Velvet Hammerschmidt is the founder of Velvet Hammerschmidt Design, (VHD), a full-service residential and commercial interior design firm. Over the past 20 years, Velvet has completed projects for clients that include DreamWorks, Warner Bros. Omnicom, Memorex, and LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) as well as some of the most architecturally and design significant homes in Austin and Los Angeles. Prior to launching VHD, Velvet served as co-founder and partner at Toll Hammerschmidt Design, a boutique interior design firm established in 1999. Earlier in her career, Velvet worked for top international firms such as Gensler, and HLW international and spent a critical style-shaping period with Eric Owen Moss, a world renowned architect known for his unconventional sense of geometry and structure. In addition to her professional experience, Velvet’s accomplishments range from being a three-time winner of Home and Garden Television’s (HGTV) “Designers’ Challenge” to being profiled in Interior Design magazine’s “New Talent” issue as one of the top ten designers to watch in the nation. Her work has also been published in Interior Design, Interiors, The Los Angeles Business Journal, The Los Angeles Time and InStyle. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer on topics of interior design and is a recipient of the AIA Interior Architecture Award. Velvet is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of California State University, Long Beach, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design.