Christiane Lemieux
Christiane Lemieux
Christiane Lemieux (born April 11, 1969) is an interior and household goods designer. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Inside, a digitally native, direct-to-consumer home furnishings company.[1] Formerly, she was the founder and creative director of DwellStudio, a fashion and home design brand that was bought by Wayfair in 2013.[2]
Early life and education
Lemieux was born in Ottawa, Ontario. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and the Parsons School of Design in New York.
Career
Lemieux began her career in fashion as a fabric assistant for Isaac Mizrahi.[3] She then worked at the Gap as an assistant designer of women's woven clothing, fabric design, development and merchandising. She took a position as design director with Portico, a New York-based home company. Lemieux developed furniture, home accessories, gift items, bed linens and bath products for the company.[4]
Lemieux launched DwellStudio for Target in January 2008.[3]
In March 2011, Lemieux published her first book,Undecorate, The No-Rules Approach to Interior Design, in 2011.[9]
In June 2012, DwellStudio opened its a store in SoHo, New York[10] followed by an in-store boutique at Los Angeles.
In 2014, Lemieux was named Executive Creative Director of Wayfair.[13]
In 2018, Lemieux founded digitally native, direct-to-consumer home furnishings company The Inside, alongside co-founder Britt Bunn.[16]