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Profile
Yabu Pushelberg is Canada’s most successful interior design firm founded in 1980 by Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu. With studios in New York and Toronto, the design studio is divided into 6 teams comprised of design and project management personnel specializing in luxury design.

Work
George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg head up Canada’s most successful interior design firm, designing the interiors of the world’s top hotels and retail environments, including the Four Seasons in Toronto and Tokyo, the W Hotel, Times Square, New York; the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco and Bal Harbour the Viceroy Maldives Resort ; and the Edition Hotels. Retail projects include Bergdorf Goodman [Toronto life article], New York; Barneys New York Lane Crawford Home, Hong Kong ; Louis Vuitton, Hong Kong ; Printemps, Paris and Tiffany & Co. Ltd, Wall Street, New York and Las Alcobas, Mexico City. They work internationally, and maintain offices in New York, Toronto, and Shanghai.

For George and Glenn, contemporary art has become an increasingly important design element. They commission artists to create high-end international art installations, including Dennis Lin of Toronto and Montreal’s Pascale Girardin.

Philanthropy
In 2004, George and Glenn received honorary doctorates from Ryerson University. They also established a major endowed scholarship at the university for a fourth-year student whose projects demonstrate innovative critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.

They are significant/major supporters of charities including New York’s Hetrick Martin Foundation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and have organized a major fundraiser for Toronto’s Casey House Foundation.

Awards
Yabu Pushelberg has been honored with being named by Town & Country magazine as two of the “101 People You Must Meet in 2011” and by Conde Nast Traveler magazine as the “Hot Interior Design Firm” of 2011, Platinum Circle Award, for their exceptional achievement in the hospitality industry, as well as, the James Beard Foundation award for Excellence in Restaurant Design. Partners George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg were named Designer of the Year by Contract Magazine, and have been inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame.