Lori Dennis

Career

Lori Dennis established Lori Dennis, Inc. in 2004 building a portfolio of residential, commercial and hospitality interior projects with eco-friendly components in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Springs and New York. She has since garnered a list of high-profile clients including the head of Goldman Sachs Asia, the COO of AmGen, LA Kings hockey player, Brad Stuart, The Real Housewives of Orange County Shannon Beador, Horace Grant, the professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Seattle SuperSonics and Los Angeles Lakers, celebrity stylist Jennifer Rade, actress Anne Hathaway, and environmentalist/television personality Chef Jeffrey Mora, who is the chef for the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings. Since its conception, the firm has won multiple awards for green and modern design by ASID, Home Magazine", "Viking Appliances", Southern Accents, California Homeand Angeleno Magazine. Furthermore, Lori's work has been featured in many books and magazines, notably, in the New York Times, Coastal Living, Southern Accents, Woman’s Day,People, "Apartment Therapy", "LUXE", Los Angeles Times, Dwell. Her expertise also earned her recognition as an elite interior designer at internationally known show case houses, such as Maison de Luxe at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills and the Christopher Kennedy Compound at Modernism Week in Palm Springs, and as a featured window designer at Legends of La Cienega.

In addition to her design work, Lori is an influential educator in her field. She has made guest appearances on HGTV, Food Network Channel, Oxygen Network, NBC, KABC and XM Radio and given multiple lectures on green interior design at UCLA, FIDM, Dwell on Design, Alt Build, Design Within Reach and Westweek at the Pacific Design Center. She also joined HGTV as a star of Real Designing Women, a television show that aired on HGTV Canada, that placed four of the most successful female interior designers working in North America in its spotlight. She has often been invited to speak at events across the globe and is a regular at the Las Vegas Market, Dwell on Design, and High Point Market.

Several publications have named Lori Dennis as one of the top interior designers in world including:

In 2010, Lori published her book Green Interior Design Her book, Green Interior Design through Allworth Press (distributed by Random House). It reaped praises, most notably, that of Jordan Kushins, Assistant Editor at Dwell magazine, “Lori Dennis offers a thoughtful look at the shades of green that go into living responsibly, comfortably, and beautifully at home. An essential introduction to sustainable domestic design."

In 2013, Lori and fellow celebrity designer Kelli Ellis founded Design Campus. Lori and Kelli have spent years mentoring interior designers and design enthusiasts, giving their unique insights into the world of interiors. The platform provides partners, sponsors and attendees with an insider's experience for interior design with workshops, design conferences, and a wealth of networking opportunities. Design Campus was sold to publicly-traded Kabuni, in 2017, at which Lori now serves an advisory role.

Publications

Dennis’ sustainable interior design work has been featured in:

Awards & Honors

Television

Education & Qualifications

Dennis graduated from the UCLA Interior Architecture Master's Program in July 2000. While completing coursework, Lori was In-house Designer for SeminarPlanet.com. In 1999, she began working for Cheryl Rowley Interior Design. A year later, she established her own firm, Lori Dennis, Inc. In 2006, Dennis was certified with the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification) and became a full member of the American Society of Interior Designers. She currently serves on the Los Angeles Chapter of ASID’s Green Committee and Website Committee. Dennis is also a member of the finance committee of the UCLA Interior Design Alumni Association Board.

In 2007, Dennis was accredited with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Commercial Interiors, making her a LEED AP professional. Traditionally LEED professionals focus their efforts on public and commercial interiors, but Dennis works on bringing sustainable education and service to the residential sector.

Early life

Lori Dennis was born in New York in 1969 and lived in San Diego, Pennsylvania and New York before moving to Los Angeles to attend University High School. Influenced by turn of the century buildings in New York City, the landscape of Southern California and arts and crafts from the Amish country, she knew early on that she loved interior design and architecture. Even as a teenager she attended weekly open houses in Los Angeles, exposing herself to some of the world's most desired properties in Bel Air, Malibu and Pacific Palisades.

Dennis lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.