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Ringo Studio
Ringo Studio designs visionary environments where the customer journey is as strategically considered as the architecture that embodies it. A deep understanding of the consumer engagement model drives the studio’s commitment to physically putting stories together where the brand experience lives and breathes within every touchpoint.
Founded by architectural designer Madelynn Ringo, the NYC based studio prioritizes developing eye-opening, beautiful spaces and articulating nuanced experiences that cull an emotional response. With great respect for impactful architecture and storied design, the studio embarks on every project with an urge to formulate spatial solutions and invest in holistic experimentation to evolve the singular vision to life.
Ringo’s expertise in the experiential marketplace includes retail environments for Bala, Glossier, Studs, and Funny Face Bakery, among other immersive spaces for inspiring cultural, lifestyle and wellness brands. Ringo Studio is a creative collective of architecture and design talent where collaboration and inventive exploration of brand identity is a shared obsession.
Madelynn Ringo
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
Kirsten Harris
Director of Construction
Mathias Sant’Anna
Senior Designer, Project Manager
Sharit Kassab
Director of Creative Operations
Cole Neuffer
Intermediate Designer
Romi Moller
Junior Designer
Jo Gilmour-Pike
Studio Manager
Past Collaborators
Danya Li, Designer
Anna Korneeva, Designer
Romi Moller, Designer
Natsume Ono, Designer
Grace Altenbern, Designer
Emily Yuen, Designer
Jamie Johnson, Designer
Madison Strakele, Designer
Natalya Ho, Content Manager
Awards
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
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
Branding and website design by Meehan Spinat
Website development by Alex Harris