

In 1993, Hervé Descottes founded the lighting design firm L’Observatoire International in New York City after eight years of design practice in Paris, France. Descottes personally creates the lighting concepts for all projects designed by L’Observatoire International and oversees project development through project completion.
Descottes has been recognized numerous times by the lighting design and architectural community. He has received awards from the International Association of Lighting Designers, the Illuminating Engineering Society and the New York City Illuminating Engineering Society, the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Landscape Architects, D&ADAD, the Municipal Art Society of New York City, and the GE Corporation. In 2008, Descottes was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture. In 2020, Descottes received Interior Design’s Best of Year Award for Best Lighting Designer.
Team Members
New York

Hervé Descottes
Principal

Melissa Fraietta
Business Development Director

Jenny Ivansson
Project Director

Wei Jien
Project Director

Carlos Garcia
Associate Project Director

Mint Kamolnadda Thumrongluck
Associate Project Director

Carrie Chang
Senior Associate

Christina Hébert
Associate

Esteban Varas
Associate

Wen Y. Lin
Associate

Billy Wong
Senior Designer

Gianni Franceschi
Senior Designer

Jacinda Ross
Senior Designer

Luis Carrasquillo-Alicea
Senior Designer

Akito Aiba
Designer

Daniel Reinhard
Designer

Diksha Wahi
Designer
Iam Chen
Designer

Ke Shi
Designer

Anna Muslimova
Architectural Renderer

Maren Berger
Executive Assistant

Anna Jolia
Accounts/Office Administrator

Elaine Greer
Business Development Coordinator

Benjamin Legier
Communications Director
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