with intention, designing with creativity, and aligning every detail to reflect my clients’ stories. I’m fortunate to gain trusted entry into my clients’ worlds. It’s my responsibility and privilege to learn who they are - their background and heritage - what they care about, who they share their lives with, and how they want to experience, live in, and perform in their spaces. That’s the heart of what I do.”
Photo credit: Hannah Lopez Photography
Yau’s mantra is Elegance with Intention. She brings a rare combination of artistry, precision, and intuition to every project, and is devoted to delivering thoughtful, elevated, and enduring style and design for her clients.
Before opening her award-winning interior design studio, Yau was an InStyle-featured jewelry designer and managing director of a leading financial institution where she led global teams and projects. These experiences sharpened her ability to listen, strategize, and deliver results, which she leverages for the benefit of YC Style + Design’s clients.
The YC Style + Design experience is about infusing you—the Client— with confidence, tapping into the fun in transformation, minimizing stress, and making the most of your time and investment. The YC Style + Design impact is bespoke design that feels authentic and elegant, is customized to your aesthetic and lifestyle, and gives you a profound sense of being at home.
Good design is functional, beautiful, and broadly appealing. But, great design is so much more. Yau believes that to be uniquely you is the ultimate in luxury. Luxury is personal and should feel personalized. Our process strives to achieve this definition of luxury. We start by focusing on understanding your authenticity - your lived experiences and heritage, what’s closest to your heart, what brings you peace and joy, who you share your life with, and how you engage with and move through the world.
As a certified Feng Shui design consultant, Yau incorporates this ancient wisdom into her artistry. Feng shui in interior design involves harnessing the intrinsic power of elemental properties in mindful space planning, selection of furnishings and finishes, and purposeful use of color to encourage the free flow of positive energy in a space. Achieving a harmonious balance of energy can promote mental and physical wellbeing, build abundance in career and relationships, and mitigate the impact of negative energy in a space.
Our client experience is collaborative and centers around you. Through co-creation, the magic happens. We work with you to tell your story through light, color, texture, pattern, and shape. Thoughtful intent goes into developing design concepts and plans that transform your spaces to resonate with your personal tastes and the way you live. Luxurious furnishings, fixtures and finishes are brought together to lift mood and energize, bring peace and tranquility, and/or optimize function and performance.
Together, with an ecosystem of artisans and professionals, YC Style + Design creates well-loved and well-lived spaces. From luxury residences to curated real estate investments to productive rental properties, Yau and her team transform houses into sanctuaries of beauty, balance, and authenticity to deliver on their motto of Elegance with Intention.
Yau is a #BestofHouzz designer, a certified member of the New York Institute of Art & Design, a Residential Interior Design Qualifying Certified (RIDQC) Designer, a Designer Society of America (DSA) Certified Professional Designer, and a certified member of the International Association of Professional Feng Shui Consultants.