Ringo Studio is a New York City-based design practice operating globally to create immersive spaces and transformative sensorial experiences that captivate and inspire. We believe that design can evoke emotions, empower community, and introduce the extraordinary to unexpected places. Our visitors are our protagonist, propelled forward in time and space by material curiosity, nuanced form, and intentional spatial cues.
Under the visionary leadership of Madelynn Ringo, our boutique studio collaborates with an array of clients- from storied legacy brands, innovative startup companies to esteemed cultural establishments and creative visionaries to realize their ideas through bold and disruptive design. Our expertise in retail design has authentically elevated and translated brand narratives into local contexts by weaving together contemporary design innovation with distinct signature experiences. The exceptional environments crafted by Ringo Studio for clients like Bala, Glossier, Studs, and more, have become evocative fixtures in the city’s cultural scene.
Our work ranges from creative brand direction and retail consulting to designing sculptural environments and objects. Our artistic approach to molding space ultimately aims to transport people on a revitalizing journey, offer a shift of perspective, and heighten the experience by engaging all senses.
Madelynn Ringo, Founder and Creative Director
Madelynn Ringo is an architectural designer who scales brand identities to life with feel-good originality. With an insatiable passion for problem-solving and high regard for heartbeat moments, Ringo creates storied environments expressed within a formidable architectural framework. She specializes in designing experiential spaces that resound with purposeful beauty. With a strategic approach, her design process engages the entire customer journey, allowing the brand experience to live and breathe within every touchpoint.
Ringo founded Brooklyn-based Ringo Studio in 2020 with a focus on collaborative exploration, collective solutions and a strong belief in spaces that resonate. “Changing people’s perspectives about what can be beautiful, not simply operational, is one of the most compelling aspects of my work,” says Ringo. “Experience without exclusivity is the ultimate aspiration.”
Ringo received her Architecture Master’s degree from Yale University and employs her classical training through an intuitive lens that celebrates beauty and architecture as an experiential artform. Her sculptural approach to space powers Ringo’s adventurous use of texture, form, materials and color, pushing functionality into a realm of convention-breaking appeal.
Previously, Ringo served as the creative lead on retail experiences for Glossier, designing locations in Miami, Boston, Austin, and Atlanta. She also served as the Head of Studio design for the healthcare brand Modern Age, leading the design strategy and physical customer experience for their New York clinics. Iconic interiors and immersive customer experiences for brands such as Our Place, Contact Sports, Funny Face Bakery, Bala and Studs are among her portfolio of designs for beauty, wellness, and culturally inclusive lifestyle brands.
Team
Isabel Lopez Font
Senior Designer, Project Manager
Cole Neuffer
Intermediate Designer
Romi Moller
Intermediate Designer
Past Collaborators
Danya Li, Anna Korneeva, Natsume Ono, Grace Altenbern, Emily Yuen, Jamie Johnson, Madison Strakele, Natalya Ho.
Awards
DNA Paris Design Awards, Interior Design, 2024
Ringo Studio: AN Interior’s Top 50 Architects and Designers, 2023
Modern Age: NYCxDesign Awards Finalist, 2023
Bala: Architecture Newspaper’s Best of Design Awards, 2022
Modern Age: Interior Design’s Best of Year Award Honoree, 2022
Modern Age: 3form Install Contest 1st Place Winner, 2022
Bala Bangles: Interior Design’s Best of Year Award Honoree, 2022
Selected Press
Azure Magazine: Dreamscape Collection, 2024
Brooklyn Magazine: Madelynn Ringo’s Next Act, 2024
Modern Retail: Cider Bets on Physical Retail, 2023
WWD: Gen Z Brand Cider Opens NYC Pop-up, 2023
Inside Retail: Ringo Studio Creating Standout Stores, 2023
WGSN: Interior Trend — Healthcare & Wellbeing Spaces, 2023
Forbes: New York Store Creates Buzz About Adult Toys, 2023
Dezeen: Ringo Studio Designs Athletic-Themed Room, 2023
Business of Fashion: Soho Boutique Contact Sports, 2023
Mr. Mag: Game Changing Retail Experience , 2023
Hypebeast: Ringo Studio Takes Cues From Locker Rooms, 2023
Azure: Ringo Studio’s Wonderful Whimsical Retail Spaces, 2023
Forbes: Redefining The DTC Kitchenware Space, 2023
Dezeen: Ringo Studio’s Colourful Store at Our Place, 2023
Retail Dive: Our Place Continues Retail Expansion, 2023
Surface Magazine: Our Place Opens a Trippy LA Store, 2023
Design Milk: Our Place Opens Melrose Retail, 2023
Friend of a Friend Podcast, 2022
Design Voice Podcast: Curating Spaces that Resonate, 2022
Yellowtrace Magazine: A New Era of Aging Wellness, 2022
Surface Magazine: Designer of the Day, 2022
Forbes: Bala Launches Balacize, 2022
Madame Architect: A Day in NYC with Madelynn Ringo, 2022
Interior Design: 10 Questions, 2022
Syracuse University: Career Conversations, 2022
Design Milk: Bala – Their New Pop-Up Shop in NYC, 2022
WWD: Inside Studs Miami, 2022
Time Out Mag: Celebrity-loved Studs piercing studio opens, 2022
Nylon: Studs Opens in Miami, 2022
Identify LA: Century City Welcomes Piercing Shop Studs, 2021
Uncover LA: Studs Opens, 2021
Arch Native, Women Who Build, 2020
Atlanta Magazine: Glossier, 2020
Austin Woman: Behind the Scenes of Glossier Austin, 2019
Austin Chronicle, 2019
Boston Globe, 2019
Architectural Digest, 2019
Social Media
Contact
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